Bob: Thanks for posting the panoramic photos of your layout. Your layout looks great-- nice modeling!
Oh, and thank you for actually posting something about modeling -- what a nice change of pace. Maybe one day we will have an S-scale Yahoo group devoted to modeling. According to GEICO, pigs can now fly, so maybe there is hope yet! Dan Vandermause Ellicott City, MD --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > I lied, and on a Sunday too! I said on Friday that I might try another > panoramic view of my layout in the--future. Well the future happened. > In this case I tried the opposite side of the room and covered somewhat > over 180 degrees. I think there are six exposures. I did exceed that > Photo-shop is capable of putting together without weird results. If you > can't see them great! This happens when one gets too close and the > overlap of the various angles doesn't make sense to photo shop, so it > punts the best it can. > > Anyway on the left side in the dark is the branch-line to Tacoma that's > still somewhat under development. It consists of a line on a hinged > lift-out that expands from a single track to six via a curved turnout > and then into two 3 way switches. One was scratchbuilt, while the other > was from Tomalco. Both still need a bit of tweaking--derailments are > seldom but that's just not good enough. > > As we pan to the right we see my mountain area with three mines and the > town of Deer Lodge (Montana on the MILW), with even smaller towns of > Mystic, Deadwood & Lead (South Dakota in the Black Hills mining region, > originally served by the CNW & CB&Q) just below. > > Then just about center is my main yard of Council Bluffs/Omaha from > opposite side from Friday's view. There you can see the view block > sticking out toward camera that separates a moderate sized city from a > smaller rural town of Madra. Both are about the same physical length so > I had to find a way of separating them visually. To the extreme right > is the engine terminal at Madra with a CNW local freight making it's way > into town. There you might also notice a glimpse of my lower level > staging and mainline. At one time, there was just a single track > mainline running through about 8 1 x 10's with just a tunnel portal > opening to allow the train through. The 1 x 10's were on end and > supported Madra. After awhile and after buying more passenger equipment > (Southwind, more Southwind, AM's heavyweights, Kinsman and AM's > smoothsiders) plus acquiring a couple of large engines, it was apparent > that area was wasted space. So I started tunneling and opening up that > space. I built two passing sidings and 4 spurs on plywood sections in > the backyard and installed them by sliding them in the slot and then > splicing them together. Connections to the old main were made and > trains have been running there ever since. I installed thin florescent > lights and color coded pilot lights to help in switching and the > occasional derailment. I also did some dumpster diving for some carpet > that was in really good condition 'cause seeing into that area puts you > on your knees. It's not a big deal for me since I'm built near to the > ground in the first place. Once operations progress the tall guys might > have issues with that--we'll see. > > Anyway that's the rest of the story! > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
