First WIP view of a small company house I 3D designed. I will use a couple of them later on my layout as background buildings. The window-less backside will sit directly in front of the background. Overall footprint of the house is approx 25 x 18 mm.
I did some tinkering over the last weeks, to figure out the best unloading lid design and interieur wall design. I finally have a setup of a working prototype to test some rows of Arduino code. The basic idea is to pull the lid open as long as a button is pushed. After releasing the...
First test iteration for the coal loader on the coal branch is materialized.I drew the sketch of the inner bunker and unloading outlet and 3D printed it. It is not the final version as I need to add supports for the servo motor which will later drive the unloading mechanism. But it is a first...
Some new – old – hoppers showed up today at Elizabeth Oaks yard.Ready for coal hauling service on the Celveland & Eastern.
C&E #1290 was the first engine I repainted for my railroad. It is a good runner, despite the fact that the shell is not as precise fitting as other N Scale engines. There are quite a few wide gaps, especially between the cab and walkway. But over the years #1290 had various paint schemes, among...
First layers of ground dirt is applied on the two mine I use sifted backyard dirt mixed with fine sifted sand. It is applied in random patterns beside and over the existing track ballast. I also added a little green fine turf to simulate first weeds between the runaround tracks.
I continued the work on the mainline section below the mine run with some rock painting. First pass is a to highlight some spots with a raw sienna and ocher to mimic some color variations caused by nature. In the second pass I applied a dark umber wash to some deeper spots and rock seams...
Work continued on the Coal Branch with the construction of the bridge structure that crosses the branchline after Bend Jct. As the bridge needs to span a rather odd cut of 17 cm in length no commercial kit would fit — at least I know of. So I decided to build the bridge from scratch....
Made some progress on the cut section below the mine run. After installing the tunnel portals a while back I had to decide how to scenic the surrounding area. First idea was the put in a large concrete wall as a stud wall for the track on the mine run above. But I didn’t feel...
It’s been a way to long time since my last update on the Cleveland & Eastern RR. But I am still working on it but with a much slower pace than in the past. And because I put more time into developing cool stuff for you, things went real slow – really. But here are...