Simulating water Have you ever wondered about how to create a realistic looking water scene, like a medium-sized stream… … I might have a how-to for you. We start off modeling a smooth river base. I have a plywood sheet as a base and smoothed it out with plaster putty. Little sanding to get an...
Another rebuilt for my Cleveland & Eastern Railroad got its finishing touches. Beside the removal of the engine room windows, I removed the lower lamp housing on the front. I applied some decent body works by cutting back some lower skirting. I also added a winterization hatch on the last blower. I gave a little...
I am currently converting a second EMD GP18 for my C&E Railroad. I had this engine sitting in the spare parts box, without a motor, for a long time now.But luckily I got hold of a spare motor and could revive this GP.As a base livery, I choose the light green and black under frame....
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...