Our New Layout

[Prospect193]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Pat along with my 7 year old son Ethan we are building a HO Layout in our garage. I have attached some progress pics for your viewing pleasure. This will be freelance steam era layout, mainly with UP and Sante Fe locos and passenger trains. Ethan wants a mine area and a waterfall and river which we will incorporate to the far right plus we have a 6 stall roundhouse also on far right. We will scratchbuild a turntable pit which hopefully will make for a fun project for the 2 of us. 2 main lines and some interesting switching in the middle section. He has been helping with the handsaw, electric drill, measuring and planning. Anyway we hope you like what we have accomplished so far any comments good or bad is welcome.

Thanks
Pat & Ethan

[Xnats]

Looking good Pat, I bet your son is pretty excited. Ethan is a nice name, a good strong name, for a matter of fact :D Wait, that's my sons name and he is almost 7 :laugh: The kids get so stocked when they get to help out. Cant wait to see some trains running.

[Prospect193]

Just a progress pic of our layout!!!
Outer mainline is down and almost wired up!!!


http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/1489ecfc.jpg


Pat

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's coming along great, looks like it'll be a fun layout! :)

[sstlaure]

Great stuff.

[Conductorjoe]

Looks like a great start :thumbsup:

[NIMT]

:thumbsup: Looking great! :thumbsup:

[Timb]

Absolutely cool... wish i had that when i was 7....Ha!!
im sure your son will have hours of fun there..:D

Tim

[kursplat]

nice progress, should be a blast to scenic

[Prospect193]

The BLI 2-10-2 did its first run around the loop tonight!!! Had a couple of spots I need to adjust slightly so the loco runs thru but all in all very happy!!! 3 more feeders as well and outer mainline done!! Picked up 25 bags of Woodlands scenic ballast today on eBay the value here in Oz is $205.00 but it was only $50 its more than ill ever need, I just couldn't resist!! Sometimes you just have to buy when the price is so ridiculously cheap!! The kicker was the seller lives 10 mins from where I work so didn't even have to pay shipping!!

Pat

[Southern]

That thing is looking great. Grad to hear that some trains are runnning.

[New Berlin RR]

nice layout...wheres the trains...you said you had one running....we want pics....or it never happened....;)

[Prospect193]

nice layout...wheres the trains...you said you had one running....we want pics....or it never happened....;)

Its the middle of the day and 'm at work, so i'll get a couple of pics off tonite after dinner!!

Pat

[Prospect193]

As promised here are a few pics of 2-10-2 with some passenger cars.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/b248f15c.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/e8747d51.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/2ca77079.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/8ace9394.jpg

Pat

[New Berlin RR]

ok now how can we make that nice 2-10-2 magicially show up at my place.....hmmmm...

[Conductorjoe]

Looks like you are off to a great start :thumbsup:

[xrunner]

Beautiful pics. Nice start, what an adventure you have before you, as do I. :thumbsup:

[mwpeber]

Great looking layout! I love the way you've laid the track bending around the corner. I have a layout that I've been working on that looks like it is almost exactly the same size and shape but it's hit a little brick wall lately:( in terms of progress.

Keep the pics flowing!

[NIMT]

ok now how can we make that nice 2-10-2 magicially show up at my place.....hmmmm...

In the great words of the Silhouettes Get a Job! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Prospect193]

In the great words of the Silhouettes Get a Job! :laugh::laugh::laugh:


:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Or you can give me lots of money and i will gladly ship it too you!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Pat

[NIMT]

I love the way you've laid the track bending around the corner
Well if he didn't do that the loco would fall on the floor!;):laugh::D

[New Berlin RR]

In the great words of the Silhouettes Get a Job! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

I got two of them :P i just need to find one of them 2-10-2 :P the pay checks just don't show up fast enough (or often enough....)

[Prospect193]

Layout progressing along nicely tunnel portals and abutments weathered and installed, also starting to put in the backdrop!!

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/3498608a.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/2a270d74.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/a35e55ad.jpg


http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/6558be5a.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/6e3a88ac.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/b3efb3b6.jpg

[xrunner]

Quite the project! Those portal models look familiar, I have what looks like the same in N scale.

[Prospect193]

Yeah they are chooch portals, does the weathering look ok?? I'm a bit unsure if the colors work!!

Pat

[xrunner]

Yeah they are chooch portals, does the weathering look ok?? I'm a bit unsure if the colors work!!

Pat

Yeah looks great. I even see some soot on the centerline up top. Nice touch.

[sstlaure]

I think the coloring on the portals and abutments looks great.

[brik-el]

Coming along nicely!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Prospect193]

Been busy today with the layout!! I must thank Sean (NIMT) for his great tutorial on terrain building!! His method works amazingly as this picture will show!!

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/d7cc4d44.jpg

Thanks Pat

[tjcruiser]

I see some NIMT hill in the works! Though I've never tried it myself, I'm amazed at the realistic topography resulting from the crumpled screen.

Looking forward to your progress here.

TJ

[Carl]

This is any outstanding job on the layout........your 7 year old helper needs an afternoon at the park for his help.

[Prospect193]

Funny you should say that Carl!! That's exactly what he got yesterday!!

Pat

[big ed]

Funny you should say that Carl!! That's exactly what he got yesterday!!

Pat

It seems like there is a lot of wasted space under the mountain your building?
Any track going under it?:confused:

[Prospect193]

It's narrower than u think!! Originally there was not going to be any plywood but I placed some there to support a couple of things including the bridge abutments!! Also you can't really see in this pic but the gap tapers into about 2" in the background of the pic!! I also wanted to give a natural terrain elevation rise towards the backdrop!!

Pat

[big ed]

It's narrower than u think!! Originally there was not going to be any plywood but I placed some there to support a couple of things including the bridge abutments!! Also you can't really see in this pic but the gap tapers into about 2" in the background of the pic!! I also wanted to give a natural terrain elevation rise towards the backdrop!!

Pat


It looks like a nice place to park a train under.
A siding line running in under the mountain?
Back in a train to park?

[Prospect193]

It would be but it would be too narrow to get track in there from the far right side!! Not a major though as I have tons of room in the foreground to park trains!! That section was always intended as a "mountain pass"
I will take a pic later to show you a more overhead view to show you how the tracks run!!

Pat

[big ed]

It would be but it would be too narrow to get track in there from the far right side!! Not a major though as I have tons of room in the foreground to park trains!! That section was always intended as a "mountain pass"
I will take a pic later to show you a more overhead view to show you how the tracks run!!

Pat


OK !! OK !! :laugh:

NO TRAINS UNDER THE MOUNTAIN!!:D!!

[Prospect193]

Big Ed,

You can see from this pic how it tapers in!!

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/d1e773ae.jpg

Pat

[Prospect193]

Been busy again today!!! Time to get plastered!!


http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/1e20c010.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h377/prospect193/57ab2293.jpg

Starting to look more like a layout!!!

Pat

[Carl]

Great progress..........

[broox]

looks awesome!

I got talked out of using the flyscreen + plaster method this time around, but It'll be making an appearance on any future layouts!

[brik-el]

Don't you just love when you start putting things together, you can start to picture what it'll look like eventually?

Good job, keep the updates flowin!:thumbsup:

[ozroscoe]

Yeah they are chooch portals, does the weathering look ok?? I'm a bit unsure if the colors work!!

Pat

You're kidding, right? They look fantastic. Nice weathering job. What was their original colour? The benchwork construction is impressive and clean. Can't wait to inspect it myself :D

Cheers,

Roscoe

[Prospect193]

Hey Ross,

Glad you joined!! They were originally a dull grey!!! We'll see you and the family in November!!! In the meantime the guys here are terrific with a huge amount of experience and very helpful!!! Look around the forum and gaze in wonderment!!!

Pat

[Southern]

Thanks for keeping us posted

[JohnAP]

Great progress! The bridge abutments and tunnel portals look awesome!

:thumbsup::thumbsup: