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George Country: USA | Posts: 14565 deemery Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/20/2013 :  6:27:36 PM     The one thing I'd suggest is sprinkling cinders along the ballast, as I'd expect an engine yard in particular to get a lot of ash and cinders. The Cumbres and Toltec probably uses coal cinders for yard ballast: http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=1&with_photo_id=12083730&order=date_desc&user=2000083 Silverton yard on Durango & Silverton: http://www.olimpia.com/photos/Colorado07/DSNG/DSNG-Pages/Image127.html Here's Steamtown: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmpowell/3943846440/lightbox/ Hope these give you some inspiration. dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 7094 railman28 Fireman Posted - 01/20/2013 :  10:29:23 PM     Yes, Håkan there's always room for improvement but in this case not much need. So good looking (yes, oil, grease, cinders and dust are need in small quantities will improve things) It's only make-believe Country: USA | Posts: 4692 masonamerican Fireman Posted - 01/21/2013 :  12:13:38 PM     Many thanks, George, Dave and Bob! Thanks Dave also for the links. I looked at the picture links and there certainly are a lot of cinders in the ballast. This I have to ponder as my coal burners are fairly new or converted so not much could have accumulated. The Cumbres and Toltec yard has a lot of black in it but in the pictures from the other yards the ballast has a more dark grey color to it. As my rails are all ballasted and in place I think I go for using some black wash together with some weathering powder to represent cinders and oil deposits. Håkan Country: Sweden | Posts: 1664 Frederic Testard Engineer Premium Member Posted - 01/22/2013 :  03:21:37 AM     I love this RR facility, Håkan. It's really well done and the scene is charming. I had the same feeling as you about the grease and its lack, and am sure it has to be added, and yet I thought the overall cleanness gave the scene a kind of appeal we seldom find on real yards. The place where you would willingly spend some time. But it indeed needs it for realism... Country: France | Posts: 17652 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 01/22/2013 :  07:43:58 AM     Håkan, your engine house and yard scene is coming together nicely. I always enjoy seeing your progress pictures. Thanks for sharing. As you think, so will you be. Country: USA | Posts: 22166 masonamerican Fireman Posted - 01/22/2013 :  5:07:22 PM     Thank you Rick for the kind words! Håkan Country: Sweden | Posts: 1664 Martin Welberg Fireman Posted - 02/05/2013 :  06:16:14 AM       Håkan could you help me out please, thought the link to the custom decal site you're using was somewhere in this thread. Can't find or I overlook it... Country: Netherlands | Posts: 6686 masonamerican Fireman Posted - 02/05/2013 :  08:07:00 AM     Hello Martin, the adress is: http://www.decalprint.de Håkan Country: Sweden | Posts: 1664 Martin Welberg Fireman Posted - 02/05/2013 :  09:06:53 AM       Thanx Håkan Country: Netherlands | Posts: 6686 LynnB Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/05/2013 :  11:07:49 AM     Your engine service facility looks great.I find you method of benchwork construction very interesting and may be something I can try on my next layout. Edited by - LynnB on 02/05/2013 11:14:05 AM Country: Canada | Posts: 2363 masonamerican Fireman Posted - 02/06/2013 :  01:03:27 AM     Thanks Lynn, its coming together piece by piece. Currently I'm building a water tank for it and after that its a Sequia sanding facility. Then hopefully it has everything needed. The benchwork is the old trusty Linn Westcott T-girder. Håkan Country: Sweden | Posts: 1664 LynnB Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/06/2013 :  01:18:13 AM     Thanks Håkan, I take it there is an advantage to using this type of construction for the track work but is there any disadvantage when it comes to needed flat to semi flat elevated ground for say setting up a hilly town with multiple elevations or say for a wharf scene? Country: Canada | Posts: 2363 masonamerican Fireman Posted - 02/06/2013 :  5:05:27 PM     Hi Lynn, Sorry it is L girder not T girder. I think the main advantage is that it is very flexible. It is easy to vary the height of the roadbed and also to add ravine etc. I have on parts of the layout the L girder quite low to be able to have large vertical differences in the scenery. To add a large flat area in plywood is relatively easy as it is only to add a lot of support columns 1x2 or 1x3 from the benchwork below. I think the disadvantage is that it is hard to add the foredrop. Håkan Edited by - masonamerican on 02/06/2013 5:07:25 PM Country: Sweden | Posts: 1664 LynnB Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/06/2013 :  5:15:53 PM     Thanks Håkan I will have to see if I can purchase Linn Westcotts book to do some more reading, I think this type of layout may suit my needs a bit more although I do have con erns with a couple of my diarammas being around 24" long by 18" wide and how they would fit it or should I say blend in with an elevated track but I guess that would all be in the design. My layout is all flat top with woodland scenic risers and I'm thing the westcott method may be the new ticket. 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