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p51
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Posted - 02/08/2018 : 4:55:50 PM
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Well, it's been a long time since I posted here. My layout's gone through what I call it's "initial completion" for well over a year, took about 2.5 years to get it looking like this. It's had a feature article in the 2017 On30 Annual, online Trackside Model Railroading, will be in the NG/shortline gazette in March and also the 2018 Annual... Here's a before shot of the first day the sections were bolted into place in the room, and 3 years later to the day:
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on30vince
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Posted - 02/09/2018 : 09:13:14 AM
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Very nice modeling. Vince
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ocalicreek
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Posted - 02/09/2018 : 3:04:23 PM
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Glad to see you here, Lee. I look forward to more!
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slimrails
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Posted - 02/10/2018 : 07:13:01 AM
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Great layout and I'm happy to see that you've modeled the ET&WNC! 
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Posted - 02/10/2018 : 07:44:57 AM
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Nice,
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p51
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Posted - 02/10/2018 : 7:22:16 PM
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quote: Originally posted by slimrails
Great layout and I'm happy to see that you've modeled the ET&WNC! 
Thanks. My parents grew up not far from Elizabethton, TN and were teens when the 3-footer gave up in '51. I spent a lot of time in my youth in the region as we always went up there once a year.
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p51
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Posted - 02/26/2018 : 6:16:54 PM
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I've been playing around with different angles for photos and ways to make them look older. I like how these each turned out:



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p51
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Posted - 04/12/2018 : 1:55:08 PM
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My layout is in the March/April issue of the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette... More random photos with my cell last night, just for the heck of it:






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Posted - 04/12/2018 : 5:20:34 PM
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Nice layout and modeling. I enjoyed your article in the Gazette.
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BigLars
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Posted - 04/12/2018 : 6:08:08 PM
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Very nice, I have been following some of your posts on other sites and always enjoy the NC scenes.
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Posted - 04/14/2018 : 4:28:52 PM
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Nice pictures! Now I'll have to look at my M/A issue of Gazette. I haven't looked at the last 3 issues yet. As a matter of fact, they are still in their plastic wrap! I've kind of been sidelined for a while.
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p51
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Posted - 04/16/2018 : 10:53:40 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Michael Hohn
Nice layout and modeling. I enjoyed your article in the Gazette.
Thanks, Mike! I also have an article in the On30 Annual, which just came out (I a copy yesterday).
The ET&WNC decided to put sheet metal covers over the headlights on their tenders, due to the proximity of the coal load (to keep them from being crushed when the coal bunkers were filled). It's one of the key features of the WW2-era black paint jobs that Bachmann never addressed with their excellent models in On30. I had made some out of black styrene sheets, heated and stretched over a brass tube the diameter needed. But the styrene was really too thick and I never liked the look (the first photo shows one atop the coal pile for comparison). Over the weekend, I got some pre-made 1/2" wide brass strips and cut/shaped them over the same tube. They dropped right into place and after some simple paint work, I had covers that looked much better than the previous ones.
Getting the fit right on # 12:

After the paint is done on the same locomotive:

I have three of these locomotives but had plenty of brass left, so I made several and used only the ones that worked out best. This is #11:

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Posted - 04/16/2018 : 11:17:31 AM
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Excellent modeling and photography.
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p51
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Posted - 04/16/2018 : 12:40:57 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Rick
Excellent modeling and photography.
Thanks, Rick! Not bad for a cell phone huh?
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p51
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Posted - 04/17/2018 : 10:48:42 AM
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I still can't believe it:
 Two magazines on hobby shop shelves at the same time with articles I have written; the March/April 2018 Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette and the 2018 On30 Annual!
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friscomike
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Posted - 04/17/2018 : 12:00:27 PM
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Howdy,
Cool article, congrats! Nice layout, too.
Happy rails, Mike
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