keiichi77 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 6 hours ago, railsquid said: Meanwhile this is what the layout looks like without the advantage of carefully-posed close-up shots... Now where I have I seen that kind of mess before......oh I remember 😉 5 1 Link to comment
RossDensha Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I know nothing about modeling, but Takahachikawa looks like a nice layout 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Thank you kind sir, though a mere 5 odd years ago I knew nothing either, another 5 years and I might get this thing finished. Meanwhile a bit more work-in-progress, opening up a new perspective: rear-left-overview-2019-11-06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 7 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Today's random shots: rear-left-overview-2019-11-08_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr rear-left-overview-2019-11-08_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr The slightly raised section of road to the right of the orange KiHa is inspired by a section of line close to my local station which I pass by regularly and where the parallel road rises up above the line for a short stretch, like this: 9 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Painted up the sides of the rails in the depot area (more than visible here) with Tomix rust pen. Tedious but worth it. rear-left-2019-11-10_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 9 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 One half of a level crossing... rear-central-level-crossing-2019-11-23_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr rear-central-level-crossing-2019-11-23_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Making a start on the ground cover in the train depot, and other miscellaneous ground tweakage: train-depot-ground-cover-2019-11-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) On 11/23/2019 at 11:17 PM, railsquid said: One half of a level crossing... rear-central-level-crossing-2019-11-23_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr rear-central-level-crossing-2019-11-23_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr rear-central-level-crossing-2019-12-06_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Scenery removed for a spot of scenic scenicking: rear-central-level-crossing-2019-12-06_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Crossing now three-quarters finished (once the glue dries): rear-central-level-crossing-2019-12-06_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited December 6, 2019 by railsquid 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) The train depot takes on a little more shape: train-depot-2019-12-08_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Behind the engine sheds: train-depot-2019-12-08_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Looking in the other direction: train-depot-2019-12-08_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited December 8, 2019 by railsquid 8 1 Link to comment
disturbman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 23 minutes ago, railsquid said: The train depot takes on a little more shape: train-depot-2019-12-08_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Ouch, that brown EF64 needs some love. Hopefully, the depot should be able to service it as soon as it is ready. Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, disturbman said: Ouch, that brown EF64 needs some love. Hopefully, the depot should be able to service it as soon as it is ready. It's an old Tomix model (spring worm drive era) which together with the EF66 (ditto) live on the layout for ad-hoc testing and photo shoots. Link to comment
disturbman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Maybe the layout needs a scrapyard 😉 Link to comment
gavino200 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 hours ago, railsquid said: The train depot takes on a little more shape: train-depot-2019-12-08_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Behind the engine sheds: train-depot-2019-12-08_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Looking in the other direction: train-depot-2019-12-08_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr This drain channel (is that what it is?) is a really nice touch. It looks great. Would you mind sharing how you did it? Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 6 hours ago, gavino200 said: This drain channel (is that what it is?) is a really nice touch. It looks great. Would you mind sharing how you did it? Cut it out of the sprues from the Kato rural platform set (23-130), they're designed to fit precisely between parallel Unitrack sections but work OK with Tomix. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just the spot for a grounded WaMu storage shed. train-depot-2019-12-09_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 8 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nice! Was this just a reuse of an old wamu or one made as a storage shed? jeff 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 hours ago, cteno4 said: Nice! Was this just a reuse of an old wamu or one made as a storage shed? This is a happy case of congratulating myself for hoarding random collections of cheap auction junk and simply being able to reach into a box and bring out a sacrificial wagon. Will reuse the weight to cheaply N-gauge-ize a Tomytec set. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Bit more work around the back of the sheds: train-depot-rear-2019-12-12_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 Random work-in-progress... train-depot-2019-12-14_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 3 Link to comment
Kamome Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Looks great Squid. That Wamu needs some distressing. I don’t think I’ve seen one used as storage in quite so good condition as this. Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Yup, at some point I'll get round to weathering and generally distressing stuff... Still focussing on basics like track and electrickery stuff, today we see some infill between the depot tracks: train-depot-2019-12-15_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr train-depot-2019-12-15_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr to be smothered in ballast and tarmac/concrete walkways. Gratuitous shot of the local line behind the depot, with ED18-2 providing some freight action. local-line-rear-left-2019-12-15_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr ED18-2 has a strong association with the Iida Line, but I have two photos showing it on-depot at Hachioji. 7 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 EF66-11 resting behind the main sheds. train-depot-2019-12-17_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Experimenting with ballasting in the train depot: train-depot-2019-12-21_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Spreading it out a bit... train-depot-2019-12-22_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Lots of gaps needing to be filled and surplus ballast to be removed/scraped off but looking reasonably depot-like. 3 Link to comment
DD13 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 11/24/2019 at 4:40 AM, railsquid said: Making a start on the ground cover in the train depot, and other miscellaneous ground tweakage: train-depot-ground-cover-2019-11-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr What did you use as ground cover? Link to comment
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