railsquid Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 On second thoughts, that embankment looks a bit brutal when seen from below... upper-single-track-embankment-2019-05-15_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr I think we'll go with this arrangement instead: upper-single-track-embankment-2019-05-16_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Applied some more Tomix rust pen to the main line rails, and experimentally planted a double catenary mast. left-rear-corner-2019-05-19_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Joined all the supporting bits of the above section together into one contiguous scenic block and fixed the track sections in place so they can be sceniced up with ballast'n'stuff. Here removed from the layout for ease of working on. left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr The embankment on the left is recycled from my original layout attempt. 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 And a bit more progress... left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_04 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_05 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 10 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 And another bit more... left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-25_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) Some cable trunking and ballasting... left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-30_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-31_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited May 31, 2019 by railsquid 7 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 And a bit more ballasting... left-rear-corner-2019-06-01_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr And some random shots... left-rear-corner-2019-06-01_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-rear-upper-track-section-2019-05-31_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) Somewhat more appropriate for a mountainous locale: left-rear-corner-2019-06-02_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited June 3, 2019 by railsquid 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Trundling through the mountain scenery... left-rear-corner-2019-06-04_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr the bright yellow train emerges into a built-up urban-ish area: main-station-approach-2019-06-05_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Low-relief skyscraper supplied by Tomix in full-relief and hacked into halves by self; I purchased it way back 2nd hand, and been wondering what to do with it ever since, as it's really a bit too bulky for this layout. 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Random photos... Kato 189 series "Azusa New Colour" by Rail Squid, on Flickr Kato 189 series "Azusa New Colour" by Rail Squid, on Flickr main-station-approach-2019-06-07_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 7 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Repurposed some Greenmax bridge supports as viaducts: main-station-approach-viaduct-2019-06-08_04 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Meanwhile, the oil traffic must keep flowing: left-rear-corner-2019-06-08_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Oil train passes a westbound Chuo Line E233 series: main-station-approach-2019-06-09_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 Link to comment
serotta1972 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 8:31 AM, railsquid said: Nice shots, 2 of my favorite trains. 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 11:04 PM, railsquid said: Oil train passes a westbound Chuo Line E233 series: main-station-approach-2019-06-09_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 中央特快 E233, my favourite E233! 🙂 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 Kato track nails come in very handy for holding bits of scenery in place while the glue dries... main-station-approach-2019-06-11_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Some recent radnom shots... kato-eh200_3045_05 by Rail Squid, on Flickr main-station-approach-2019-06-12_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr main-station-approach-2019-06-12_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr main-station-approach-2019-06-12_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 This area is working out quite well, I think. main-station-approach-2019-06-13_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 A DF50 has taken over from the EF13. MicroAce DF50 (DF50 2) by Rail Squid, on Flickr Topical site for this period/location: http://kokuden.net/mc53/sub100/sub100-1/sub100-1-tyuse.htm 8 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Not much happening... just running trains :D Tomix E233 (Chuo Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Old and new passing: Kato 201 series (Chuo Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
Densha Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Every time I see your layout my JR East Chuo Line itch starts getting back! 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) Some scenic work-in-progress at the other end of the layout: left-side-hill-2019-06-30_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited June 30, 2019 by railsquid 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 And while the glue's drying there, time to break out the emergency disposable chopsticks for another round of chopstick-supported scenery. chopstick-mountain-v2_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr chopstick-mountain-v2_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 3 4 Link to comment
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