My Port line

[Giugiaro]

You can use a beard trimmer to get the grass to about the height of the rail.

Prototypically, trains tend to leave their loading gauge perfectly trimmed on grass growing over the track.

[Englehart]

3 hours ago, Giugiaro said:

You can use a beard trimmer to get the grass to about the height of the rail.

Prototypically, trains tend to leave their loading gauge perfectly trimmed on grass growing over the track.

 

i tried a while ago with a cheapo beard trimmer......

well it didnt cut 😅might need a more better one 🙂

[Giugiaro]

I was thinking of something similar to my Philips MG3730/15, but that might be too wide for what we need here.

 

Maybe a beard styler type of trimmer might be small enough for the job.

The Gillette Styler or the Philips PHMG1100/16 might do the trick, but please find one that's cheaper.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Giugiaro

[Englehart]

18 hours ago, Giugiaro said:

I was thinking of something similar to my Philips MG3730/15, but that might be too wide for what we need here.

 

Maybe a beard styler type of trimmer might be small enough for the job.

The Gillette Styler might do the trick, but please find one that's cheaper.

cheaper you say

 

say no more 😅 luckily we have one at home 🙃

 

 

@Giugiaro here is the prototype of the grass 😅

 

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Edited October 13, 2022 by Englehart
change prototype photo

[Englehart]

8 hours ago, Giugiaro said:

I was thinking of something similar to my Philips MG3730/15, but that might be too wide for what we need here.

 

Maybe a beard styler type of trimmer might be small enough for the job.

The Gillette Styler or the Philips PHMG1100/16 might do the trick, but please find one that's cheaper.

now trimmed a bit 😄

 

[Englehart]

added platform fence at electric utility post

Edited October 14, 2022 by Englehart

[Englehart]

added electricity lines and new post

 

taken from my pc webcam

Edited October 14, 2022 by Englehart

[Englehart]

took a break and tried a photoshot

 

 

[cteno4]

Nice! The advantage of doing small modules! Can’t take a whole layout outside…

 

jeff

[Englehart]

took a break on the module

 

i converted 1 kiha 20 to a trailer car

 

removed both cab ends

 

 

 

the finished product new windows will be installed

 

[Englehart]

also an old kato switch converted to 6.5mm

 

[Englehart]

fresh from storage looks a storm that hit the community 🤣

 

 

 

going revised the module again 😄 (back to 9.0) 🤣

[Englehart]

Weathered a few rolling stocks with a makeup kit 😄

 

[Englehart]

 

testing railroad crossing

[Englehart]

when you're too excited

[Englehart]

 

some progress

 

manual gates and keepers hut

[Tom C]

I just go crazy for that row of shops you created. They look like an oil painting and capture a feeling that is not often seen in model railways. 10/10

[Englehart]

2 hours ago, Tom C said:

I just go crazy for that row of shops you created. They look like an oil painting and capture a feeling that is not often seen in model railways. 10/10

i'm currently putting it on a new module the old one is too narrow

this one will abide with the railways 20-30 meter row wide 🙂

[Englehart]

First area to be "finished" almost

 

[Englehart]

added some small details 🙂

 

[cteno4]

On 3/10/2023 at 1:10 AM, Tom C said:

I just go crazy for that row of shops you created. They look like an oil painting and capture a feeling that is not often seen in model railways. 10/10

Nail on the head dude!

 

jeff

[Englehart]

53 minutes ago, cteno4 said:

Nail on the head dude!

 

jeff

 

just now realized i've modeled it 1/160 😅while everything at 1/150 not much of a difference 🙂

[Cat]

15 minutes ago, Englehart said:

just now realized i've modeled it 1/160 😅while everything at 1/150 not much of a difference 🙂

This is what we call selective compression, or something like that.
~ , ~

[cteno4]

4 hours ago, Englehart said:

 

just now realized i've modeled it 1/160 😅while everything at 1/150 not much of a difference 🙂

all good! I’ve tossed 1/160 to 1/142 stuff into my Japanese n scale. One good thing you have is that “oil painting” feel that Tom mentioned which helps the minds eye take over the viewing of your scenes and the visual memory tends to fill in things. It’s a really interesting sort of filter that is very fun and different.

 

cheers,

 

jeff

[Englehart]

made a manual boom

 

 

for reference