27/02/2018

Time for a new Video

This new video is of my ON30 Narrow Gauge RR the Lost Creek

       I built this layout in a totally different shed to my SFRSD as I wanted to try something different. I guess this primarily came about from meeting Bill with his wonderful Sn3 RR which must have touched a nerve.
       One of the things I wanted to do is try something different hence the curved corners using off-cuts of Laminex curved to a 12 inch radius and glued in place with contact adhesive. John F a good friend helped me paint the top half of the room sky blue and with a lot of the turnout wiring by using push /pulls onto slide switches instead of Tortoise motors.
      I designed the fascia to have a shelf so operators had a place to lay car cards whilst switching.
      The other really big step was learning to paint all of the scenery and trees on my backdrops which took a while, however I was pleased with the outcome.
      I kit bashed two Bachmann Gas Mechanical Locos, weathered a Shay and a Porter and assembled quite a few English freight car kits that turned out okay.







     Building this layout was a lot of fun however the operational side did not work as planned so the Lost Creek RR became a fallen flag.
     There is no video clips of the layout however I did manage to take quite a few images which I have put together in the video.
     Hope you enjoy my journey into Narrow Gauge Railroading as much as I enjoyed building it.


     As usual thanks for stopping by and watch out for more videos as I add them to this Blog over coming weeks.
Rod.
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5 comments:

  1. Allen H.27 February 2018 at 21:04

    Ron that is some extremly fine work!

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    1. Rod Warren28 February 2018 at 14:29

      Thanks Allen. I did enjoy building and doing the scenery on the LCRR, hope I can pull it off on the new HOn3 RR.
      Regards
      Rod.

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  2. nscalestation28 February 2018 at 15:51

    Rod this is really amazing work and I quite enjoyed the video. Looking forward to you new HOn3 layout.

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  3. Ron McF28 February 2018 at 18:25

    Rod, this is an excellent tribute to the lost LCRR, as well as your own very fine modelling skills. It makes me wish I had spent more time in this shed when I was at your place. Like Brad, I'll be watching to see the new layout develop.

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  4. Rod Warren1 March 2018 at 12:53

    Thanks Lads. It was a labour of love and something I really enjoyed doing.
    Hope I can pull it off on the new one.
    Rod.

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