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Exactly, Jerry... I want this layout to be as nice as possible whenever finished. I want to be satisfied with placement the first time around. I don't want to throw this together in a big hurry only to be disappointed later... I'm not going to do it...
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Posted - November 28 2014 : 5:06:59 PM
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Finally have the second plywood base cut to fit well and have laid out the basics of this section. Used the concrete duplicating paint on the 7-UP side and asphalt the other side. Planning maybe trimming the clip ear from the bottom of guardrail and drilling the board to hold them. Thinkin' about what decor to use on this section. Any suggestions are welcome...
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Posted - November 28 2014 : 9:37:28 PM
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Walt - looking good with each update as always!
My first thoughts - do something to break up the newness/uniformity of the concrete and asphalt. Expansion joints, patches, tire marks, stains, puddles, cracks, etc.
Maybe some weeds growing. A grassy area between the two. Use of additional curbing. Maybe some outbuildings for storage. A fenced area beside the electric company to store old parts and equipment. Some additional light poles. Fencing here and there.
Just thinking off the top of my head, hope some of that helps
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Great ideas, Jerry... Some of them I had thought about already... Should be interesting to see what I can do with this section...
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 3:57:24 PM
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The mailman was kind to me today...
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 4:43:45 PM
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I really like those hedges; never seen those before. Looks like you'll have some nice colour on the layout. 
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 9:28:24 PM
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| Yes, Eric... I bought the scenics to add color to my layout. I want it to be spring like and happy... I was more excited about the flowered hedges than any of the other things! The 5-6 inch trees are to keep the slot cars off the floor at the end of the long straight away!
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Posted - December 17 2014 : 11:48:58 PM
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Took a couple of JTT flowered hedges and added more flowers. I made a heavier red and an orange one as seen in left row. Need one of these for the large flower pot in front of Life-Like's Firehouse...
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Posted - December 19 2014 : 4:11:34 PM
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quote:Yes, Eric... I bought the scenics to add color to my layout. I want it to be spring like and happy... I was more excited about the flowered hedges than any of the other things! The 5-6 inch trees are to keep the slot cars off the floor at the end of the long straight away!
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That's a clever way of doing it. The soft trees won't damage any rogue cars they happen to catch. Nice bushes too!
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 10:17:36 PM
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Been wanting to cover my layout when I'm not working on it. After thinking about it a while, I made a slightly larger than 8x20 PVC frame and covering with a 10x20 plastic drop cloth. I have 14 small hook hangers on the floor joists that holds this up within three inches of the floor joists practically un-noticeable... The cover when finished has a 10 inch clearance from the table surface, the cover makes no contact to the light poles, buildings etc. Still laying the cover plastic at this time. Drop cloth overhang will end up about a foot down from the hanging frame on the side & ends.
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 10:21:35 PM
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That's cool Walt, I have been thinking along those lines myself. How do you raise and lower it?
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 10:29:49 PM
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| It hangs on small strings Jerry. It weighs nothing. I found it easily lifts and attaches on one side, then go around and do the other... Strings and overhang get laid up in the small area between the joist and the frame out of sight... Takes about a minute to hang and stuff the excess on top.
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 3:32:35 PM
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| Always enjoy seeing updates of your layout Walt. Good idea to cover it when not in use. Should be a sight to see with all your buildings and scenery in place. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 9:12:17 PM
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The layout cover worked out as nice as I had thought it would in my mind. I hung it up tonight for the first time with the 10X20 plastic attached to the frame work. Hard to get a good photo due to the length of it.
 
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 9:17:54 PM
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Thank You, Richard! I had to have a cover. I try hard to keep my basement really clean but dust happens. Taking a minute to raise or lower this cover saves hours of dusting & cleaning...
Wishing you and your family the best holiday season as well...
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 9:42:46 PM
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| Great idea Walt. I'm thinkin' as much as the dust collecting on my bench/layout and equipment adds to the realism, it would be prudent to take some protective measures before something goes too long and gets ruined.
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 10:19:34 PM
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Great job Walt - I'll have to keep this in mind when I finally reach Texas.
Now...if someone can find a way to keep cobwebs out.... 
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 6:23:24 PM
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A pic of the cover (partial pic) in the down position. Coming down is a breeze. I have impressed myself with this thing!
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Posted - December 24 2014 : 09:46:21 AM
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| That's pretty ingenious Walt!
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Posted - December 24 2014 : 5:32:26 PM
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Thank You, Eric
I was surprised that it turned out so user friendly...
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 02:30:10 AM
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A couple pics of a part on the section I'm currently working on. Adding a bit of detail to the Tyco Machine shop. Some dirty roof staining, weeds and grasses, that will be further extended out from the building. This building will have the blue & white flickering Arc Welding simulator inside when section is finished... Also purchased a set of 10 , four inch tall maple trees and another box of 4 pink cherry blossom trees as I had posted in an above prior photo. Moving way too slow on this section though..
About the large plastic cover I had made, I keep finding good things about it. Every now and then I closely turn around a corner of the table and bump the hanging assembly. This light weight assembly just swings in a little bit then comes back to where it belongs. I've also found myself lifting the clear plastic overhang to look for an item under the cover. Other times I find I have lifted a section by the PVC pipe to reach a piece.. Can't find anything bad to say about it..
  
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 06:36:30 AM
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Coming along very nicely. I like the fenced in area, the vegetation and vines on the wall. Looking great
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 08:33:51 AM
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Is that static grass under the trees? It really looks good.
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 09:29:26 AM
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quote:Coming along very nicely. I like the fenced in area, the vegetation and vines on the wall. Looking great
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â January 09 2015Â :Â 06:36:30 AM
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 Me too.
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 7:17:13 PM
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Thank You, Jerry & Stephen...
Shaggy, that photo of the red Maple trees with grass is the ebay photo where I bought the trees...
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Posted - January 09 2015 : 8:55:27 PM
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quote:Thank You, Jerry & Stephen...
Shaggy, that photo of the red Maple trees with grass is the ebay photo where I bought the trees...
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No problem, Walt.  That's an Ebay shot? Might as well be from Amazon since it looks so good.
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Posted - January 22 2015 : 01:20:07 AM
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I'm not sure that I can get excited about the red maple trees pictured a few days ago. But I have purchased two sizes of Bachmann Scene Scapes and I want more! Some pines and spruce are next!
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Posted - January 22 2015 : 09:37:36 AM
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They're very nice looking trees according to the photo. To make it look even better, I would usually sprinkle some grass on it unless you wanna keep the TYCO style thing which is also good.
-Steve
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Posted - February 02 2015 : 2:43:48 PM
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I've made a little progress on the layout section I will post later tonight. For now, here is my trackside helpers. I have one of the colorful garbage cans on each corner of my table. I never have to go very far to throw something away. Also a very handy yard stick hangs on one table leg while the grabber hangs on the other, both neatly out of the way. Inside one leg hangs the shaggy duster, which I will need less since I made the hanging layout cover...
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Posted - February 02 2015 : 6:57:48 PM
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A couple of pics since I've added a little detail.. There's loose grass pieces everywhere but I haven't cleaned up much yet. Have added some oil puddles or stains in the parking spots... Still going to add a lot with more detail on the black top and concrete surfaces...
The two trees in the lower pics will not be there, maybe smaller trees or something... 
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 11:59:30 AM
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| That's looking great Walt.
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 12:36:59 PM
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quote:That's looking great Walt.
Originally posted by DaCheez - February 03 2015 : 11:59:30 AM
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Heck yeah it's looking great - and my favorite is the back lot of the electric supply bldg. and that gravel parking spot. Excellent
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 9:02:12 PM
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| Thanks Guys! I have a couple bare spots in the grass and a couple of parking lines to replace that has grass under the ends... Still wanna add more detail, have the dumpsters coming but I need more of something??
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 10:33:19 PM
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| Very nice. Parking lot with the oil stains is pretty fine. Always like seeing your photo updates Walt.
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 10:56:21 PM
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quote:Still wanna add more detail, have the dumpsters coming but I need more of something??
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Some raccoons and skunks to fight over the chicken bones? 
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Posted - February 03 2015 : 11:29:33 PM
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Thank You, Barry...
I went to Hobby Lobby today trying to decide what small trees to use on the corner of this section... I couldn't decide, so I took pictures of what I liked and will go back. It's just 5 minutes away...
Shaggy, the raccoons are available from Woodland Scenics... But chicken bones can be deadly to animals... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Woodland-Scenics-People-Pesky-Raccoons-Figure-Set-/301515864510?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4633bef9be
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Posted - February 04 2015 : 08:22:20 AM
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quote:| But chicken bones can be deadly to animals... Originally posted by walt - February 03 2015 : 11:29:33 PM
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The raccoons don't actually eat the bones. They just pick them clean and leave them on the neighbor's back porch. I'm not sure what the skunks do, beyond resorting to chemical warfare with the raccoons.
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Posted - February 04 2015 : 10:54:08 AM
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I found a 3 week old raccoon and kept him for eight months as a pet. Nothing more entertaining... He even slept on the bed with me...
I've added a photo with a few changes from days ago. The two green trees was removed and the red flowering bushes was placed there. The front parking area of KFC has been sprayed flat black, with parking lines added...The 4 corners of KFC has the painted yellow curbing added to it. Sadly, my over cropped photo lose soo much color.
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Posted - February 05 2015 : 6:30:39 PM
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| Very nice scenes. They look professionally done.
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Posted - February 05 2015 : 7:32:28 PM
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hey Walt On the front of the KFC there are 3 cement bumpers
Did you forget to paint those or shave them off?
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Posted - February 05 2015 : 9:43:55 PM
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quote:hey Walt On the front of the KFC there are 3 cement bumpers
Did you forget to paint those or shave them off?
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Thank You, Richard !
You are correct Ben about the 3 parking curbs being there. But the slot cars that we know as HO scale are larger than an actual size HO car. So space in front of my KFC has been narrowed down to 2 parking spaces, from 3. I didn't have the heart to grind them off so they got sprayed flat black with the rest of that section. If I paint them yellow or white it will elevate the change even more. So I'm just going to leave them there, flat black and barely noticeable. I figure if this is the worst inaccuracy on my layout I'll be doing pretty good....
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Posted - February 06 2015 : 02:36:11 AM
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Attempting to blacken of the traffic area of the 7-UP plant. Have some sewer covers of two kinds ordered. This is the first time ever of this kind of detailing. Will add oil stains where the truck cabs sit and whatever else I can come up with... The trees aren't mounted permanently so they're leaning a bit...
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Posted - February 06 2015 : 5:55:42 PM
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Those sections are looking great. Definitely screams 1970's-1980's Tyco/Bachmann stuff.
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Posted - February 06 2015 : 11:07:30 PM
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Looking good Walt! It's amazing what you can do with Tyco kits. I like the attention to detail on the surroundings as well. I'd say you hit the nail on the head with those 1970's oil stains. My AMC did a similar number on the street in front of my parents' house....
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Posted - February 07 2015 : 3:35:57 PM
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Thank You, Stephen.. You know, I don't have very much Bachmann stuff. I recently found that they have nice trees. I will be buying more along with some Woodland trees and décor...
Thank You, Eric... It was quite common in those days to have a car that leaked a little oil, or a lot of oil in some cases...
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Posted - February 07 2015 : 4:18:03 PM
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quote: No problem, man.But yeah, you've definitely captured the whole 1970's-1980's era of model railroading.
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Posted - February 12 2015 : 12:40:10 AM
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The local Hobby Lobby has a nice selection of Woodland Scenic trees... I decided on trees called "Sunkissed" for the corner in question. These are 1-1/4 to 2 inches tall in a 5 pack... They have the removable base where a small hole can be drilled and the trees will stand in...
Photos taken with section partially screwed down. I drilled holes for lights in each building... I will take this section back up to finish detailing...
 
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Posted - February 12 2015 : 10:31:09 AM
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| Tell me Walt . . . are you just working on the layout scenery, or do you every once in a while get into cruising those cars along the roadways?
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Posted - February 12 2015 : 1:00:20 PM
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Barry, I have not run the cars for several months now. Since I started the first section some of the light poles have been removed and laying around, a lot of them on the track. Also a bit of dust on the track from before I made the cover. The main drag down the center is a mess from shuffling buildings etc.. So I have unplugged the power to the layout for now,.
I must say for the couple of weeks that I had the cars running, it was a big boost in making me want to finish something else on the table... maybe I should take a few minutes to get the track dusted and organized again, and running!
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Posted - March 19 2015 : 11:30:13 AM
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| Always nice to see progress on your layout. I know it takes time due to your busy work and home schedule. It is rewarding though when you make realistic scenes to compliment your train and car consists.
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