The link is the main Walthers site page, i could be going to my modelshop next weekend for more track/couplers and can tell you if he has any buildings you may be interested in
Thanks Nick if there is anything let me know, bear in mind mine is 60`s 70`s 00 but looking for a supermarket or medium idustrial buildings. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Picture of area for a building to be put on is the grassed area which is would support a building up to 12" X 4" so if you find anything of interest please let me know _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
In the picture here how wide is it where the red line is next to the white road marking across the road ?
Looking through the Walthers catalogue here does it have to have a back to it as i've found a couple of background buildings a little longer 12 7/8 that would fit in.
Hi Nick the width there is 4 and a quater inches and my lenght is 13" fro the bridge which is 4" high, I think it would be better with a back on it as part of it would be visable. Thanks.
How do I get a picture on my profile down to the correct size to put it on? _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
That building 3173 looks to be the favorite, whats the price in £ and can I order direct from u k shop? _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
As far as your avator goes reduce the picture in a prgoramme such as Photobucket to the dimensions as follows save the resized pic to your pictures and use it as your avator
Displays a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 200 pixels, the height no greater than 2000 pixels, and the file size no more than 29 KB.
After thinking about the height issue with the background buildings on the layout i added a backdrop board this morning 14'' high and used some foam to try and get some ideas how it may look when done ........ nothing is glued down at the moment here are a couple of shots a loco in to give an idea of scale the pickup is on a road next to the apartments but there is no space for a sidewalk and a retaining wall to the railroad, the foam will go on the level there at least left to the end of the module.
What do you all think of it as a concept there are a couple of issues i need to solve
1. the sidewalk
2. what can i do to with the end of the foam on the right next to centennial mills ..... i was thinking of a grass bank sloping towards the mills ?
3. Should i have an overpass road inline over the railroad to service the apartments and market ? ending before the mills, another apartment kit needs to be built yet to go alongside and a DPM factory.
Any ideas appreciated. _________________
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Did a bit of thinking (dangerous ) and looking at your picture, I get the feeling that the foam block (for my personal gusto) is way to high. Height-wise, I would cut it in half.
To make room for a decent road, I'd build a "overhanging " pavement supported by concrete columns so that one lane basically covers the track. This also leaves ample space for sidewalks and street lamps.
To give the impression that the road actually goes somewhere, I'd build a sharp curve towards the backdrop panel and paint the road on the backdrop. To make the illusion perfect, one could "frame" the road by two flat buildings and conceal the transition to the backdrop by a pedestrian overpass between those to buildings.
The grass bank towards Centennial mills sounds good but it should be fairly small in order to enhance the industrial character...
Sorry Nick but I also think that foam is a bit high, but it`s not as easy to visulise from a photo.
Still trying to figure out how to get my picture down to 29kb _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Did a bit of thinking (dangerous ) and looking at your picture, I get the feeling that the foam block (for my personal gusto) is way to high. Height-wise, I would cut it in half.
To make room for a decent road, I'd build a "overhanging " pavement supported by concrete columns so that one lane basically covers the track. This also leaves ample space for sidewalks and street lamps.
To give the impression that the road actually goes somewhere, I'd build a sharp curve towards the backdrop panel and paint the road on the backdrop. To make the illusion perfect, one could "frame" the road by two flat buildings and conceal the transition to the backdrop by a pedestrian overpass between those to buildings.
The grass bank towards Centennial mills sounds good but it should be fairly small in order to enhance the industrial character...
Erhard
Hi Erhard,
Yes i was thinking the foam is too high as well but how to fill the space over the buildings height on the backdrop made me try it so high ....... the idea of having the road over the track is what i had visulaised but didnt put it into words correctly
The columns make the loco disappear and reappear adding more interest ........ something found in an industrial area.
Many thanks for your input it is greatly appreciated
Hi Dave,
Can you send me your pic in a PM or post it here & i'll try and reduce it for you. _________________
Try saving the pic here to your pictures on the PC go to your profile page and click on browse and choose the pic from your PC pictures and upload it as your avator here should be ok as its 197 pixels wide
EDIT ::::
Yeah it works dave i tried it on my profile _________________
I'd say the height of the backdrop is determined by the height of Centennial Mills plus an inch or so. There's no need to fill every square inch of the backdrop with building flats because it doesn't look realistic. How about painting in some clouds? Make them accentuated and clearly visible in the upper part of the backdrop and let them fade to the bottom part. This suggests a lot depth.
Thanks Nick as you can see it worked, I tried with photo bucket but lost it somewhere, O`well I keep trying these new technology things, get there some day. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
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Thanks to you also Doug for reducing my profile picture, I tried in photo bucket but lost it somewhere? Still keep trying these things. By the way had to log in again. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
I'd say the height of the backdrop is determined by the height of Centennial Mills plus an inch or so. There's no need to fill every square inch of the backdrop with building flats because it doesn't look realistic. How about painting in some clouds? Make them accentuated and clearly visible in the upper part of the backdrop and let them fade to the bottom part. This suggests a lot depth.
Erhard
Hi Erhard,
Very good points you have made i have halved the height of the foam now and it looks a lot better like the idea of the clouds have to get my artistic vent in to practice _________________
Thanks Nick as you can see it worked, I tried with photo bucket but lost it somewhere, O`well I keep trying these new technology things, get there some day.
After lowering the height of the foam more background buildings are needed i decided for variety ...... a search of Walthers background structures and DPM kits had me watching a DPM kit made up of modular sections ideal i thought and mailed the seller in the States if he could post it to the U.K. as he advertised post worldwide the watch stopped after no reply but change in the listing to ship to United States
Saturday afternoon i went over to picturescue Clitheroe to my LHS and made up the following structure from the Walthers American Hardware supply kit Still have a few walls left hopefully i can use around the layout possibly as Erhard suggested two wall ends with a pedestrian bridge linking them.
Spreading the kit out gives a good length.
A route in the K&S metals box provided the pipe from the watertank into the building.
One of the windows blanked of with brick plasticard next to the loading dock.
Inside ready for plasticard floors and lighting.
The motorised blower on the roof is loose and will join other items there with cables for power ....... & firescapes
I picked up Walthers Northern light and Power kit with a bit more track Kato RS2 Chicago Great Western and a pack of Kadees while at the LHS ... ( could have done with a few more packs of Kadees )
A picture of a carshop gave me the idea to have trucks removed from cars lined up in a mini diorama near or next to the shop the guy at the LHS gave me these for a couple of quid .
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This weekend got some of the backdrops sorted to allow me to see the buildings together aginst them properly for the first time.
This is to be the main building in the centre of the layout (Walthers American hardware supply) i took out the higher level block today and will have all the buildings on baseboard level.
With the windows left after converting the hardware supply i used some plastic sheet to make up another section of the same outlet further down the track
This one again scratchbuilt with more sheeting needing windows making i got the idea after seeing a picture on the net this week
The angled structure started life as DPM Laube's linen mill some kitbashing and this is the result a Walthers fire escape has been added, between it and the main structure of the layout i plan a road to create a crossing where the scalpel is onto the scrapyard.
Walthers Northern light and Power structure provided the scrapyard dealers the track running inside to pick up loads in gondolas a side road to hold empty/full gons ready to be used or moved away from the facility ...... the two roads leading off the board will go to the fifth module still to be made up and finalised.
Overall view from mid point to the dealers the road will go to the left of the structure with a fenced off area.
Mid point to the car shop end
A Walthers roof detail set has added more interest with air con units etc .
Need to work on other ideas to make it all knit together as always suggestions are most welcome. _________________
With work and all not got a lot on the layout done but thought i'd post two of the new locos .......... i converted the first yesterday to DCC using a TCS M1 decoder
Atlas Trainman SP GP38-2 #4800 weathered bring the total of Geeps on the layout to three now :tada: the four axle locos handling the switching tracks better .......
Proto 2000 GP38-2 #2749 in CSX paint which came fitted with a Digitrax decoder she just needs a weathering up now to fit in
Well with this layout i am never going to be happy i have decided & started to disassemble it ......... running it doesnt give me any satisfaction at all ....... a switcher layout isnt for me in HO.
No sooner do the locos start than they stop a shame really but i have plans for the boards in N scale my first choice of railroading & have plenty of locos/ stock to run probably my initial intention for the layout space i have namely intermodal ... the board will need to be a little wider at either end for a turnaround double track.
Everything i have for the HO apart from the powercab will be sold off in the coming weeks, and i will post details of them if anyone is interested on any items.
I will be back & start a new thread soon with my new venture once the boards are cleared _________________
Sorry to hear that you got no Satisfaction from that layout Nick I thought it looked great, but I suppose you get more satisfaction planning and building new railroad , than looking at a compleated one. I am just a starter but have re designed mine 3 times in less than 2 years. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
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) and looking at your picture, I get the feeling that the foam block (for my personal gusto) is way to high. Height-wise, I would cut it in half.
