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#4419625 - 05/08/18 05:23 PM N Scale Model Railroad  
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I know they aren't airplanes, but hey....they're models. Thought I'd show off my railroad before I sell it. I just don't run them anymore. Took over a year to build.

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#4419628 - 05/08/18 05:54 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Sweet!

That's a lot of work and attention to detail!


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#4419632 - 05/08/18 06:04 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Wow! That looks great!


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#4419635 - 05/08/18 06:07 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Thanks. It really was a lot of work, but I enjoyed every minute of it. Loved the detailing. I even painted the tracks to make them look rusted.


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#4419682 - 05/08/18 10:14 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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That is a great piece!
What is the rock made from?

I really think you will regret it if you sell it.

Anything you have put so much effort into needs a lot of thought before disposing of.

#4419693 - 05/08/18 11:23 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Thanks, again. The rocks and hills are all made with styrofoam and dry wall mud. I had a lot of the mud left over from turning my third garage into my "mancave." That's where the trains are. I broke up large pieces of the styrofoam and piled them up, then covered it all with big clumps of the dry wall paste...or mud..or whatever its called. When it dried I painted it it with acrylics. Honestly, it looks even better in person. In some places you can't tell that they aren't real rocks.
I made the trees with twigs from my yard and some green scenery making foam that you can buy in most hobby stores.
I scratch built that wooden trestle using basswood and balsa. I should have taken some better pictures of it.


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#4419769 - 05/09/18 12:16 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Wow!

But I guess the building was the best part.


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#4419771 - 05/09/18 12:31 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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I’ve been a long standing fan of trains. Very nice work there.


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#4419815 - 05/09/18 03:57 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Nice!!


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#4419820 - 05/09/18 04:14 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Thanks. I'll just post one more shot to show how I mounted the controls. They are made by a Japanese company. Kato. They make excellant n guage trains and accessories. Most of my locos were built by them and even the tracks.

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#4419822 - 05/09/18 04:18 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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I couldn't have a train set. Every running of it would start to sound the same:

"Oh no, there's a car on the tracks!"
"Oh no, there's a dog on the tracks!"
"Oh no, there's a group of people on the tracks!"

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#4419823 - 05/09/18 04:21 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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"Oh no! There are deer on the tracks!!"

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#4419846 - 05/09/18 05:58 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Had a former resident that built a set-up almost exactly like the one you made. Would take my son over to visit him and he would fire up the trains.
My son was around 3 the first time. He loved every minute of it and would always ask to go over and see it.


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#4419987 - 05/10/18 08:04 AM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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That's a marvellous layout - many hours of work involved. I wish I could even begin to do ground work like that.


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#4420260 - 05/11/18 05:18 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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That's great work, Pooch. I've dreamed of building an N scale shelf layout several times, maybe someday. The attention to detail you've put into that is fantastic.


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#4420453 - 05/12/18 11:00 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Awesome, Pooch!


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#4420504 - 05/13/18 06:08 AM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Originally Posted by Pooch
"Oh no! There are deer on the tracks!!"


OMG, I got to see that in real life.

Did not go well for the deer.


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#4420951 - 05/15/18 09:36 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Amazing work Pooch. cool


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#4421838 - 05/21/18 03:35 AM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Very nice layout and scenery! I did some N-scale stuff back in the mid-70's when the theme was 'modular' layouts. It was good practice for table-top wargaming scenery making smile I'd like to get back into model trains....*looks at his unfinished basement*


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#4422299 - 05/23/18 07:24 PM Re: N Scale Model Railroad [Re: Pooch]  
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Wow. Very nice! N-scale is notorious for hating the camera, you've done a great job of minimizing that characteristic.


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