Mike's HO Scale Layout (Under Construction) Photo Gallery by Mike Rose at pbase.com

Mike's HO Scale Layout (Under Construction)

I'll be using this to share work-in-process photos of my under-construction layout.

pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 ALL

Alden Corrugated Loading Dock	Alden Corrugated Loading Dock	Briar Patch	Brockway-Main Line
Brockway GradeX-ing	Brockway Grade X-ing2	Brockway Grade X-ing Aerial	Brockway Mine Overall
Brockway Mine with bays	Brockway Mine with bays-2	Cars Under Bldg Overhang	Conveyor
Conveyor-2	HopperBay-1	LessRocky-1	Main Line Greenery
Mine Stairway	Overhead Bridge X-over WIP	Pipe Bridge	Pipe Bridge Closeup
Single Track Ballasted Deck Bridge Finished	Single Track Ballasted Deck Bridge Side	Brockway Mine Scale House	Truck Hopper Bay
Vosburg Backdrop Greened	Vosburg Backdrop Greened-2	Vosburg Dense Forest	Vosburg Greened
The Spaghetti Bowl that is Mike's Trackplan	Trackplan2-06DPS.jpg	After Trees	After Trees (heading south)
After Trees (looking south)	Mehoopany Backdrop	Brockway Mine With Finished Foliage	Fun with the 300mm Telephoto
Close-up Tele shot of Brockway Mine	Tele Picture of Brockway Mine	Brockway Mine tight shot	Coal Hoppers (somewhere in PA)
Overall peninsula view	Mehoopany viaduct left hand side	Mixed Freight Heading South	Mehoopany Backdrop (overall view)
Mehoopany Backdrop-Elevated	Mehoopany Backdrop	Mehoopany Future Underpass	Mehoopany Future Viaduct
Mehoopany's right side mountain (Binghampton Side)	Mehoopany RH mountain	Mehoopany Portal	GradeX-ingPlantedNoPaint-1.jpg
GradeX-ingPlantedPainted.jpg	MineOfficePlantedNoPaint-1.jpg	MineOfficePlantedNoPaint-2.jpg	MineOfficePlantedNoPaint-3.jpg
MineOfficePlantedPainted-1.jpg	MineOfficePlantedPainted-2.jpg	IMG_3814.JPG	IMG_3815.JPG
IMG_3818.JPG	IMG_3819.JPG	IMG_3820.JPG	IMG_3822.JPG
BackOfRearWall.jpg	BackOfRearWallFullLength.jpg	BothBridgesTestFit.jpg	FormBeingGlued2Wall.jpg
FormGlued2Wall.jpg	FormReinforcementAllGlued.jpg	FormReinforcementsBeingGlued.jpg	FrontSideFinishedFormedWall.jpg
GluingARearWallToMDF.jpg	GluingFormedWall2ArchUnderpass.jpg	InsideEmbankmentScreenWork.jpg	RearConcreteBridgePre-Install.jpg
RearConcreteBridgePre-InstallFront.jpg	RearRetWallCloseUP.jpg	RearRetWallDone.jpg	RearRetainingBeingGlued.jpg
ScreenWireOnEmbankment(2).jpg	ScreenWireOnEmbankment(3).jpg	ScreenWireOnEmbankment.jpg	SignalBunkerArea2BCovered.jpg
SignalBunkerStyreneBase.jpg	SignalBunkerStyreneCovered(2).jpg	SignalBunkerStyreneCovered(3).jpg	SignalBunkerStyreneCovered.jpg
UnforgivingLowAngleThroughTunnelView.jpg	WallGluingClamped.jpg	IMG_3884.JPG	IMG_3885.JPG
IMG_3886.JPG	IMG_3887.JPG	IMG_3888.JPG	IMG_3889.JPG
IMG_3890.JPG	IMG_3891.JPG	IMG_3892.JPG	IMG_3893.JPG
IMG_3894.JPG	IMG_3895.JPG	IMG_3896.JPG	IMG_3897.JPG
IMG_3898.JPG	Mehoopany Viaduct Basically Complete	IMG_3900.JPG	IMG_3901.JPG
Northbound CR local at Mehoopany	IMG_3911.JPG	Approaching Binghamton	First switch at Mehoopany Paper
IMG_3914.JPG	IMG_3915.JPG	IMG_3916.JPG	IMG_3917.JPG
IMG_3918.JPG	IMG_3919.JPG	IMG_3920.JPG	IMG_3921.JPG
IMG_3922.JPG	IMG_3923.JPG	IMG_3924.JPG	IMG_3925.JPG
IMG_3926.JPG	IMG_3927.JPG	IMG_3928.JPG	IMG_3929.JPG
IMG_3930.JPG	ErinPre-CleanupLeft.jpg	ErinPre-CleanupRight.jpg	ErinPre-CleanupOverall.jpg
ErinPre-CleanupOverallEnd.jpg	ErinPost-CleanupLeft.jpg	ErinPost-CleanupRight.jpg	ErinPost-CleanupOverallEnd.jpg
ErinPropsedViductBridge.jpg	NLadRemovableHatch.jpg	PittstonEngineTermDrawerOpen.jpg	PittstonEngineTermExtension.jpg
POETrackLeft.jpg	POETrackLeftAerial.jpg	POETrackRight.jpg	POETrackRightAerial.jpg
PortOfErinTrackLayoutRev2.jpg	PortOfErinTrackLayoutRev3.jpg	NewPOESwitchingLead-2.JPG	NewPOEswitchingLead-1.JPG
NewPOEswitchingLead-3.JPG	NewRemovableGrainElevatorBase.JPG	RemovableBaseBracket.JPG	AerialviewErinEngTerm&Mid-CityNewLeads.jpg
ElevatorRearView.jpg	POEelevatorMock-up.jpg	POErightHandCut.jpg	CulvertSceneryBeginning.jpg
PinkFoamRemovableModule.jpg	RemovableModuleInPlaceNoScreen.jpg	RemovableModuleSupports.jpg	StreamBedCloser-up.jpg
Port of Erin Removable Scenic Section	Removable Section--Rear	Spot for removable module	Retaining wall embankment
Use of the handle!	Removable module in place. left view	Module in place, right view	Plastered stream area
Plastered embankment	Alternate stream bed view	Scenery continues to the front	Plastered removable module
Module rear	Module in-place	Alternate module view	Culvert under tracks, "aerial" inside view
Embankment under engine terminal	Another view.....	Finally moving to the left side of the viaduct	Industry foam bed in place
Getting ready for screen	Area with screen	More of Saturday night's work	Vertical view
Aerial down	Wider angle view	Plastered left hand side	Vertical view
Overall view of area just under engine terminal	If plaster is good.....paint is better!	IMG_4286.JPG	IMG_4287.JPG
IMG_4288.JPG	IMG_4289.JPG	DIRT!	Right hand dirt
"Aerial" dirt view	Making the Water Template	GREEN!	Green on the right too
Waterfront plywood	Back track ballasted	Overall view of Port of Erin right hand side	Stream bed given "depth"
Another stream bed view.	Aerial shot showing the rear ballasted deck bridge	Looking towards staging, POE left	Removable hatch with grass
Debris field	Blue sky through culvert	Photo in place behind the back deck girder bridge	Aerial overview of ballasted scene
Tweaked ballast	Brushed removable hatch and hidden handle	More views of hiding the seam	One more view of hiding the seam
Lower view	Final stages of front scenery work: "tunnel portal" under Engine Terminal	Alternate view	Yet Another View!
Original view shot	Screen-only did not last long!	Sculptamold!	Added rocks
Portal view	Another view of today's Sculptamold work	Dock/Sea Wall and screen embankment in place	Alternate view, same area
Raised view, same area	Plastered embankment, left side	Raised view of plastered embankment	Ready for Sculptamold
Sculptamold rocks in place	Rock formation close-up	Into the tunnel view	Different angle
Other end of waterfront	Colored a formation	Sculptamold colored	Left hand formation plastered & dirt-ed
A slightly different view	Fascia #1	Another view	Upright view of pour
Wide angle view of plaster pour	Coloring in the scene	Another view	Alternate angle showing rocks near future bridge abutment
Culvert view	Depth added to river bottom with black spray paint	Black added up to and inside culvert	Looks better with tape off!
Overall scene view, ready for water soon.	Fascia clamping	After clamps	Foliage bump-out
Overall view, ready for water	Debris field cleaned so viaduct work can commence	Test fit of abutment walls	Alternate view
Lots of clamps again!	Underneath clamping	Glue-ed up and ready for installation	Alternate view
Temporarily placed	Bridge girders placed temporarily	Other side view	Bridge components ready for placement
Trimmed abutment walls	Bridge test fit, final	Another bridge component view	Bridge floor, upside-down look
Bridge in place with retaining, left side view	Right side view	Overhead view	Underneath view
Little pink triangles.....for you and me!	Wood braces	Screen applied to left side embankment	Right side screen
Plastered!	Right side plastered	Finished the remainder of the old embankment too	Painted and dirt applied
Right side with dirt	Conrail gray ballast in place	Ready for Sculptamold	Sculptamold applied, partially carved
More vertical lines in place	Finished abutment face!	Left side view	Right side view
Rocks and footing stained	More ballasting in the distance	Cleaned up view	Stained abutment rocks
Right side cleaned-up view	With bridge in place	Left side view with bridge	With a train
Filled in the gap with screen	Transition from Port scenery into staging	Close-up	Area behind engine terminal
Plastered screen into staging	Homa-bed clamped in place after gluing	Plastered embankment and unpainted Homa-Bed	Painted over the embankment and Homa-Bed.
Dirt!	Green!	Ballasted main line at Vosburg	Ballasted transition from staging to Port of Erin
CR local passing behind Hammill engine terminal	Tail end of a test train	In your face view of "newly painted" ATSF SD-45-2	Southbound grain test train behind Hammill engine terminal
Neil Schofield's engines on High-Wide extra at Mehoopany	Overall view of High-Wide extra	Port of Erin trackage mostly cut and in place!	Other side of abutment
Alternate view of Mid-City Scrap, etc.	Close up of turnouts at Port of Erin tail track	CrossingInstalled.jpg	Dock/Sea Wall with Apron In Place
Overall View pre-water	Macro Close-up	Down-on view	Resin water poured
Fooling around with the macro lens-1	Fooling around with the macro lens-2	Second Pour	Second Pour
Alternate view	Lower angle view	This one has a different colored plastic tie in place	IMG_4440.JPG
Wet track!	More examples	Under the bridge	Getting drier
Not every blank spot got a tie	Liking this one even better!	Main Erin lead	1793@Mehoopany-1.jpg
1793@Mehoopany-2.jpg	1793@Mehoopany-3.jpg	Old cars on new "old" track	Aerial view of old cars, newly weathered track
"Ground" shot, same spot.	Track to the right of the viaduct at Erin, weathered	More weathered track with an old car	Near Mid-City Scrap switch
Kinky enough for you?	Left side of viaduct	More left side trackage	Still more
Last shot weathered track	Left side of left side!	Right side of left side (!)	Higher view of "boomerang insert"
New seawall on left side, right half	New seawall on left side, left half	New embankment on the right	New embankment on the left!
Left side plastered.	Right side plastered.	Initial fascia in place	Vertical shot, looking in from staging.
Crossing and grain elevator track in place	Forms for paving	Weird angle showing road system	Pre-pour view
After the pour	More post-pour	AFTER the clean-up	Weird angle showing road system, better paving
Close up of crossing in pavement.	Initial implementation of Colfax, Inc.	Future grain facility	"Concrete base" of styrene and wooden nickels
Electrical conduit silos	Alternate view of unpainted but scribed silos	Silos pre-painting	Silos more properly rotated
Painted silos	Alternate view of painted silos	Early Colfax structure construction	Another view
Trackside view	Dulled and faded silos	Partially assembled truck loading facility	Rear view
Rear-end view	Platform without roof	Front angle view, roof still off	A more typical view
Another front view	From the left front	"Concrete" chairs for piping	Pump house and sample etched metal gate
More views of painted fencing.	Finished loading piping	Down-on view	Tank UN-loading piping in place
Tank car unloading piping	Piping and brackets cut and filed flush underneath, and painted.	Cross-silo walkway under construction	Ladder cage view
Down-on shot of unpainted walkway	Walkway painted silver	More Real-Estate Was Needed!	Raw Materials For Wall
Foam additions	Hot-Glued Foam Extensions In Place	Retaining Walls Test Fit	Hot Glued In Place
Sculptamold In Place	Another view	View From "The Embankment" of the Viaduct	Static-grass maestro Jim Dufour does his thing at Hammil Yard
Jim using the Noch Static Grass applicator	Mike Confalone and Mike R cooperate on static grass	Using cardboard to keep hairspray off the rails	MEC U18B 404 trudging through the new grass below Brockway
Rear view of local and new grass	"Aerial" view of local showing switchback move and static grass	Local heading onto branch at Mehoopany	Added cars to local, mainly displaying the grass!
Grassy slope below hoppers at Brockway Mine	MEC 404 exiting Vosburg Tunnel, note new grass on left	Overall view of industrial track behind Hammill	CR U-23C in newly grassy Hammil Yard, north end
Side view of CR U-23C and new grass	U-23C 6915 on a nice sunny day at Hammill Yard.	CR power at Hammill North Ladder	Different view of CR power at Hammill Yard North Ladder
CR 3195, Atlas GP-40, Hammill North Ladder	Different view of CR 3195	CR B-23-7 2812 at Hammill North Ladder	Depressed center flatcar in the weeds behind Hammill Yard
Looking south from North Ladder at Hammill	Overall view of grass efforts at Hammill Yard	Fence corner.jpg	Fence macro-closeup.jpg
Fence-closeup.jpg	Fences-multiple.jpg	Fences-road gate.jpg	Fences-track gates.jpg
Macro close-up of hand-made slope fence	Inside view of slope fence (Macro)	NWSL chopper used to cut half round styrene	Right side slope fence under construction
Track gates	Right side slope fence assembled	Rear fence in place	Overall view of fenced-in Colfax
Ballasted siding	Close-up showing tank car loading pipe and "hoses"	Ground level view	Open track gates
E&SH SD-9 makes an appearance to switch Colfax	E&SH SD-9 pulling tank cars	Alternate view	Overhead view
See if you notice the difference from the previous picture!	Work done, plant track gate closed	More greenery in background, static grass in places	Front view for Mike C.!
Closer-up view of newly added greenery and static grass	Attempted "artsy" view from underneath bridge	Taken a week later	Overhead view of finished (for now) scene
Front overhead view	"Confalone" view!	Left side embankment with greenery added	E&SH shuttling grain cars behind Colfax
Overall view of E&SH transfer run	View looking right	Mock-up of proposed grain facility	Alternate view of mock-up
Elevated view of mock-up	New Real Estate is always good!	Close-up of newly added piece	Clamped while adding a shim for proper leveling.
Weird left hand bracing close-up.	Structural fascia pieces added	Various grain terminal elevator mock-ups.	Various grain terminal elevator mock-ups.
Various grain terminal elevator mock-ups.	Various grain terminal elevator mock-ups.	Pipe in jig, cut	Pipe in jig, in saw
Close-up of hold-down clamp in use	Pipe with jig components	Underside of jig	How the pipes will "nest"
Box of pipes!	Construction Jig	Milled Pipe Assembly	Adding Rear Silos
Adding Rear Silos	Adding Rear Silos--Final	Rear of Facility	Spot Where Assembly Will Go
Assembled silos on 4x8 sheet for top & bottom tracing	Modified pencil!	Creating the proper lip offset	Ready to start cutting
Scribe & snap in a larger scale of material	Base & scalloped top, rough nibbled	Initial Elevator Construction	Gluing the bottom bracing
Adding the mid-bracing	The front goes on	Assembled Elevator with pilasters	Alternate view
Low angle view for perspective	In place at Port of Erin	In place at Port of Erin	In place at Port of Erin
In place at Port of Erin	Center Punching the Holes Pre-Drilling	Using the Drill Press to Make the Port Openings	Close-up of Forstner Making the Flat Bottomed Holes
In-Place Shot Showing Drilled Port Holes	Close-up of Inspection Port	Inspection Ports Drilled on Long Silo Row	The Varibit Makes Short Work of the Openings
Quick & Easy to Square Up With the File	Placement of Dust Collector	"Pot Toppers" used in marsh area	New programming track location
Roadbed gluing for new curved switch at Binghamton	Curved Peco turnout for new Binghamton Engine Terminal Track	Engine Terminal track extensions and new track	New programming track in place
New Peco turnout	Adding more greenery along Mehoopany Creek	Sidings spiked, dirt balasted at Port of Erin (Mid-City Scrap & PA-Crcyc)	Taped off for paving
Paving in place	Additional dirt and concrete apron	Finished basic vegetation at Mehoopany Creek	Mid-City office, PA-Crcyc building positioned
"Taken from boat" ground level shot of Mid-City Scrap	Alternate "Taken from boat" ground level shot of Mid-City Scrap	Aerial shot of Mid-City Scrap	Alternate "aerial" shot of Mid-City Scrap
Another aerial of Mid-City Scrap	"Standing on viaduct" shot	Telephoto from underneath viaduct	Mid-City Scrap gets a new sign!
New type of rust treatment	Scrap picker	Over-view, KRL flat in background	Overview, gon in background
Close-up of new scrap pile & rust treatment	New E&SH power!	Grainzilla Takes Shape!	IMG_8067.JPG
IMG_8068.JPG	IMG_8069.JPG	IMG_8070.JPG	Car Unloading Shed
IMG_8072.JPG	IMG_8073.JPG	IMG_8074.JPG	IMG_8075.JPG
Triple Length Ladder Cage Soldered Together	Roof in Place on Largest Elevator Cupola	Inside View of Roof Construction	IMG_8080.JPG
IMG_8081.JPG	IMG_8082.JPG	Tall Leg Piping	Tall Leg In Place
Tall Leg In Place	IMG_8086.JPG	Shorter Leg Mounting Pins	Cross Conveyor Mountings
Short Leg Piping	Cross Conveyor In Place	Short Leg In Place	View of both Legs and Elevator Lettering
IMG_8093.JPG	First view of my new brass railings!	End view of new brass railings	Another view of new brass railings
"Gerbil" and feeder pipes	Repaired Dust Bin	Overall view of elevator top	Elevator Top
Left Side Elevator Top	Painted Gerbil, Dust Bin & Pipes	IMG_8112.JPG	Added "peeling paint" under silo 2 cap
Overall view showing painted silo bases	Large silo group with installed railings	All windows installed, insides of walls painted black to show nothing	Treatment of railing seam so the two can butt against but not connect
IMG_8133.JPG	Added styrene rims, railings	Added additional platform on leg	Freshly painted bins, legs, loading dock
Bins in place	Motor drive end added on	IMG_8139.JPG	IMG_8140.JPG
IMG_8141.JPG	IMG_8142.JPG	IMG_8143.JPG	IMG_8144.JPG
IMG_8145.JPG	IMG_8146.JPG	IMG_8147.JPG	IMG_8148.JPG
Cardboard office mock-up next to finished styrene building	The whole thing!	The whole thing!	The whole thing!
New Truck Dock	IMG_8154.JPG	IMG_8154.JPG	Truck loader painted Floquil new concrete
Brass parts constructred for truck loader	Truck loader in place	IMG_8158.JPG	Note "poured" concrete weathering!
IMG_8160.JPG	IMG_8161.JPG	IMG_8162.JPG	Best view of truck loading chute
IMG_8164.JPG	Beginning to hide A-C duct	Removed offending 2x4, smoothed out	Side view of duct hider
More joint compound!	Duct cover side in place.	Overall view	How I got to the layout rear
Painted sky blue	Head-on view of painted cover	Countour-early	Countour in progress
Countour in place, cut for doorway	Wood shaper to hold contour up	What I had to cut out!	Small triangle being glued
Styrene side in place	Finished backdrop	Finished backdrop	Finished backdrop
Finished backdrop	The New England Meet Boys visit!	Tru-Scale removed, roadbed and Peco tried in place	More distant view of work area
Taylor Yard Ladder removed!	Peco turnout ready to install	Code 100-83 soldered segments	Close-up, yes the heights match, different profiles on rail!
Stock Peco and mounted, ready to install version	Mike Rose Hobbies site	View of replaced Taylor Ladder	Port of Erin left side track re-alignment
Port of Erin right side track re-alignment	New Mehoopany Peninsula "kit"	Assembling Peninsula	Mehoopany new peninsula "spine" in place
Using Peco Code 83 templates	Using Peco Code 83 templates	Using Peco Code 83 templates	Using Peco Code 83 templates
Using Peco Code 83 templates	Using Peco Code 83 templates	Expanding the peninsula	Making a "blob" with cubes
30-yr. old Baltic Birch plywood--the best!	Future "return route" of main behind viaduct	"viewing port" cut into hillside to help in the installation of new hidden track connection	View of Meshoppen
New location of Kintner Milling	Peninsula End View	"Charmin Yard"	Alternate Kintner Milling view
Tele shot of main line turnouts from under the viaduct	Note opening at end in retaining for new mainline hidden track	Triumphant wave of hand from view port!	Future East Yard
IMG_8581.JPG	IMG_8582.JPG	IMG_8583.JPG	IMG_8584.JPG
IMG_8585.JPG	IMG_8586.JPG	IMG_8587.JPG	IMG_8588.JPG
IMG_8589.JPG	Old turnout removed	Two tracks where there was one	Ripped up!
A very careful transition from old to new	Close up of transition joint	IMG_8595.JPG	Cleaned-up right of way
Cleaned-up right of way looking left to bridge	Removing old Luan	Using new tool to remove Luan piece	Luan piece removed
Using a scraping chisel to smooth the area	New Luan	Close up of Luan bridge piece	Close up of other Luan piece and Peco turnout templates
Luan jig saw puzzles	Scribing the new piece for East Yard	Definitely a luan jig saw puzzle	Luan in place
Luan for the future Charmin' Yard	Rounding the peninsula end with more luan	Meshoppen now has roadbed!	More cutting and fitting
The final piece	All main line luan now in place	Breaking The Main Line	Removing old sub-roadbed
Old sub-roadbed gone	New roadbed for rear track	Modified upper main riser	View of truncated old roadbed
Trying the new curved turnout in place	Underground sub-roadbed, ready for track	Close-up of luan laminated portion	Peco and Custom Trax
Close-up showing feeders attached	Finished underground connection piece, ready to install	Future East Yard, now with an extra track	Laying out the yard ladder and main
Infrastructure 101	Infrastructure 102	Infrastructure 103	Infrastructure 104
Viewport now no longer needed	Land ho!	Creating the tunnel portal	Walthers Double Track Through Truss Bridge
Bridge placement	Tunnel Liner Supports	Tunnel Liner	Double stack clearing the tunnel
Distant view showing the tunnel liner	Close up view of lined tunnel	Laying out the curves	Tank Farm and Sludge Track
Plant leads and West Yard	Crossing close up	Another view of West Yard	Revised underpass area
Close up of re-located first turnout	Another view of East Yard	Modified view	Mehoopany Proto Photo Scan
Mehoopany Proto Track Diagram	Changed track arrangement yet again	Close up of changes made to switching lead	Alternate view of latest track adjustments
"Stock Prep" and chemical unloading area, sludge track on right	West "Charmin" Yard, two warehouse track pairs	"Stock Prep" and chemical unloading area, sludge track on right	Reverse view
New arrangement with "buildings"	New Tank Farm arrangement	New Prep Track arrangement	Modified warehouse track arrangement
Modified building arrangement	Aerial view of truck dock and West Yard	Plywood Origami	One-Pc-Luan-Cut-Out
Using roadbed as template	View of future in-plant double sidings and West Yard	Main, siding, and West Yard roadbed	Meshoppen roadbed and new alignment for sidings
Another view of Kintner Milling at Meshoppen	And now it's all cut out!	End of peninsula view of Meshoppen/Kintner Milling	West Yard
End of West Yard, view of Meshoppen	View of West Yard and plant sub-roadbed in distance.	Roadbed on top of sub-roadbed, all cut out.	Gluing it all together.
Reverse angle of weights and clamps	Continuing around the curve with road bed glue-up	CV Turnout strips	Main Line being installed from East Yard towards the crossovers
"Aerial view" of turnouts under construction	Taking shape; multiple curved turnout beds ready for rail	Opposite view of crossing area	Close up of turnouts under construction
Opposite crossover view	#8 curved turnout under construction	Gluing Meshoppen road bed	Gluing the two double warehouse track road beds
Overall view showing progress to date	Continued progress on "Robinson's Crossover"	Gluing Kintner Milling at Meshoppen	Curved turnout base at Meshoppen
Alternate view of future site of Kintner Milling at Meshoppen	Double track at Skinner's Eddy	View of East Yard turnouts and tail track, cut in	East Yard--first locos and cars!
"normal" view of East Yard	Jim's madness	Cars in East Yard	Another view of East Yard, spiked
New tunnel liner in place, location tested	Jim Lincoln's now famous hand	The results of Jim's Madness--Really Good Looking Track	The wood ties and tie plates are killer!
I like the way the ballast cars snake into East Yard	Conrail ML-something passing East Yard	East Yard closer-up	Chemical Yard with curved turnout ties tacked down
Crossing template	"normal" view of Chemical Yard	"lump" behind Chemical Yard	Rear main hidden from view by "lump"
Skinner's Eddy industrial lead	Another view of Skinner's Eddy Industrial Lead	Custom Crossing in place	Turnout leading into crossing
Turnouts under construction for warehouse leads	Turnout Progress	Turnouts leading to crossing	Jim's CAD drawing of Chemical Yard
Better view of CAD drawing	Inner turnouts now in place!	The Man Himself, at work	Beginnings of Meshoppen Creek
Lower angle view	First switch at East Yard!	"Inside" view of the proposed Meshoppen Creek abutments	Opposite angle view, from the Mehoopany side
Advancing onto the first set of warehouse tracks	Opposite view of newly installed warehouse track	Live track	One more "aerial"
First cars at Warehouse K&L	New warehouse tracks without cars	Backdrop planning	More view block
New Meshoppen concept	View towards Meshoppen from Skinners Eddy	Meshopen low angle	"Aerial" view of the new Meshoppen concept
Instant Yard Ladder	Close-up of new Chemical Farm yard ladder	Meanwhile, back at Meshoppen	Yes, it was a good installation
Opposite view of long Meshoppen incline	The Maestro at work	Progress on the Chemical Farm yard lead	New "spine" backdrop from Mehoopany side
Both pairs of warehouse tracks now in operation	The Cut at Meshoppen	New spine from the Meshoppen side	Adding the river and embankment support
Close-up of Meshoppen and future river bank.	View of incline to Meshoppen and Kintner Milling	Opposite view of long Meshoppen incline	Chemical yard firms up
Staggered spine supports	Back view of Meshoppen Creek	Complex track work	Opposite view of complex switch work
Chemical yard	Another view of the chemical yard and proposed culvert	"Looking at Charmin' Paper Mill" shot	Now you can see the dished nature of the backdrop
Meshoppen with backdrop	Expanding the chemical yard at Mehoopany	Bridge abutment prep work	Low angle view
Aerial view of right hand abutment modification process	Left hand top-down view	More on the left hand side	New sub-roadbed adapter
Now for the roadbed	New turnout for the crossover	New roadbed mates with plaster retaining on left hand abutment	Cutting the plaster retaining
Curved turnout traced	Shims for abutment	Angle bracing	Overall view of construction area
Turnout roadbed now trimmed to fit	Overall view	Constant trying and fitting for accuracy!	Another view of the Jim Lincoln Track Laying Machine at work!
Plywood sandwich	After the glue has set, the completed assembly is ready for installation.	Reverse view showing actuator slot	Rear support for plaster retaining
Retaining now supported front by abutment and at the rear	Low angle view	Eureka moment!	Modified bridge track
Close up of old problem and solution	West Yard complete	Another view of completed West Yard trackage.	Initial abutment coloring
Close up with cars on the bridge	The abutment is now in place	Higher angle view	Overview showing painted track
Lower angle view	Left abutment now Sculptamolded in place	Of course I had to see it with the bridge in place!	Alternate view
Time to patch the holes!	I altered the river bend and covered up the old portal	Hot glue fastens all the pieces firmly and easily,.	What a difference "opaque" makes!
I really like the new contours here.	Compare this to earlier views.	West Yard filled to capacity	All track in this view live and usable.
Chemical Yard now in place	Three right hand tracks not yet spiked	This industry soaks up a lot of cars!	Golden Spike!
Close-up of slide switch for turnout control	Side view of slide switch and custom mounting	Underneath view of polarity switching slide switch (macro)	Meshoppen with all tracks in place and powered!
"Aerial" of Meshoppen with all tracks in place	Alternate view of Meshoppen with all tracks in place.	Side view of Meshoppen	Carved out ditches
No more white	Other side of bridge	More pre-dirt.	Things look so much better with real dirt!
Green applied	Green & bridge in place	Ballasted turnout	Westbound empty ballast train on bridge
Under-bridge view	Helicopter shot of train on bridge	Braces added to riverbed along Mehoopany	More riverbed near East Yard
Close up of riverbed termination near East Yard	Almost done	Note how 2" verticals have been added to support the fascia	Riverbed along Meshoppen
Skinner's Eddy riverbed	Turnout controls	Switch mounting methodology	Z-scale throwbars, electrical switch in place
Roadbed prepped for switches	Chemical Yard slide switch installation	View of prepped spot without the switch in place	Soldering points to Z-scale throwbar
Tinning the throwbar	Tinning the wider throwbar segment	Drilling the hole for the slide switch knob	Extended length Z-scale PC tie throwbar
Trimming the slide switch knob	Throwbar in place	Throwbar trimmed	Pile o' tools!
Meshoppen area clean-up	Pittston area clean up	Continued clean-up	West Yard area clean up
West Yard clean-up	Ceiling Tile "Ground"	All Mehoopany Ground In Place	Styrene spine backdrop painted
Meshoppen spine cut and in place	Styrene backdrop from Mehoopany side	Spine behind Mehoopany	From Meshoppen side, view of styrene blue painted sky
Alternate view at Meshoppen	Newly puttied seam at Mehoopany backdrop	Filling in the right hand 3D hill	Filling in 3D hill remainder behind West Yard at the cut
Overview at Meshoppen of hill shapers	Left hand side of Meshoppen showing transition to viaduct	Opposite view at Meshoppen showing shapers in place	Overall view of Meshoppen with hill shapers in place
Enough tape?	Beginnings of hill side on left	Ground level view	More foam on left
Foam on right	Mehoopany Right hand side foam finished	Right hand foam close-up view	Mehoopany left side foam guides
Mike Confalone (tm) View	Screen added to peninsula end	Meshoppen with screen	Screen hillside behind Kintner Milling
Full spine shot with screen	End of Meshoppen where it attaches to layout, with screen	Testing retaining wall placement	Another view of retaining wall
Gluing the wall addition together	Left hand access road in place, screen completed	Access road	New retaining wall in place
Extended retaining wall in place	Black plastic protecting the photo backdrop	Screen work in progress on the right side of Mehoopany	All screen complete, ready for plaster cloth!
First plastering	Plaster now around the back of the first efforts, on the Meshoppen side	View from behind workbench showing peninsula end	Finished plastering Mehoopany left side
Overall peninsula view from Skinner's Eddy	Dirt!	End view of dirt ground cover	Mehoopany right hand side with dirt
Embankment work at Mehoopany	Green on right hand side hill behind Mehoopany	Riverbank formers under construction	Formers in place at the "cut"
Peninsula end view of the new cut hillside formers	Overall end view of the peninsula showing a hard day's work.	Meshoppen left side hill green-ed	Culvert "kit"
Hillside end of culvert now in place	View looking through the cut.	Cut hillside with screen, ready for plaster cloth	Peninsula end and riverbank screen in place up to Robinson's Crossovers
Culvert installation	Culvert being glued in place.	Meshoppen river embankment foam formers in place	Elevated shot showing the foam formers between Kintner Milling and the main line.
Alternate view of Meshoppen, ready for screen and plaster.	Meshoppen Kintner to main line formers, different view.	View of future Mehoopany Creek, showing relationship to foreground "cut" hillside.	Embankment at West Yard Mehoopany, ready for plaster
Meshoppen embankment, ready for plaster	Screen, then plaster	Meshoppen plastered	Cut plastered
This is what still needs screen and plaster	Plaster along West Yard in Mehoopany	Looking east from West Yard	Dirt again!
Everything plastered now dirt-ed	Everything dirt-ed now green!	Green along West Yard	Meshoppen greened
Culvert retaining wall, stone retaining wall	Full screen all the way to the bridge now, ready for plaster	Low angle shot to show contours	Reverse angle shot of new retaining walls and screen
Note the road bridge abutment, and how the screen dies into the old rocks on the far left	Culvert rocks in colored Celluclay	Mehoopany Creek with rocks and colored Celluclay	Higher view of creek and rocks
Access road	Access road view from Mehoopany West Yard	Extending the finished area towards the original layout	Alternate view of newly river embanked Meshoppen area
Tie in to original scenery	Finished scenery Stage 1 at Meshoppen from Skinner's Eddy	Embankment below Meshoppen	Meshoppen peninsula end view from workbench
Trees in place!	Another view of Mehoopany right hand side with a few trees	Backdrop photo with 3D scenery for the first time	Attempted full backdrop shot
Meshoppen view of treed hillside.	Riverbed in place!	Riverbed panorama.	Peninsula end view showing wrap-around riverbed
Meshoppen panorama	Rix road bridge segment	River bed in place all the way past the two track through truss bridge	Road bridge close-up
Overhead view of bridge abutment work sans bridge for clarity	Underside of bridge with shoes, painted	Ditch work at East & Chemical Yards	The Culvert
Culvert ditch base	Pipes for the road culvert	Culvert face and wing wall base	Completed culvert in place.
Culvert ditch ready for screen wire.	Final screen wire in place	Track taped for protection, ready for plaster cloth	Ditch with plaster as well as brown Sculptamold covering.
Culvert mouth with plaster and colored Sculptamold in place.	Better view of rear ditch/stream	First segment of finished fascia attached	Track tape largely removed
Finished fascia down to West Yard	Overview of Meshoppen with finished riverbed and no track tape	Modified scenery here at Skinner's Eddy (less rock), no tape	Sharp radius fascia
Clamp-less final fascia	Styrene fascia insert, in place.	Gluing the Skinner's Eddy fascia	Close-up showing clamping and bracing used.
Port of Erin left side	Correcting and old problem	Port of Erin left side with finished fascia being glued in place.	Finished fascia at Skinner's Eddy
Gluing ceiling tiles at Mehoopany	Gluing down the area adjacent to West (Charmin) Yard	Most tiles glued down, gluing the tiles to the pop-up hatch.	The Cider Mill Office has arrived!
Cider Mill Office--alternate view	Cider Mill office, yet another view	A lonely office	This view is from near the cut between Mehoopany and Meshoppen.
Using the hatch	Open hatch.	Scribing the foam	First foam filler piece
Last foam filler cut to fit (in rear)	Gluing them together	Foam glued and ceiling tile cracks filled with Sculptamold.	More Sculptamold used for land contouring
Final ground in place and all cracks filled	More sculpting	Sculpting of terrain extended towards the foreground.	Opposite view.
Leveled stream bed	Removable hatch now painted and sealed.	Foam transition piece with dirt	Foam transition piece with added green ground cover.
Ground cover and dirt road added next to Kintner siding at Meshoppen.	Footprint of Mehoppany plant designed.	Cardboard mock-up in progress. Note cars inside building.	Roof added to mock-up.
Loading dock planning.	Alternate view showing entire facility mock-up.	Coffee can used as future tank stand-in.	Manufacturing section of plant.
Alternate view of shipping side of plant.	Building and track purpose change	Tank cars on newly designated sludge track.	Another view of Chemical Yard
Low angle view of shipping/warehouse and Cider Mill Office.	Alternate low angle view of shipping and warehouse area.	Another low angle, more central view.	Playing with photo angles.
Ballasting	Ballasted main line, mostly dirt on siding	Drainage ditches filled in at Mehoopany	Fish-eye view
Another view of Mehoopany overall	Mehoopany Creek needs a bridge!	Road bridge stub in place at Skinner's Eddy	Getting the bridge in place
Bridge girder in place at Mehoopany Creek	Protecting the slide switch	Another view of the slide switch protectors	Like I said, there were a lot of them to build!
Slide switch protectors in the Chemical Yard area	Ballasting and scenic materials make a huge difference.	Ballasted crossing	West yard and the sidings up to the paving and grade crossings now ballasted.
Rock cut area	Surface removed, foam exposed.	I used a hot knife to take about half an inch off the foam risers.	Rock temporarily tried in place.
Testing clearances.	West Yard Ballast Close-up	Mehoopany East End	Existing rocks at West Yard area cut blended in
Close up of blended rocks	Another view of cut	Green ground cover added	Blending largely complete
Adding more trees and shrubs.	Chemical Yard ballasted, along with main line and East Yard Ladder	Beginning of roads at Mehoopany	Cutting out the Gator Board
Base of building	Assembling the building	Continuing the assembly	Internal reinforcements in place
Opposite view	New building core in place, second building footing cut out in styrene	Overhead of new buildings from West Yard angle	View of new tank and newly cut out warehouse footing
Taken from mid-peninsula	East Yard view of complex	One last view from the west	The giant planning mess
Warehouse takes shap!	Warehouse front	Truck loading dock	Warehouse rear
Sunday's final result	P&G Warehouse	Front warehouse view	Taping for brick painting
Much painting completed	Higher angle view of roof supports	Warehouse with cars inside to show where they are located	Roof on!
The roof is not glued on yet, but once it is, I'll be adding corrugated metal along the top where you see white.	Rail dock loading "liners"	Completed dock liner	End view
Also working on the manufacturing plant building	Loading dock liners with doors cut out	One wall has no cut outs	Car inside, doors installed
Better picture, more distant view	Overhead view of liners before roof is installed	Another overhead view	Gluing the roof on
Another upside down view showing more weights	Upside down view showing loading dock doors inside	Making a 90 degree corner	Gluing up the right hand side of the plant
Over head view	Foundation glued in place	Compare with stock piece below	Magnets holding glued foundation
Another wall technique	Gluing up last front side of plant	Masking to paint the newly made sides	Cutting the facade for the loading track entrances
Working on a large structure	Rear wall of structure	Overall view on table saw of warehouse with facade	Low angle view
Rear corner view	Overhead view	Building so far in place on the layout. It's shaping up!	Front, low angle view
Overall roof shot	Future truck dock wall tried in place on plant building	Using a compass to accurately mark the loading door locations	Receiving wall with Pikestuff doors in place
Manufacturing railroad receiving doors	Doors from Walthers Medusa Cement	Before (on left) and after	Railroad receiving doors in place
Slightly different view of railroad receiving side.	Getting ready to assemble	Final shot	Stairs and railings
Truck loading dock plates	Openings cut for truck dock plates	Material removed from window and door areas prior to attaching walls	Railings fabricated (close up)
IMG_9178.JPG	Attaching manufacturing building walls	What I'm up against!	Gluing on the other building sides
Wall cap and trim details in place	Left side view of roof cap in place.	Time to ballast the interior tracks	Re-lay of plant pulp siding
One roof option	Or, keep all the lines with right angles except at the bends	Chemical Yard and straightened siding	Overall shot of manufacturing building
Cider Mill Office has moved!	Another view of relocated Cider Mill Office	Warehouse with ballasted tracks, grade crossings fixed up too.	Overall view of Cider Mill Office relocated
Overall view from above West Yard	Aerial view above West Yard	Relocated Cider Mill Office	Dave & I both think this location makes more sense.
Warehouse Overall from West Yard	Manufacturing building showing pulp track boxcars in place	Another wide angle view	Sludge Track and Cider Mill Office in new spot
Warehouse with cars inside	Warehouse-Manufacturing-Tank view from West Yard	Another low angle, wide angle view	View of Cider Mill Office and Manufacturing
Cider Mill Office and Sludge Track	Plant Roof Dividers in place	Plant Roof Styrene--making removable panels	WhatsNext-Kitbashing the roof details
DSCF0456.JPG	DSCF0457.JPG	DSCF0458.JPG	DSCF0459.JPG
DSCF0460.JPG	DSCF0461.JPG	DSCF0462.JPG	DSCF0729.JPG
DSCF0730.JPG	DSCF0731.JPG	DSCF0732.JPG	DSCF0733.JPG
DSCF0734.JPG	DSCF0738.JPG	DSCF0739.JPG	DSCF0740.JPG
DSCF0741.JPG	DSCF0742.JPG	DockZoomWhse.jpg	IMG_9203.JPG
IMG_9204.JPG	IMG_9205.JPG	IMG_9206.JPG	IMG_9207.JPG
IMG_9208.JPG	IMG_9209.JPG	IMG_9210.JPG	IMG_9211.JPG
IMG_9212.JPG	IMG_9213.JPG	IMG_9214.JPG	IMG_9215.JPG
IMG_9216.JPG	IMG_9217.JPG	IMG_9218.JPG	IMG_9219.JPG
IMG_9220.JPG	IMG_9221.JPG	IMG_9222.JPG	IMG_9223.JPG
IMG_9224.JPG	IMG_9225.JPG	IMG_9226.JPG	IMG_9227.JPG
IMG_9228.JPG	IMG_9229.JPG	IMG_9230.JPG	IMG_9231.JPG
IMG_9232.JPG	IMG_9233.JPG	IMG_9234.JPG	IMG_9235.JPG
IMG_9236.JPG	IMG_9237.JPG	IMG_9238.JPG	IMG_9239.JPG
IMG_9240.JPG	IMG_9241.JPG	IMG_9242.JPG	IMG_9243.JPG
IMG_9244.JPG	IMG_9245.JPG	IMG_9246.JPG	IMG_9247.JPG
IMG_9248.JPG	IMG_9249.JPG	IMG_9253.JPG	IMG_9254.JPG
IMG_9255.JPG	IMG_9256.JPG	IMG_9268.JPG	IMG_9269.JPG
IMG_9270.JPG	IMG_9271.JPG	IMG_9272.JPG	IMG_9282.JPG
IMG_9283.JPG	IMG_9284.JPG	IMG_9285.JPG	Whoops, this isn't Meshoppen!
IMG_9287.JPG	IMG_9288.JPG	IMG_9294.JPG	IMG_9295.JPG
IMG_9296.JPG	IMG_9297.JPG	IMG_9298.JPG	IMG_9299.JPG
IMG_9300.JPG	IMG_9301.JPG	IMG_9302.JPG	IMG_9303.JPG
IMG_9304.JPG	IMG_9306.JPG	IMG_9307.JPG	IMG_9308.JPG
IMG_9309.JPG	IMG_9310.JPG	IMG_9311.JPG	IMG_9312.JPG
IMG_9313.JPG	IMG_9314.JPG	IMG_9315.JPG	IMG_9316.JPG
IMG_9317.JPG	IMG_9318.JPG	Mainline re-route (Before)	Left side before view of main line re-route
Former Engine Terminal Area-before demolition	Engine Terminal (panning right)	Long Shot of former Hammill Yard looking north	Last train out of Hammill Yard
IMG_9525.JPG	IMG_9526.JPG	Last cars in yard	Removing the electrical infrastructure prior to demolition
Rails removed prior to saw cuts (South Ladder)	No more control panels	Rails removed prior to saw cuts (North Ladder)	Weapons Of Mass Destruction!
Gone baby gone!	Looking south.	Kinter Milling progress	Kintner close-up
Old Engine terminal and underground turnback loop removed	Another view of former engine terminal area	View of former engine terminal area looking south	View towards the former North Ladder
Scenery removed up to the beginning of Laceyville at ground level	The Wretched Refuse	Some of it was even left over from previous remodels!	A dramatically different vista
This view amazed me	Different view of same gash	Back to the other aisle	Other end of tunnel removed
"Aerial" view of half of the former North Ladder in a new location	Proposed area to branch off of for the track into Towanda	Proposed turnout location	Making a mess outside now
Close up view of new mainline segment	Segment in place--right hand side	New main line sub-roadbed in place (view from the aisle near mine)	Overall view of new sweeping mainline double track curve
View with both portals	A little more spline to be removed	Ready for plywood and the raising of the riser	Trying the grain mill in place
View of arrival/departure track pair in foreground	View looking back toward the old "port of Erin" area	Lots of right hand real estate	View of mill tracks and R/D tracks looking south
Connection to former Erin trackage	Removable hatch removed!	Velux window controls re-located	Old seam with old mesh tape removed
First coat of mud	The beginning of an invisible seam	Spiking the Vosburg Tunnel track prior to installation of the sub-roadbed	Tunnel liner end of Vosburg Tunnel track
Vosburg Tunnel track installed!	Close up view of the track just inside the tunnel.	The importance of sufficient clamps	The final connection on the left
It's now in place: 32 feet of new Vosburg Tunnel track	Staging Yard--empty and clean!	Curved Portion of Staging Yard	Looking the Opposite Way
Mehoopany and East Yard, Sans Cars	New Towanda Yard	New Towanda Yard, Opposite View	Towanda Yard Ladder
New Trackage and Old, plus Masonite Sidings	How New Tracks Tie Into the Old	Laceyville Agway	Feed Mill Laceyville_0001-Wayne Sittner 84-85.jpg
IMG_9967.JPG	IMG_9968.JPG	Laceyville Agway (reverse view)	Wyalusing Purina Feeds Mock-Up
Wyalusing Purina Feeds Mock-Up	Wait--what happened here? Where's Laceyville?!!	IMG_9973.JPG	IMG_9974.JPG
IMG_9975.JPG	IMG_9976.JPG	IMG_9977.JPG	IMG_9978.JPG
First new layer: 1" foam	Second Layer: 1/2" foam	Drawing on the joists so I know where the screws go	Ready to apply the glue
Groove cut into existing foam to accept 1" foam connector	Village planning	Amazing construction mess	Background hillside under construction
Hillside in place!	Nice to be rid of that big hole!	Hillside almost complete	Hillside ready for painting
Laceyville town view	Looking into Laceyville from Wyalusing	IMG_9995.JPG	IMG_9996.JPG
IMG_9997.JPG	IMG_9998.JPG	IMG_9999.JPG	Track removed
Some material will be reclaimed	Last section to be removed	This shot specifically for Mike Confalone!	Washed track
Ready to start building	Semi-fancy brace	New bench work, looking south	New benchwork, looking north.
New Risers and Joists	Support legs in place, removable bench piece in front of Well Trol installed.	Metal legs instead of wood	John V. shot!
Smoothing off the tank!	The vanquished nut	Track planning results	Proposed Tunkhannock track arrangement
Future Tunkhannock	Looking towards Ransom	The former arrangement for the removable bridge	From Ransom, looking across the aisle, through the shelving, at the new alignment
Uh oh, where is this?	Looking up at the track that is to be lowered, against the wall. Complex under there!	Another look at the underneath of the to-be-lowered sub roadbed.	Old sub roadbed now aligns with Tunkhannock plywood!
Removed foam to get to the actual bench work.	Testing with cardboard.	Splice plate for new connection	Looking through the shelving from the sink area, at the eventual destination of the new bridge.
Mocking up the drop of the bridge with cardboard	Carefully marking where the plywood connects to Ransom on the hinge side	Hing side plywood cut out.	Filler piece cut and in place.
New right of way to drop bridge, seen from sink location.	Plywood between Ransom and Tunkhanock cut to fit	Old "Grainzilla" road and ground cover cleared for new track coming off bridge.	Complex supports for bridge hinge side
Underneath view of 2x4 hinge side supports.	Vertical grain fir piece before trimming to length.	Using bridge "land" plywood to mark fir piece for trimming.	Trimmed fir.
Ready to screw it all together and mount the hinge!	Drop bridge with proper hinge	Support in place for latch side of bridge	Ready to lay track!
A 2" cleat reinforces the bridge and the new roadbed through the shelving.	Replacing foam and fascia	Latch side and how the roadbed is attached.	Fastening Sub-Roadbed
Custom piece to join new sub-roadbed to old	Brace from old benchwork to new joists	Extended Custom Trax used in staging across the bridge	Track across bridge onto the "mainland"
Looking towards Ransom	Main line from bridge passing by Ransom	Full main line cut and fit!	Clamping Custom Trax while gluing
View of glued up track through shelving	Glued bridge track

comment |

rousselziak		22-Feb-2014 06:22
Fantastic work ! Congratulation !

Denny		07-Mar-2012 16:26
Very nice work on this presentation. Though I do not model the same era I enjoyed looking at all the progress photo’s and seeing some of the techniques you employ in working with current materials. I also passed this along in my weekly email blast to others who are doing a similar time period. Denny CW Loco and Car Rebuild Shops WEB site: CWRailman.com Facebook: CWRailman

Guest		05-Feb-2012 22:54
Mike - Very nice work. I was going to build my roundhouse using foam board but now I'm thinking I'll reconsider styrene. Nice job.

Norm Wolf		10-May-2011 12:58
Mike, It's looking absolutely fantastic. Hope to catch a glimpse again in November, to see all the changes. Best to Karen!

Stephen Garry		09-Apr-2011 23:24
Hello guys; I am building my yard now,but not sure what turn outs I should be using to get that nice side by side look of the track.What would you suggest I us?Right now I am using #6 turn outs by Atlas,but the problem I see there is the turn out is so long. Thank you and I look forward for your help. Stephen

Rick_Jack		22-Feb-2011 04:25
These are great! I wish I learned how to create a minature world like yours years ago before I got rid of all my trains. Great photos as well! Best of luck with your project.

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		18-Dec-2010 22:16
great story! LUV the HO train! BV Paolo

Walter Otto Koenig		20-Apr-2010 02:36
Fascinating stuff. Great details and documentation.

Norm Wolf		08-Nov-2009 10:21
Outstanding, Mike! I'm very impressed with your level of detail, as well as your well done grasp of "feel & texture" for the scenes you're modeling. Looking forward to seeing this in person... thanks for bringing us along on your creative adventures! R/, Norm

Michel Foissy		10-May-2009 18:17
Beautiful work, Mike ! Too bad you're so far away, I loved visit your layout ! I loved your trees. What technique do you use ? Michel, from France.

Andy Palte		16-Jul-2008 06:40
Hello Mike, great landscape and much work you did. Wonderful. Much people here in germany spend all their free time to create such scenes. In our club some peoples build modules in scale H0e (small train you know there ?) I hope to find new pics in the next time Andy

~d		19-Feb-2008 03:49
Great Job! Wonderful layout work! I love seeing the new additions to Your pages.

Jerry		09-Feb-2008 18:29
I have to say that you are doing a great job...keep up the great work have learned very much from your layout.. thanks Jerry

richard ingram		24-Oct-2007 22:04
keep up the good work!

Brian Rhoads		01-Oct-2007 07:59
Mike, Looks like your layout is a real treat!

Guest		03-Apr-2007 13:03
Mike - sorry for confusing you with Mike Confalone. I had put his name into Google and one of the first hits was "MIKE'S HO SCALE LAYOUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION." I shoud have stopped to read that fact that the name Mike was correct, but not the last name. Your landscaping techniuqes are fantastic and your site was a valuable find for me. Tom Rimer

Mike Rose		13-Mar-2007 04:11
Tom, thanks for the nice comments, but I think you have me confused with somebody else on that Hardwick & Woodbury, could that be Mike Confalone, maybe?

Tom Rimer		26-Feb-2007 11:35
Mike - Beautiful work! Also enjoyed your Hardwick & Woodbury Division in the MODEL RAILROAD PLANNING 2007 issue. Any photos of the Black Lake wood chipper and loader?

Eric Goodman		05-Sep-2006 02:28
Mike, Nice work. Looks like a world class layout.

Phil Lord		02-Jun-2006 22:23
Enjoyed the tree workshop at Collinsville today. I am afraid to add these good trees to my layout....they will make my other trees look shabby.

George Maloof		09-May-2006 19:52
Mike, Very nice work. Very inspiring. Keep those pictures coming.

Dave Owens		12-Dec-2005 22:29
Mike: Looking very, very good. Thanks for the inspiration. Dave Owens

Guest		12-Dec-2005 15:32
Mike; Great to see a prototype layout with all the bells and whistles. That was a huge amount of work, and it is paying off. Elden

Tim Hannum		12-Dec-2005 08:16
Mike, Love the work! No wonder you have disappeared! Happy Holidays.

Ramon Rhodes		12-Dec-2005 07:16
Mike, Short and to the point. WOW! The tree work looks spectacular. Ramon Rhodes

Mike Confalone		01-Nov-2005 04:56
Mike, You HAVE been busy with the trees. Very nice indeed. You've sucessfully conveyed a summer in Pennsylvania look. NICE.

Larry Lawler		25-Sep-2005 14:01
Mike, very interesting ! Great stuff! Larry

John		21-Sep-2005 20:29
Mike. Ignore the previous comment from Brock concerning the lack of steam stuff !! Looks like you're well on the way to an outstanding layout.

Mike Brock		21-Sep-2005 14:55
Mike, Really nice work. I particularly liked the Brockway mainline, Brockway grade crossing, Brockway Mine Overall and Brockway Mine with bays views. I'm not sure why these stood out to me but they seemed to . It would be interesting to see your track plan. Hmmm...I don't see any steam engines or steam facilities.

click on thumbnails for full image

Type your message and click Add Comment

It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help	private comment

Type your message and click Add Comment

It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help	private comment