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Roanoke & Southern (N)

Hi Everyone,

So figured it was time to start a thread for my layout or a cornerstone as some would say.

The room is somewhat...

This Is What The Las Piedras N Scale Layout Has Been Up To!

Enjoy and see more at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3H...Sb-Ci0stbcCpeQ

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Grand Trunk Southern (N)

A Grand Trunk Southern SD40/SD45 combination lead Manifest 308 northbound over the Clarion River Bridge.

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SP Burbank Branch (N)

In November 2024, I started building a small switching shelf layout based on the Southern Pacific Burbank Branch in San Fernando Valley, California, set...

BillyJoeBob's Train Set (HO)

the Jersey Regional Manufacturers Railway

This layout's design is a broad culmination of what I have gleaned from a lifelong hobby - handlaid...

Northern AT&SF (HO)

I've been a fan of the Santa Fe since my first train set with a red and silver F7 as a kid. My layout project is in a basement room that is about 16'...

Oregon Trunk on a HCD (N scale)

Hi all,
I'm new here and figured I should start something about my layout. I'll try to just give an overview in this first post, and then add more...

Southern Pacific in the Inland Empire (N)

This project is now named the Beaumont Hill Subdivision.

The SPIE RR idea came about from a suggestion of a friend many years after dismantling...

N Scale CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0

New to the site this evening, so figured I'd open up a build thread for my yet to be designed 3.0 layout. I am modeling the CSX Hanover subdivision running...

Missouri Pacific Bagnell Branch (HO) - Charlie Duckworth

Just was recently added as a listee. I started with the Missouri Pacific in 1974 in western Kansas and worked the entire system in our station’s...

Spokane Southern Railroad (HO)

The HO scale Spokane Southern Railroad is my freelanced basement-sized model railroad. The railroad is approximately 11 scale miles long, running between...

Cleveland & Eastern (N)

Hey folks,

I'd like to share my freelanced home layout - the Cleveland & Eastern RR - with you.
It is built as a walk in layout...

White Pine (N)

So A little over a year ago I decided to downsize layouts. I decided to model the end of Wisconsin Central’s White Pine Subdivision in White Pine, Michigan...

BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

I'm modeling a former NP, then BN, then BNSF, now abandoned branchline out of Seattle, WA. I only have room to model the area of Redmond, and Issaquah....

Colorado & RioGrande Central Railroad (HO)

A proto-freelanced model railroad in HO scale based on the idea of "What If" the DRGW had reached El Paso Texas....

Reply to The Little Rock Line (N)

by cduckworth

Allen
Here’s small river on the layout that ‘runs’ into the backdrop. I painted it so it appears to go around a bend. Might work for what...
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1 hour ago
Comment on Using Mirrors to extend depth.

by Cody

I particularly like that second video, lots of good examples there.
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2 hours ago
Using Mirrors to extend depth.

by Allen

I'm thinking of trying to install a mirror to help with the depth of the Ouachita River scene I'm working on.
Reference thread: https://realist...
- Channel: Scenery
11 hours ago
Reply to Using Mirrors to extend depth.

by Russ C

Allen, some mirror research for you. In the first video, pay particular attention from about the 22 minute mark. The second video has useful tips on what...
- Channel: Scenery
8 hours ago
Reply to Using Mirrors to extend depth.

by Russ C

You'd need a mirror low enough that not much above the bank is shown as it'll also reflect what's above the opposite bank. If that's the case then as...
- Channel: Scenery
8 hours ago
Reply to Using Mirrors to extend depth.

by Uncle Pete's Basement

A hanging pedestrian bridge maybe? Tree branches could work if the river is narrow enough to have canopy completely over the width. I suggest angling...
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9 hours ago
Comment on DIY Corrugated Metal

by Russ C

I wonder if you could make an embossing tool using Evergreen styrene. Cut a piece of the foil tape, lay it on some corrugated styrene and use another...
- Channel: Structures
1 day ago
Reply to NKP Freight House in Canton, OH (HO scale)

by BillyJoeBob

TimMoran

Nice Track work!! I too I like older track. Check out this link. Track, down-n-the-dirt - Realistic Model Railroading. There...
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1 day ago
Reply to The Little Rock Line (N)

by Allen

I got a little carving done this evening.

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1 day ago
Comment on DIY Corrugated Metal

by Allen

A neat part of that is that it's self-adhesive, no gluing needed.
- Channel: Structures
1 day ago

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