New start!

Hi all!

After a longer period some new things.

At this point I can't get enough information about Tenessee and its station.... therefore the subject is no longer available for a good modelled layout. What I'm looking for now is a subject that can be moddeled in the limits of 7 foot long and 1+ foot deep. I build myself 2 modules, one of them was already build in 2009 and was determined to get a same module with it. But for me it is important that a layout is buid for exhibition purpose and that it can be transported easaly. As I have a sedan there is not much room to get a layout stowed in. So what I did was that I made a shorter second module that fits in the trunk of the car and can be coupled to the first one.

The first one can rest on the back seats. On this picture its the left one. The right one is the new 2012 piece that fits nicely to the older 2009 piece:

The older one had a cornered background. Until that time I only modelled 90 degree cornered backgrounds and so I wanted to try new things. Unfortunatly it came in storage and wasn't used untill now because I needed something that would fit in a car and not only in a hanger or van (the idea of that is that I can travel "light":  one or two persons and a lyout. Perfect for 1 or 2-day trainshows and the smaller ones. Those have fewer money to organise so expenses are much lesser that when I have to travel to big trainshows where I need a van and 4 to 5 people to operate my layout on these intensive shows.)

The second one is this one:

And it fits in the trunk:

Here are both modules after we finished it with oak veneer and stained it:

Sorry, picture will not turn in blogspot....:

And the two with the first coat of blue background paint:

So, here is my base for a American Civil War roadshow in Europe. My plan is to follow a idea of the Englishman Iain Rice who worked out a concept with parts of a layout that can be exchanged with eachother. That means that you can put pieces with different syles of landscaping  in the layout during a exhibition. One example could be different time periodes but also different places.

Later more of it!

Grtz, Ronald.

Landscaping / landschap

Some pictures of what I did today / Wat foto's van de werkzaamheden vandaag:

Raised the building / gebouwen verhoogd:

Landscaping / Landschap:

What we are aiming for / Wat we uiteindelijk willen:

PS; in the photo's all is still wet / op de foto's is alles nog nat.

Meer / More

Did more today / Heb vandaag meer gedaan:

Painted the stub / wissel geschilderd:

And the rest / En de rest:

Layed some track / Nog een stuk spoor gelegd:

And made a switchrod / En een wisselstang gemaakt:

Later!

Grtz, Ronald.

More work on the diorama / Verder met het diorama

At this moment I did a lot of work on the module. Here is how it looks now / Intussen is er veel werk aan de module gedaan, zo ziet het er nu uit:

The station I will use / Het stationsgebouw wat ik wil gaan gebruiken:

Some first layer of scenery / een stukje eerste laag scenery:

More / meer:

Still more / nog meer:

Last piece of track / laatste stuk spoor:

Turnout control / wisselaandrijving:

Overaal view / Overzicht nu:

More to come! / Word vervolgd!

4-4-0 research in the California State Railway museum USA

Momenteel zijn we in de States, en daar ben ik naar Sacramento geweest. Daar is een prachtig spoorwegmuseum die een aantal mooie locomotieven heeft staan. 2 daarvan zijn Genoa's ofwel 4-4-0'en. Ik heb ze uitgebreid gefotografeerd en wilde jullie dat niet onthouden / At the moment  I'm on vacation in America and I went to Sacramento. They have a great railwaymuseum there which houses 2 fantastic restored 4-4-0 Genoa's:

Ik heb veel foto's gemaakt om ze te bestuderen. Voor het Civil War project is dit welkome informatie. Als je ze in het echt ziet zijn ze best wel indrukwekkend / I made a lot of pictures to study them later. If you see them in real they are still impressive to see. For my Civil War project is this valuable information.

Ik heb een fijne middag gehad. Op een later tijdstip zal ik meer detailfoto's plaatsen / I had a real fine afternoon there! Later on I will place more pictures.

Grtz, Ronald.

Kleuren / Painting

Zondagmiddag de bak gekleurd / Sunday afternoon I painted the module:

En vandaag een Imex munitie wagon gebouwd / And today I buil a Imex munition wagon. Not ready yet:

Het diorama / The diorama

Natuurlijk moet er iets uitgeprobeerd worden en niet alleen op gebied van rollend materieel. Het wissel en de stukjes spoor waren al gelegd op een plaat die ik ingebouwd heb in een diorama-achtige kast: / Offfcourse we need to try out more than rolling stock. The turnout and track I already tested and layed on a sheet of plywood and build it to a diorama-style case:

Afgelopen week deze voorzien van het eerste ruwe landschap dat kenmerkend is voor het deel van Amerika waar de Civil War zich afgespeeld heeft:/ Last week I made a rough formed landscape for it. It is typical for the part of Amerika where the Civil War was situated.

Het plaatmateriaal opgebouwd: / The foamsheet material build up:

In vorm gesneden. Ook het laatste stukje spoor is gelegd (alleen de bielzen): / Cut to shape. Also the rest of the track (only the ties) is layed in place:

 En behandeld met Sculptamold: / And covered with Sculptamold:

En geverfd / And painted

Samen met een houten flatcar / Together with a wooden flatcar (REM kit)

Samen in de eerst kleuren / together in their first colours

Bijna klaar... / Almost ready......

Placing rods from styreen

New door:

Underbelly!

Laatste loodjes / Last bits

Open

Closed

Inside

Bijna klaar! / Almost ready!!

Parts

1 side

Both sides

Glued together

Ditto

And loose together; frame, trucks and rack

Untill now I'm happy with it!