11-21-2013, 11:28 PM
I hope that fall finds everyone well and i wish everyone a warm winter.
The Houston Layout tour is happening, Saturday is my open house. As I was tidying up the layout room and cleaning track, I figured I should update this thread. Been having ops sessions about once a month, they have been going well. Also been making slow progress on the layout.
Added a long spur behind Pearland yard. I used four buildings to make one big industry. The white one you may recognize as one of the buildings Kurt sent me. The other three are stuff I bought from the consignment shelf at the LHS. They were four-sided structures, I ripped them down to backdrop dimensions on the tablesaw. I call this industry "W.R. Grace and Company" which is a real industry here in Houston, but it doesn't look much like my model.
Next is an old neighborhood modeled after Fennel Street here in Houston. The houses and tin building are fairly close representations of the prototype.
Next up is Azrock tile. This large complex is built from structures that Reinhard and Kurt sent me from Germany! Still alot of detail that needs to be done, pipes, ducts, roof top vents, dust collectors, etc... and then dirty it all up.
The Houston Layout tour is happening, Saturday is my open house. As I was tidying up the layout room and cleaning track, I figured I should update this thread. Been having ops sessions about once a month, they have been going well. Also been making slow progress on the layout.
Added a long spur behind Pearland yard. I used four buildings to make one big industry. The white one you may recognize as one of the buildings Kurt sent me. The other three are stuff I bought from the consignment shelf at the LHS. They were four-sided structures, I ripped them down to backdrop dimensions on the tablesaw. I call this industry "W.R. Grace and Company" which is a real industry here in Houston, but it doesn't look much like my model.
Next is an old neighborhood modeled after Fennel Street here in Houston. The houses and tin building are fairly close representations of the prototype.
Next up is Azrock tile. This large complex is built from structures that Reinhard and Kurt sent me from Germany! Still alot of detail that needs to be done, pipes, ducts, roof top vents, dust collectors, etc... and then dirty it all up.