My Grande Valley Railway in the "N"ormal scale

[Catt]

"it looks like you've figured out the "white balance" stuff, too."

Wayne

Yup camera is definately female to my male,but I can be just as bulheaded.It took me two hours to find the white balance but I finaly got it. :mrgreen:

[Catt]

Adding to the last posting :mrgreen: more progress pics









There were some pics I forgot to take.There would be more done on both streets but I seem to have misplaced my RXR stencil.I have not decided just what I will do next but I ain't quittin now.

[Tyson Rayles]

[Catt]

Same area just a little more done.





Got the lane stripeing done on both streets ,got the R X R painted on both streets ,got the name on A.R. CURTIS CO.

I went to the LHS yesterday and ordered two packages of gates and flashers .This should give me enough to cover all of the current street-track crossings.Some crossings the gates and lights will be seperate and some will be combined.

[sailormatlac]

You're on fire! Those large insdustries with their parking lots looks just like the real thing! Keep up your good work.

Would be nice if you could post close ups of your layout.

Matt

[Catt]

Matt there are more pics of my layout here ->http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=46&t=4160 . The layout is a long ways from being done ( I keep changing my mind about how I want it to look).

[sailormatlac]

Ho, it's bigger than I ever thought. Honestly, I'm not a N guy, but I must admit I'm jealous of all this "emptiness" between your industries... It's something I'm trying to achieve while reworking the club layout, but it can compare with a well-balanced N scale layout like yours. I'm in the process of scrapping and rebuilding every industry/building clusters that are under 4 feet long and addind length to small sidings.

I know nobody that keep a layout static. It's just like the real life, you have to adjust yourself over the time, repair mistakes, improve what can be and get rid of what isn't good anymore to bring a newest idea.

Matt

[Catt]

Took this pic today just to get a different perspective on what I am doing in this challenge.I guess you could say this is a proof on concept.Incase you are curious the camera is setting on the railroad tracks.





[had to correct some typos]

[Tyson Rayles]

My favorite kinda shot!

[Catt]

Ok, update time.I did not get much done this week with my brother's funeral and all but I got some stuff done,at least a picture's worth anyway.



Fire station is done (mostly) got one crossing gate and flashers done along with the bases for two more.I need to tint those windows in the fire statioon some how.

[sailormatlac]

A fire station is just a good excuse to show off some nice looking fire trucks! ;-)

Matt

[Catt]

Have not done much over the last two weeks ,but here is the latest update pic.Not happy with crossing gate and flasher location.I am concidering putting a jog in the sidewalk so I can move gate and flasher closer to the street.

[Catt]

This is more to my liking. :mrgreen:



I think I need to extend the length of the gate and paint some red stripes on them.

[Catt]

Carrying on from the last posting I have a little more street work in progress,





progress is slow,but it's still progress.

[Catt]

Well now I went and done it.I dropped one of my meds and when I bent down to pick it up I moved the wrong way.I can only stand for a few minutes at a time now so this may be (I hope not ) the last update pic I post.



I am hoping I can get more done but my back is going to have give me some relief first,but atleast I have made some progress on the layout and still have several weeks to get more done. :mrgreen: