Getting back to the layout after finishing a few side projects.
After completing Schaake's Machine shop, I decided it was time to start figuring out the layout of the town of Blackwater. I pulled all my buildings from my earlier layout and a few others that I collected and started to arrange them.
What I'm thinking of is a main street that parallels the track and runs past the station. Across from the station is the M. T Arms Hotel with two streets running from the station of either side.
The Hotel is from the previous layout but I cut the original building down width-wise to accommodate it in it's original spot. I'm planning on replacing it with the same kit, without modifying it.
The road will run past the corner cafe' with the blue trim, to The Machine shop and to the local Gern plant. The Gern Plant was a modified DPm Scissor's Cutting Co. I have a second kit that I will either add to this one or replace it.
I was also going to have the road continue around the back of the Machine shop and cross the track to the other industries but I think I'll make the road access to that area off-layout.
The triangular building is a Furniture shop from the previous layout that I scratchbuilt. It looks like it will fit nicely between the two tracks. At the back you can see where I'm halfway through tracklaying the last siding, just need to start spiking some rail.
Last thing I've done is to fit the scenery formers to the Narrow gauge section of the layout to bring the edges up to it's track level. this will also form the tunnel that the standard gauge main line will pass through under the HOn3. I'm looking forward to hooking the wiring back up the the logging line soon.
After completing Schaake's Machine shop, I decided it was time to start figuring out the layout of the town of Blackwater. I pulled all my buildings from my earlier layout and a few others that I collected and started to arrange them.
What I'm thinking of is a main street that parallels the track and runs past the station. Across from the station is the M. T Arms Hotel with two streets running from the station of either side.
The Hotel is from the previous layout but I cut the original building down width-wise to accommodate it in it's original spot. I'm planning on replacing it with the same kit, without modifying it.
The road will run past the corner cafe' with the blue trim, to The Machine shop and to the local Gern plant. The Gern Plant was a modified DPm Scissor's Cutting Co. I have a second kit that I will either add to this one or replace it.
I was also going to have the road continue around the back of the Machine shop and cross the track to the other industries but I think I'll make the road access to that area off-layout.
The triangular building is a Furniture shop from the previous layout that I scratchbuilt. It looks like it will fit nicely between the two tracks. At the back you can see where I'm halfway through tracklaying the last siding, just need to start spiking some rail.
Last thing I've done is to fit the scenery formers to the Narrow gauge section of the layout to bring the edges up to it's track level. this will also form the tunnel that the standard gauge main line will pass through under the HOn3. I'm looking forward to hooking the wiring back up the the logging line soon.