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thanks ! and just where have you been hiding ? check out the small Forest build in the layout section . it's what I've been focusing on lately .

I'm sad and happy to say that this layout no longer exists, It's been dismantled and salvaged for usable parts . I've kept the 1x4' base , track and turnouts , buildings , streetlights an vehicles ....

made some windswept trees from some sweet gum tree roots I found on my property . glued on sponge scatter with spray adhesive . I like this method as it yields very realistic results . I will be...

in a fit of insanity Im destroying module #2 . I'm removing the ballast and reclaiming the track and turnouts . the first module is the real switching layout and I was building the second one as an...

on the steeplecab ... I found a plastic tab off some junk I had and it measures out correctly for a rooftop ac unit . so I painted the black roof patch I made grey to match the origional roof color...

I was initially gonna put it on the doghouse then I realized the entire top area of the doghouse is covered in access hatches . there definitely wouldn't be a pipe protruding from a hinged hatch lid...

I ordered some last week per one of your old posts I read reccomending them , they should be here tomorrow . did you notice the little exhaust pipe I added like you suggested ? I'm trying to figure...

I got a few hours in during the hot part of the day and added more vegetation growth to the trackbed edges . the mow guys try hard but they just can't keep up with it " this ain't no golf course...

very informative , thank you . ChicagoNW why do I suddenly like trams and trollies so much !? the little flatbed one is especially cool .

building is back in its spot , routed wires through the board and connected to the lighting circuit . now all the streetlights , flashing stub end lights , building lights are all complete now and...

funny you said that because I was envisioning all that. I've already blacked out the windows and added almost 4 grams of weight in the cab via lead sinkers and brass screws cut into pieces so...

got the big warehouse lights installed and hardwired tonight 125925https://www.nscale.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=125925&d=1655772110

I need some semi trucks , trailers and intermodal containers for the layout . being the cheap ______ that I am , out came the plastic sheet and xacto got some dimensions for a 53' box and I scratched...

I added siding to the big warehouse and repainted it , I'm really liking it now... just gotta finish up the lighting on it and dirty it up a little . wifey bought me this little kato , Pantagraph...

got the factory lights installed .... got the small warehouse lights installed ... big warehouse gets lighting next...

bridge joining module almost complete - gotta do the bridge surface and add some water to the riverbed...

I got the first building lighting system installed ( 4 nano led ) and the interior details built . also made clear windows and glued them in from the back but you can't really see it because it's...

OK, here is module #2 ... although #1 is definitely not finished I felt compelled to go ahead and put #2 together .... the tracks align with the first module to form a large runaround before the...

no its not , there are bulkheads there .. also I appreciate the tips

125424125425 drainage culvert detail with a bulkhead flatcar I scratchbuilt . view from west end of the yard looking east .

new pictures , I took out the scenery that was behind the first track and made that whole thing a concrete pad with the tracks inlaid . I also added 20 led streetlights and wired them . they are...

Thanks ! yes , the layout foam board is really just 1' wide, not including the frame which is 3/4" . gives exactly 4 square feet in workable area . I will get more pics up soon .

these first pics are of my module after 3 months of starting . I didn't post pics of the entire build because a lot of that stuff is mundane and we all know what's up . basically it's a 1'×4' module...