Greetings all,
I tell you what, I have been really busy of late, doing clinics for the local divisions, doing train shows in Fort Worth and Houston and to top it off, building scratch built structures for my Master Model Railroad Structure Certificate.
I wanted to post some of the plans that I have been working on, as soon as I get the models judged I will post pictures here.
The first structure I have completed is South Pacific Coast RR Station based off some plans I found in the Narrow Gauge Gazette. Due to copyright, I dont want to post the plans but the model came out really nice, again once I get it judged I will post pictures of it.
The second is a main line oil tank that I designed myself, being that I model Southern Pacific, I needed to have a oiling facility and pump house to store and deliver tender fuel oil to my locomotive fleet.
Here is the plan for the tank...
This model is now completed and ready for judging...
The third (of six) structures that I need to scratch build is a pump house that will be paired up with the tank shown above. The plans are from Railroad structures and estimates by John Wilson Orrock, 1918. This book I found to be an AMAZING compilation of structures and other railroad plans, I highly recommend it and it is free and available on Google Books.
Here is the plan as it appeared in the book;
I translated this into a scale plan using Excel and built the model, or should I say I am building the model using these plans...
I hope to have this model completed in the next couple of weeks so watch for the December posting for the finished models.
I just wanted to also give a shout out to Scotty Mason whom I met while doing the Houston Show, he is a genuinely good dude and it was a real pleasure chatting with him.
Thats it for now, thanks for being understanding this last month or so and I will talk to you soon, have a great thanksgiving.
- Mike
I tell you what, I have been really busy of late, doing clinics for the local divisions, doing train shows in Fort Worth and Houston and to top it off, building scratch built structures for my Master Model Railroad Structure Certificate.
I wanted to post some of the plans that I have been working on, as soon as I get the models judged I will post pictures here.
The first structure I have completed is South Pacific Coast RR Station based off some plans I found in the Narrow Gauge Gazette. Due to copyright, I dont want to post the plans but the model came out really nice, again once I get it judged I will post pictures of it.
The second is a main line oil tank that I designed myself, being that I model Southern Pacific, I needed to have a oiling facility and pump house to store and deliver tender fuel oil to my locomotive fleet.
Here is the plan for the tank...
This model is now completed and ready for judging...
The third (of six) structures that I need to scratch build is a pump house that will be paired up with the tank shown above. The plans are from Railroad structures and estimates by John Wilson Orrock, 1918. This book I found to be an AMAZING compilation of structures and other railroad plans, I highly recommend it and it is free and available on Google Books.
Here is the plan as it appeared in the book;
I translated this into a scale plan using Excel and built the model, or should I say I am building the model using these plans...
I hope to have this model completed in the next couple of weeks so watch for the December posting for the finished models.I just wanted to also give a shout out to Scotty Mason whom I met while doing the Houston Show, he is a genuinely good dude and it was a real pleasure chatting with him.
Thats it for now, thanks for being understanding this last month or so and I will talk to you soon, have a great thanksgiving.
- Mike
