Scratchbuilding HO Scale MK-1200G (LNG) Switcher - UP1298
Actually I'm not sure if "scratchbuilding" is 100% accurate. All the black plastic parts you see in this photo are stock of modified Athearn GP-35 parts. The rest is my work.
Actually I'm not sure if "scratchbuilding" is 100% accurate. All the black plastic parts you see in this photo are stock of modified Athearn GP-35 parts. The rest is my work.
Of course each unit is uniquely numbered but they also each have small details that make then unique to each other.
HO Scale module being built for photography. Modeled after an area in Cajon Pass, California.
I had to stop when I ran out of newspaper.
The piece of track and the old SD-45 were set up there just to show scale.
I messed around with the N-Scale layout for a while but in the end I remembered all the reasons that I really prefer HO Scale. So I ripped it all out.
The primary reason that I went with N was that I really do not have the room to do a proper HO layout.
So... what I'm going to do for now is combine two of my passions, model making and photography and build a nice little HO module that I can use to stage photos on. Later I can make more modules and maybe link them all up someday and build a proper layout.
Here is the area of Cajon Pass that I am modeling for my first module.
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These are the router jigs I made for cutting the sub-roadbed pieces.
Here are the sub-roadbed pieces being trimmed on the router table.
Here are a few of the larger loops being glued up at my shop. The 1/4" thick pieces are glued up in two layers for a total thickness of 1/2" and are overlapped half way in sort of the same way bricks are layed.
Here are some of the sub-raodbed pieces being installed on the benchwork.
All the benchwork is installed and I put up some shelfs to store crap on.
Today I built the last of the tree benchwork pieces. Now that I'm home it's off to the workshop to do a bunch of cleaning up and reorganizing before I install the third piece of benchwork.
Today I built two of the three main components for the benchwork. I built them at my shop and then took them home.
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Here are the parts from today installed in my workshop at home. I have a lot of cleaning up and organizing to do. I want the whole corner to be empty except for model train stuff.
