These two T-TRAK modules were first shown last summer at the NMRA Atlanta convention 2013. Trying to finish them in time for Capitol Limited N Scale East 2014, 7-10 August 2014 in Chantilly VA http://www.bigtrainlayout.org/ The photo backdrop was stitched together from some shots of Johnstown, PA we found online. One of our North Raleigh Model Railroad Club members did all of the Adobe Photoshop heavy lifting as he works in the printing industry & had access to printers & heavy print stock. Brick roadways & sidewalks are thin latex material from Kancali. You may recognize some of the structures but the overall intention was to either kitbash, scratchbuilt or modify them so as to hide their origin. Trees are twisted florist wire or stranded steel picture hanging wire with furnace filter clumps as fine branch structure - green leaf flocking/ground foam will be added when I've decided on the right colors. The Kato Unitrack rail/ties have been painted & the roadbed ballasted where it leaves the brick roadways. Please forward any comments or suggestions to help me complete this project...I truly value the constructive criticism that Trainboard members provide. **You can click the photos to enlarge**
Too many folks create streets which are parallel or perpendicular to their tracks. The way you've laid it out really works very nicely!
Very Nice ! I like the way you show the backs of the buildings facing the tracks on the left hand module. This is something that is not modeled enough but is so common in the prototype. Brad Myers Peninsula Ntrak / AsiaNrail My Blogs: http://www.n-scale-dcc.blogspot.com/ http://www.palisadecanyonrr.blogspot.com/ http://tokyo-in-nscale.blogspot.com/
I'll second the opinion on the angled roads, and throw in a few sugestions if you haven't considered these already: Some kind of signs/lights at the intersection and grade crossing? Some degree of dust/weathering on the buildings Maybe a rope swing on one of the trees?
Thank you Eagle2...there's plans to add a backyard tree fort/rope swing for the children living in the tenement buildings
