Despatch Junction Working on a freight station for John Bartolotto. He has the spot on his layout for it marked in the thread :
Hey all, ya like what Robert has done?? It is the long awaited Nansen Street Models prototype for the Despatch Junction Freight Station. Russ and I went to Robert cause he is a Master Jedi Laser Kit Cutter!! Once the prototype is ready then Russ and I will let y'all know when this kit will be released. Thanks Robert! You are the Man!!! John
FOLLOW UP ON THE "PEEL AND STICK" This is the greatest thing since sliced bread. At first I thought getting the "sticky paper" off was going to be hard. Here is one way that makes it easy. Hold the laser cut piece in your fingers or tweezers. Take a sharp Xacto blade and holding it parallel to the surface of the laser cut piece, essentially try to split the paper away from the wood. You may have to pick at it a couple of times by moving the blade toward or away from you, while still parallel to the surface. The blade will catch the paper and it comes right off. Great improvement Robert.
Jepp, cool Station Robert! Great work! Henrik the Buildings behind the Station are Microstructures Brass Model.
Hi Henrik, this is my Timesaver/Trestle module. This side has the timesaver switching puzzle on it, and the other side has the trestle that I took photo's of the SD70's on. I just set the Miller Engineering brass structures there for the time being. I want to put lights in them before gluing them down.
My goodness Robert, that is beautiful! mg: :thumbs_up: We really need a Robert Ray Store. Nothing but Robert Ray kits and models. All for sale, as many as you need. :angel: Well, a guy can dream, can't he?? :lightbulb:
I built a storage shed to go with my grain elevator. It was really fun to do. I used wood and then stryene for the roof and doors. I have to say scratch building really gets to you. suddenly you start thinking Hmmm....what else can I try. Many thanks to all of you who motivate me to try this stuff. Thanks!
Wow Joe, You have done quite a bit of work on the layout lately. I love that shed. It really makes the scene!
Thanks Robert, I have been just spinning my wheels with my new layout, I don't know how long it will be before I get it done, so I keep looking at my old one and how to improve it. I keep thinking why not try and build it? I mean if you have a supply of wood and styrene, it is very tempting to look at other models and think to yourself, hmmm could I make something close to it? And there is something to be said for the satisfaction of creating something yourself.
I lit up the interior of the yard shop on the far right of this module: While building it, I tested out the lights, and all I could see through the windows was a glowing empty floor, so I decided to experiment. I cut up some leftover sprues from a factory kit, and just glued them randomly inside: Now when I look through the window, I see stuff. I don't know what it is supposed to be, but it looks cluttered and busy inside: I left the door opened, and those sprue pieces look like some kind of tanks and equipment inside. Well, at least it looks like it's being used for something now. I will probably do this to a lot more structures to add interest:
Well, I see I have to do a little cutting into the floor to put in some innards. I left the Isaqquah station roof detachable, but nothing else. This really looks super nice. ...don
i like the shop innards, robert. it looks like it could be a micro brewery or a water distillation plant. dave f.
I was thinking micro-brewery, too. ;-) They look like pressure or reactor vessels (chemical not nuclear) of some kind. This technique might work for boiler houses and some process piping and vessels as well. Randy
