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| The Prince William County Model Railroad Club assisted in building a layout at a local train hobby shop, the Rip Track in Woodbridge, Virginia. Unfortunately, the Rip Track was forced to close and the layout was removed. The photos and drawings provide an excellent step-by-step guide to building a medium sized layout. Designed by Brion, club members are providing their talents and expertise to bring the plan to reality. The Rip Track provided the materials for the layout construction. Other than basic lumber, all train related materials are off-the-shelf products. Construction started on September 5, 2002 and we achieved our goal of having trains running by Thanksgiving.
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Work Session Six |
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Rocks & adding color to the scenery |
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This is the track plan as drawn by Brion. The plan calls for a wide variety of scenery and construction methods. Visitors were able to see many different aspects of model railroading. The plan provides for the ability to convert the layout from HO scale to On3 by changing structures and rolling stock. |
| Here's our tunnel portal again, now with a thick layer of plaster that's been transformed into realistic looking rock. Using a variety of hobby blades and brushed-on acrylics, Brion has produced terrific results in just a few minutes. |
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| Here's a close up of the left side of the portal. The careful application of blended acrylics gives a very realistic appearance to the scene. |
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At left is the center rear part of the layout with some carved rock on the left side and a freshly applied section of still wet plaster on the right. | |
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After a few minutes with a hobby knife on the right side plus some spayed-on tint, Roger has added some additional rockwork to our cliff. | |
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| The photo at right shows the river that runs through the
center of the layout, with plaster rockwork on both sides. Jim
used a hobby knife, brushed on acrylics and sprayed tint in this
area..
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This is a close up of the left side of the riverbank showing the L-girder construction, the cardboard lattice and the hardshell scenery with the carved rocks. |
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