No way? Coming along though. I had to order 2 more packs of Evergreen angles before I can get it to paint. It will be nice to have this 11' section finally done after 5 years.


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The Dec issue of Model Railroader features the new additions to Rod Stewart's huge HO layout which features several new CMR buildings kitbashed. Many of them were not kits and done custom for that purpose ( Read more... )

Ok scratch that last thought. I decided to try a slightly different arrangement as per the Shops at Gary. I switched the longer Machine Shop #2 with the other Boiler Shop/Foundry building for what I believe is a better arrangement and proves to be closer in respect to the arrangement of these structures at Gary. It looks a little less crammed for ( Read more... )

Got the STAKO horizontal truss system installed for the purposes of having more piping go along the side of the Powerplant #1 structure. Plus I am adding the image from Bethlehem Lackawanna that I had in my mind when I was re-building this particular scene.


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Some additional shots of the Powerplant #1 structure and a hot metal car recently completed.


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Well I decided to move one of the blast furnaces to create more of a view to the massive Powerplant #1 structure rather than hiding it. The results are pictured below with still some Stako metal systems for carrying piping to be installed. This is kind of a throwback to Bethlehem Lackawanna's plant where there was a considerable distance between ( Read more... )

Time to start the work on adding detail to the stoves for furnaces E & F. Prior to this all the items were there just about, but all as hodge podge of separate elements. So I adhered everything to a sturdy base and made catwalk/stairway connections, pipe connections, basic fixes to broken parts, and so on. All new items can be seen as either white ( Read more... )

Ok finally made a video which updates the progress of the project in the last year and a half since the last one:

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or the direct link on youtube with a higher res is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su363La-7i0

Progressing along finally.


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I decided to nix the original #2 Boiler House and build a new one in its place. Shown on the images as the unfinished two red metal ends without a middle and 8 smokestacks.


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