Photobucket back up.... woo hoo....
From a work perspective, the Kanto Sub project was on a bit of a light week. Testing was the main order as we ran various rolling stock and power and found some minor track issues that have been solved. It also gave me a chance to try taking images in various places and with different lighting.... I also got "back to the bench" for a long awaited project.....
Few images from the Sub, more can be found in the Layout Engineering thread...
This is taken right at the edge of the layout, at the end of the tracks before they'll enter the bridge that spans the join.... same place for this image...
and this one....
The idea (as this is technically the front of the layout) was to have a scene that was interesting but not going to take away from the upcoming bridge...
On the other end the overpass and tunell guard the divide between halves....
This recently bashed van in the oh so attractive yet short lived Script red and yellow livery is entering the tunnel section that will take it through a very short tunnel into a rock canyon on its way to the mill.
The last you'll see of it before it reappears on the other side....
I shot a bunch of rolling stock and power from different angles and with different light.... just to see where the "money shots" (
) can be found....
.... and FINALLY I managed to get a Caravan...
As a kid I remember the blue and red trailers of Caravan Trailer rentals; they were common as dirt and yet no one had made one in RTR form and i could't find a decent picture to use for decals..... then Highball Decals came to the rescue....
The blue is from my minds eye - the images I've found are all of badly faded examples. I will just have to live with it.... This little guy (and two more to be made like him) will most definitely help place the scenes as early 70's Canada and I'm thrilled to have them finally done. One will be right where it is on the layout while two more will be TOFC material.
It was a fun week!
