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“Hi Al,

I resumed building a two stall engine house for a friend of mine.

Started last year at the beginning of December and then had a months holiday.

Again, it is a scratch built HO scale engine house but in standard gauge – 16,5mm. Had no plans but used my experience and photos of my one.

My own finished one is HOn3 (3 foot narrow gauge) and is on my layout.

Total hours spent so far is 11.5h.

It will be fully detailed inside and out as well as lighting inside.

Bottom photo is my “workbench (roll top desk)” where all the magic happens.

Top photo is of my engine house in position on the layout being finished. Pardon the guy lying down on the job. The shed on the right houses the arc welding unit for the guy welding inside.

Will keep you posted with updates.

Best regards

Brian – Cape Town”

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A big thanks to Brian – I just adore his stuff.

Keep ’em coming folks.

And if today is the big day when you get bored of sitting on the side lines, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

“Hi Al,

I was looking for something different for my layout when I came upon the idea of a Caravan Park. It has been a fun build and has generated a ton of comments and interest.

There is a lot if information for the beginning or intermediate modeler. I explain how I came up with the design and demonstrate how I arrived at the layout. Eventually when the mail catches up with me, I will add lots of fencing (it’s on the way), the camping coach, need the turnout, need more tables, need to make a couple of green umbrella tents…the list goes on and on.

Two things happened I did not expect, one it brought back memories other people had of camping in their youth and two they laughed and brought up details in the British comedy, Carry On Camping. It is very funny and many folks sent me links and mentioned favorite scenes. It has been quite fun so far. There will probably be two more parts before it is complete. Maybe some of your readers would enjoy it too.

Rob”

Latest ‘ebay cheat sheet’ is here.

Best

Al

“Al,

Enclosed are several pictures from my layout.

To answer a few questions from my previous post.

The “real looking trees” are actually “real sedum plant” flowers that are dried and then different grasses applied for color.

The layout utilizes both packaged buildings, kit-bashed buildings, and all scratch built structures. Figures and buildings are hand painted.

The story is a small Northern city area with 3 towns connecting to the “Big City”.

These towns are Aurora, Waldon, and Buffalo Creek.

Shuttleworth Pub is for my son-in-law who plays professional soccer in the MLS.

The “circle” depicts a horse statue. The bronze horse was a gift from my daughter.

“Paula’s” greenhouse is for my wife who has a huge garden in our yard.

This layout is 12’x8’ and is phase one… The second phase is beginning soon and will be 3’x25’ consisting of a switching yard and a portion of the “Big City”.

Jamie”

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Jamie’s last update is here, if you missed it. Apols to Jamie if I’ve duplicated anything.

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And now, Jake answers some questions on his layout (which is here).

“To answer a few questions posted on my photos, the derrick crane at the sawmill is from a Walthers kit (the building wasn’t utilized in this layout).

The vehicles used are made by Herpa, Athern,CMW and Wiking. Some of the trucks were purchased as cab and chassis, I built the beds for them, for example, at the time I fabricated the beds for the single axle dump trucks I couldn`t find any available for sale. Since then CMW has produced the `41- `46 Chevy dump, there are about 6 of these trucks in the layout.

In the photo of the trucks loading at the coal mine, 3 have beds built by me, the one with the silver bed is a CMW production,

Jake”

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Big thanks to Jake and Jamie! Both stunning layouts.

That’s all for today folks.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get started on your layout, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

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