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Hello, some month ago, I've started my first small layout, representing a piece of the West Side Lumber Co. Today, I've spend some hours and created some extensions to this modular layout... I was just blown away by this design and I think, I'll have a new lifetime job in modelrailroading...

Hello all. Yesterday, I've done some progress on my Camp-8-Layout. I started to build a fiddleyard for the west end of the layout, that will represent Tuolumne. A secound, but smaller and easier fiddle will be follow on the east end of the layout as Deadwood. My biggest problem was, to get...

Hello, I would like to show you my new Heisler in N-scale. The model is scratch-build out of brass, copper and styrene. Some parts has been used from an old Atlas-Shay-Boiler (domes, stack, lamps...). Parts of a Kato-critter-drive 11-105 has been used for the drive. Only the rear truck is...

Hello logging-fans, I think nearly every logging-fan will know the name "West Side Lumber CO." or has hear it some day... Michael Azzarello from http://www.wsrestoration.com/ has started a online-petition to preserve the last remainders of the WSLC in Tuolumne before they are gone and lost...

Hello, I've found some time today, to do the last finish on my WestSide-Shays. (Click zu enlarge) Gruß, Gerd

Hello, I've bashed a West side 3-truck Shay out of one and a half Atlas Shays... You'll find pictures on my website. http://www.us-waldbahnen.de/N/Shay_9/shay_9e.htm Any comments? Gerd

Hello over there, yesterday, I've fnished my first flatcar, constructed by the plans of YSL-car out of NG&SL-Gazzette May/Jun 1988. All white parts are cnc-milled out of styrene. This is a shot of the finished car just before painting... More pictures of this car and the parts can be...

Hello, after a break of 3 month, I'll be back on my West Side project in N-scale std.gauge. Yesterday, I've lettered the first of 6 finished skels. More to come in the next days. Gerd

Hello Shay-fans Last saturday, my secound Atlas-Shay arrived. So i could start another project, to build a 3-truck Shay out of 1 and 1/2 of this Atlas Shays. And here is the result. Most of the details are still missing like airpump, waterpump, wooden boxes, figures, letters and so on. But...

Good morning, two days ago, I've finished my last version of my West Side Lumber Co.-Layout, showing Camp 24. This layout will be build in N std-gauge (I know that the WS was 3' gauge, but I'll make this compomise) with Peco code 55 track. The layout will be placed on 5 moduls, each...

My WSLCo in N-scale Hello, I've finished my first three cars for my WSLCo in N-scale. The model are running on std.-gauge. Some more pichtures are on my website at Gerd

Hello over there, here are two shots of my speeder in n-scale. The new shell was cnc-milled out of styrene. The drive-mechanism is from a german switcher.

Hello all, actually, I'm working on a part of a modular layout from our local modeltrain-club. As we started to build this layout many years ago, we've tried to rebuild a abondend line from our region. The branchline from Rohrbach to Klingenmuenster is only 9.5km long. The layout is designed...

Good morning. In the next weeks, I'll redesign my new Atlas-Shay. I like the old style wood-burner much more then the modern oil-burner. Here are some ideas : - Set the couplers closer to the frame - New ballon stack - Conversion to woodburner - New open woodpanel cab - Detailing -...

New rolling stock on Melina's Lake Lumber Co. Hello, after a break of some days, I've returned to my workbench and finished some more cars for my N-scale Logging railroad. Some time ago, I've presented my 30' Logcars. I've added 4 more, so I have 12 of them on my rooster. After this...

Hello loggers, I've a question about the two white angeled stripes on Westside-sceletons you can see on the right in the following picture. What is the meaning of this stripes or is this only color. Thank you ;-) picture from http://www.wsrestoration.com

Hello. Yesterday, I've scratchbuild eight 30' sceletons for my new "Melina's Lake Logging" railroad. Most parts are cnc-milled out of 3 or 2mm thick styrene. This parts are the main bars milled out if 3mm styrene. I've used 2mm styrene for the bunks. The assembling has started. I've...

Hello, I'll try to build some wooden oldtime boxcars with 36' length in n-scale for my logging railroad. So, I'm searching for some pictures of underside, side and front of the boxcar. Can any one help ? Thank's, Gerd

Hello over there... Actually, I'm working on many small buildings in H0-scale to rebuild parts of the modular H0-Layout in our local railroading-club. We are working on an old railway station, so the buildings should look like the old originials. All 15 models have to be scratchbuild. I've...

Good morning, some weeks ago, I've started a new project in Fn3 (1:20.3). I'll build 5 Balmfort steamlocomotives. First part was the drive mechanism. I've used styrene sheets and my cnc-mill to cut the parts. The rear axle can oscillate (? pendeln) to get always all wheels on track. The...