Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
- Lee Bishop
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Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
This is the model railroad layout I've wanted to model since I was a kid. It's a small On30 gauge layout in a 11X10' room, showing a fictional branch line of the real-life East Tennessee & Western North Carolina RR. It runs up the valley where my parents grew up in, taking place in 1943, when Dad and Mom would have been 7 and 6, respectively.
All the rolling stock is modified to some degree, and almost all the structures are scratch built. I have four ten-wheelers, representing ET&WNC locomotives 9, 11, 12 and 14 (14 was on the White Pass & Yukon by this time, so I'm departing into a 'parallel universe' concept there).
More info here if you're curious: http://www.freewebs.com/willysmb44/modeltrains.htm
There is a military presence on the layout, but not a huge one:
More random shots here showing various stages of completion:
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former US Army Captain and REMF
Former US Army Captain and REMF
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Re: Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
Well done. Thanks for the post.
42 Ford GPW
42 Oshkosh AAF Snowblower
41 White M2 halftrack
42 Autocar M2A1 was M2 halftrack
42 Autocar M3-75 halftrack
42 White M4A1 was M4 halftrack
43 Diamond T M3A1 halftrack
43 White M16 was M13 halftrack
44 LVT-3 Landing Vehicle Tracked
42 Oshkosh AAF Snowblower
41 White M2 halftrack
42 Autocar M2A1 was M2 halftrack
42 Autocar M3-75 halftrack
42 White M4A1 was M4 halftrack
43 Diamond T M3A1 halftrack
43 White M16 was M13 halftrack
44 LVT-3 Landing Vehicle Tracked
- Lee Bishop
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Re: Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
Thanks!
I also took a couple of simple videos with my cell. I have a really good camera and plan on putting together something much more polished as soon as the background scenery is better looking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZjh9BYNCVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJBfhME-CA
I also took a couple of simple videos with my cell. I have a really good camera and plan on putting together something much more polished as soon as the background scenery is better looking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZjh9BYNCVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJBfhME-CA
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former US Army Captain and REMF
Former US Army Captain and REMF
- Lee Bishop
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Re: Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
Some more shots:
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former US Army Captain and REMF
Former US Army Captain and REMF
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Re: Model RR layout taking place in 1943...
Outstanding!
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