Currently have two layouts, one for operation, the other as a test track for DCC-EX and other projects.
I had the honor of visiting this layout while I was in Maryland in October 2022. This is an HO scale layout that has taken 25 years to get to this point. It is still a work in progress. Al has learned from the best modelers in the industry with in person help from Howard Zane and Harry Clark.
Many of the buildings on his layout are scratch built by himself and others, some are craftsman kits and kit bashes.
We spent nearly 3 hours one evening viewing this amazing layout, listening to all the stories of the history, how it was built, and who inspired each individual component to come up with this amazing masterpiece.
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A short clip that I did not include in my last video of me adding spikes to the trestle
Debbie is having a procedure late wednesday, so we won't be getting home till the evening
Posted that I would do a stream on YouTube on Thursday, but I forgot about Jim T's stream at 6 PM
May do another marathon stream on Rumble & YouTube on Friday instead.
Still up in the air
Tom.
This is my Diorama table. It is for building complete scenes on, before they get installed onto a layout. I first got inspiration for it, from you and some of your older videos on screwtube where you were building structures on bases for your town so they can be set into the layout and also removed. I thought that was a great way of working off the layout and at a work bench where it was easier.
Next I got the final inspiration From Doug at Fos Scale models, where he posted a few pics of a table he built, that he uses for dioramas. I remembered what I saw in your videos, coupled with the table that Doug built and it finally made me see the full potential in a table like this and how useful it could be.
I don't know the size of Dougs table, as he only provided pictures on his Patreon page, but I altered my design from his, and built mine to very specific dimensions, to fit the spaces I have available
The size of the table top is 38 inches square and is removable. The base under it is...
