I'm in the home stretch on the ore dock run up. It took a total of 10 "Imagine That" ( http://imaginethatlaserart.com/ ) elevated 2 track extension kits to complete. The kits are really easy to build & have awesome detail. They are laser cut wood kits & they have a natural patina from the wood & laser cut/burnish marks. I wanted mine to match another painted bridge that adjoins it so I matched the paint & dry brushed the aged detail. I did have to adjust one section where there's a curve & I wanted to add a switch/control tower. The tower is a "JL Innovative Design" ( http://www.jlinnovative.com/ ) Avon St. Elevated Tower it's also a wood kit. I thought it would add some uniqueness to the over all scene. Some the the ideas I got were from a book on Iron Ore railroads titled, "The lake Superior Iron Ore Rasilroads" by Patrick Dorin (1977) Some of the trackage leading up to the dock ( which I've termed "run ups") looked a bit like the "Elevated tracks". So I thought using the Imagine that kits would work just fine. I would've liked to lay the track myself onto the "El" but I'm not good enough or willing to be frustrated enough to try & attempt to create an "N" scale turnout from scratch. So Peco & Atlas flex track will suffice!
Those are really amazing looking El structures! Wow! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, they are actually very easy to build, at least I thought so. They look good unpainted, but when I added the teal / iron paint color to it, the details came popping out even more. I added some dry brushing of orange, white, black, & iron oxide red & that finished it off. I'm pretty happy with it.
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