Building the Pinacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR

[LZPMRR]

Glad you had such a good crowd. Sure would like to be able to see it. Eric at MTL told me last spring if I ever get a chance to get out there he waould give my wife and I a personl tour of the plant. Lee

[tamvalleyrr]

Hi Jim,

I enjoyed visiting your layout today - nice work! How do you light these photos as they look very natural and colorful? Is this from the skylight?

Duncan

[HOexplorer]

Duncan, Glad to have met you today. Thanks for stopping by.
There is a section in this thread on all the photography techniques I use. Specifically to your question most photos are with the skylight and light from my desk lamp with swivels.

Sometimes I shine the desk lamp on the floor, bounce it off the mirrored closet doors, even out the window. I don't not use the flourescents lights. Of course, I always use a tripod and the timer. Jim

[HOexplorer]

Thanks Lee, I wish you could see this in person. Jim

[HOexplorer]

Back on track: The rebuild. First thing I have to do is take off the trees and save most of the larger bushes. Below is a photo of the first step in reconstructing this left side of the PCM&T Co. Layout.

I felt really weird doing this to the layout after I'd finished?? Oh well; progress. Jim

[UPBigBoy]

Originally Posted by HOexplorer

Back on track: The rebuild. First thing I have to do is take off the trees and save most of the larger bushes. Below is a photo of the first step in reconstructing this left side of the PCM&T Co. Layout.

I felt really weird doing this to the layout after I'd finished?? Oh well; progress. Jim

Looks like you may have had a mud slide on the bottom left with the shed/house on the track

[LZPMRR]

The more I see of it the more beautiful it looks. You'd be a rich man if 35-40 yrs. ago you built layouts. But I'm glad I got the oppurnity to let you build mine. Lee Barry

[skillman]

It's like a bad haircut Jim. It'll look so much better when it grows back.
You can't make an omlett without breaking a few eggs. The loop operation will make it all worth it.
I've spent considerable time on the web looking up loco's and rolling stock. Found a couple of things that might help kitbash some little logging loco's. Walthers has trucks and the 2 cylinder engine from the Keystone shay in parts. Also the little Bachman GE 45 ton might be a usefull mechanism. Also found some cheap 44toners. I have used these parts a bunch.
I can't believe how expensive these models are getting. I also can't believe how nice they are and what a great selection there is. Of course, everything seems to be "limited run" and you have to do a bunch of searching to find what you want. Good thing that the web makes this a bunch easier.

Steve

[HOexplorer]

J&A, Good one. I put that building there so it would suffer more damage than it already looks like it has.

Lee, I was too busy climbing mountains that far back. No time. I had to wait until I was sixty.

Steve, Hopefully it will grow back. I thought this redo was going to be no problem, but the original was really good so I will have to pull out all the stops on this one. Jim

[HOexplorer]

At my open house someone asked where will I keep my trees. Since these trees are delicate they can't be stacked on each other or laying down. I went to my spare wood pile and found some old 2"x2"s I never threw away. Voila! Instant tree storage. Drill some holes and that's it. My trees are safely in my closet. Jim