CREATING A TANK CAR

This is a toy train frame & bogeys. I have added new fine scale wheels & some lead to the frame, to keep it on the tracks.

           I have made the tank out of a calking gun cylinder & use beer can bottoms for the ends.

          Thin coffee stirrers were used on the top of the flat car. A bit of plastic around the edge.

                                       A shampoo bottle cap was used for the dome.

                                                          It is starting to take shape !
 

A CORNER PROJECT

                                    I don't like this fence !  It is going to have to go !!!

What to do with this corner ???   The Yellow behind the castle, will become a cliff face. The upper level.....

The train will go past a medieval castle, while above a funeral is going on ?   In the distance you can see a haunted fairy tale castle.....These are just some ideas at this stage !
 

A NICE LOCO from a DECEASED ESTATE

This is just a little O-Scale Diesel Loco I picked up at Branch Line, they told me it was from a deceased estate.

                             I'm thinking, I can improve on that & make it look better !

                                                            I think it is very Cute !
 

MAKING MOUNTAINS, out of mole hills !

This is the system I have come up with & I am still improving on it !

I am using foam (sponge rubber) our of old cushions, then putting plaster bandage over the top, after trying to shape it a bit.

Here is some of the foam.

Here I am putting the plaster bandage over the top of the foam rubber.

Make sure your track work is covered.

I would like a mural at the end on the wall, to cover it completely !

THE SCHOOL BUS RUN.....

The School Buses are just crossing the Grand Canyon, on the single lane bridge, to pick up the school kids left at the Station by the afternoon rail bus.

An old bloke gives them a wave !

 

MY LATEST PURCHASE I Love my O Scale Rail Bus !

The Rail Bus is about to cross the Bridge over the Grand Canyon !

The Rail Bus was purchased from the UK to transport Members of the Preservation Society, paying customers & tourists around the Railway. On Fire Ban Days it can be used as a Lunch Train !

Just coming out of the tunnel.

Running past Locos double heading !

Heading into the Tunnel.

It is a Special Train !

Coming out the other end !

Under the Road Bridge !

Under the Road.

Over the Grand Canyon !  Nice Bridge.....

Love that Old Bus !  A single lane road bridge is being put in place over the Grand Canyon. You can see the hand rail disappearing into the distance behind the bus. A fence to keep the cars on the road is being installed as we speak.

 

TUNNEL MOUTHS made out of Icey Pole Sticks !

Here we have an old tunnel mouth, that I bought second hand, with a few stones missing. I needed two tunnels, so I have made a start, by sticking these two together.

I needed another two, at the other end !

Then I found I needed another one !

Here I am making the sticks look more like stones or bricks, by dabbing no-more-gaps on each brick with a chop stick end. I find you get a 3 D effect.  See Below.....

Nearly finished.....

Now I'm going to make some roads. Do You like my Bedford bus ?

Another bus coming under my road bridge.

My MG, Wendy painted & fitted the people inside !

Trying the Tunnels to see if they fit.

I wanted 2 tunnel mouths, so I stuck these two together. An old second hand one I picked up at a Train Show, with a few bricks missing, so it needed some repair. The rock wall is just some plastic sheeting I bought at a train shop in Perth, it was going cheap, so I thought I might as well use it !

I had some brick plastic sheeting from the same place. I think it might need some weathering.

I used printers aluminum for inside the tunnels, thanks to Peter.

If You are going to use icypole sticks for anything, You need a good cutter. This is mine (See Below)

I bought it at a Train Show. I am very happy with it !

 Sorry these pictures are a bit out of order & I usually get side tracked & start another project, without finishing the first one !  These are my bad habits.....