#HO Scale Layout

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

1:87 RC Mikromodell - LKW Verladung einer H0e Schmalspurlokomotive

I will never be this good at model railroading FML just going to quit now.

[tristanmowrey]

HO Model Train

[trainphilos]

Adieu to 2024

To all my readers: Thank you for subscribing to my blog and have a nice 2024 Holiday Season, as well as a good 2025! My HO scale layout is still a work in progress. Enjoy a few photographs of my attempts so far:   Schellville Christmas Market. Just down the street from our house.

[idea-explorer]

Mastering the Art of Weathering Your Train Models

Weathering is a crucial technique for adding authenticity to your train miniatures. Whether you’re aging a locomotive or adding rust to freight cars, these weathering techniques mimic the effects of time and use. By focusing on small, subtle details, you can make your trains look like they’ve been in service for years. Click the link and read more articles about creating realistic train miniatures.

[eltristan]

HO scale on YouTube ↑

Electroliner enters the Chicago Loop…

http://cruiselinehistory.com/the-electroliner-90-miles-per-hour-from-milwaukee-to-chicago/

[burningembers91]

Escape Plan - Hwang Jun-Ho x Fem!Reader

Tagging: @snixx2088 @bananaminn

Follow up piece to:

Sleeping with the Enemy The Gangster's Wife

Please note that this storyline will deal with situations depicting domestic violence.

Synopsis: Your life is danger, and Jun-Ho needs to act quickly. But with no backup and no plan, how far is he willing to go to save the woman he loves?

A/N: This fic deals directly with the aftermath of domestic violence, although I have kept details vague

Hwang Jun-Ho hadn’t slept for days. He hadn’t heard from you since you sent the text message, confirming his worst fears; your husband knew you were cheating. How much he knew was unclear, every phone call and text message going unanswered. He paced back and forth across his apartment, his hands running through his hair as his mind raced with the worse possible scenarios.

He never should have let it go this far, should never have given into his feelings. His inability to keep things professional had put you in danger. For all Jun-Ho knew, you were already dead. If any harm had come to you, he would never forgive himself. As much as he tried to tell himself that your relationship never should have happened, he knew he was powerless to stop it. The day he met you was the day he fell hopelessly in love with the most beautiful woman. He couldn’t have stopped it even if he’d wanted to. He prayed to a God he had never believed in, prayed that whatever entity protected the universe would extend their good graces to you.

Jun-Ho had no choice but to tell his boss, to explain that he’d fallen for the woman he was supposed to protect. It went down about as well as he’d expected, the chief’s yells reverberating off the walls of his office as he screamed in Jun-Ho’s face. He was suspended, stripped of his badge until further notice. He was given strict instructions that he should, under no circumstances, try and find you. Any attempt Jun-Ho made to interfere with the investigation would result in his arrest.

Jun-Ho had never been one to stick to the rules though. He knew you weren’t his colleague’s priority; your husband was. If Jun-Ho wanted to save you, he’d have to go in alone. He parked outside your house, crouched low down in the driver’s seat, watching the front gate for any comings and goings. Men came and went throughout the day, each bearing the dragon tattoo that represented your husband’s gang. Your home was a constant hive of activity, and yet there was no sign of you.

He kept watch on the house from dawn till dusk, his anger boiling with each passing moment. His boss had texted him, asking where he was, but Jun-Ho didn’t bother to reply. If his colleagues had any sense, they would been storming through your door to save you, and yet he seemed to be the only one concerned with your safety. He could feel a growing sense of unease churning in his stomach, his heart racing with each passing second. He couldn’t sit around any longer; he needed to take action.

He'd never been to your house before, had no idea of the layout, but he couldn’t allow himself to do nothing. A quick scale of the property alerted him to a brick wall to the rear of the house, one that was climbable, if a little tricky. He vaulted over, landing silently in the backyard. As he approached the house, he could see your husband sat round the dining table with his men, bottles of beer and baggies of drugs strewn across the oak table. His fists balled; his teeth gritted as he wondered how the man who’d sworn to love you could party after no doubt taking his rage out on you. How could he have so little regard for the life who the woman he’d married? Jun-Ho swore to himself that once he found you, he would make your husband pay. That man would live to regret the day he put his hands on you.

Your house was large, set over two floors, and he had no idea where to start. It would have to be a case of eliminating each room one at a time, but that was risky. With no other option, he climbed in through the downstairs bathroom window, sneaking out into the hallway. He could hear men laughing further down the hall, the floor thumping with the bass from speakers as music started to play. Carrying on down the hall, Jun-Ho made his way silently up the darkened stairs. Sweat beaded on his forehead as he checked each room, not daring to turn the lights on in case he alerted anyone to his position. Each room was empty, the dark silence torturing him. He was running out of options, running out of hope.

When he reached the last door on the right, he pushed it opened, spying your feet sticking out from behind the bed. His stomach dropped, bile rising in his throat as he hurried to you. You were silent and unmoving, but you were still breathing. Your beautiful face was covered in crusted blood, your eyes swollen from the punches your husband had rained down on you. Your dress was bloodstained, you soft whimpers tearing his heart in two. “I’ve got you,” Jun-Ho whispered, “it’s ok. You’re safe now.”

His thumb caressed your cheek, tears brimming in his eyes as took in your broken body. It was too dark to survey the damage properly, but he knew that the daylight would reveal the devastating truth. Jun-Ho needed to figure out a way to get you out without alerting anyone. You were too weak to walk, too weak to even stand and as he wrapped his arms around you. As he picked you up off the floor you stirred, opening your eyes. “You came,” you smiled, tears staining your cheeks. “Of course,” Jun-Ho smiled back, “I would never leave you. Just relax, ok? I’ll get you out of here.”

The journey back down the stairs towards the bathroom window he’d entered through was precarious. You were dead weight in his arms, and Jun-Ho would have nowhere to hide if he was spotted. By sheer luck, he made it back to the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind him. he’d have to push you out of the window, the drop only a few feet, but it still broke him that he’d probably end up hurting you. “I need to lift you out of the window,” he whispered, his hands cupping your cheeks as he looked into your swollen eyes. “Do you think you can catch yourself?” You nodded, your resilience and strength putting even the strongest man to shame. “I love you,” he told you, hoisting you up onto the windowsill. You smiled weakly, pushing yourself off the side and landing with a thud on the grass below. Jumping down after you, Jun-Ho half dragged, half carried you to the car.

He knew you wouldn’t have long to get out of the city. Your husband would notice your absence soon enough, and his boss would no doubt catch wind of his unsanctioned rescue. He needed to get you far away from Seoul, somewhere you could rest, and he could plan your next steps. He drove through the night, keeping one hand clasped in yours as he swapped the highway for back country roads.

“I will never let go of you,” he whispered to your sleeping form, his fingers tightening around yours. He would keep you safe, give you the life you so desperately deserved. Jun-Ho knew things were far from over, he knew he’d be hunted by your husband and the police. But he would journey to hell and back to keep you safe. And if it was a fight your husband wanted, it was a fight he would get.

[masterjarthub]

The Trainee Trio's visit on The Island Of Sodor took an unwelcome turn of events after a lazy signalman's negligence led poor Brewster to a head-on collision with Thomas The Tank Engine. Although Thomas' coaches Annie and Clarabel were thankfully empty, the damage done was quite horrendous. This will be an awkward story to tell Wilson and Koko once they're back on the rails...

Last year I came across one of CalleyFan's old tweets of his HO scale layout and I just had to draw this scene! XD

[the-sleepy-conductor]

May I humbly ask for what headcanons you have for the Submas blorbos?? The beloved skrunkly train bois?

I meant to post this almost a whole month ago and forgor I am so so sorry 🙏🏻

Anyway, here's some train blorbo headcanons!

• The twins are younger than Elesa by a few months.

• Ingo's got a big appetite with an even bigger sweet tooth, so he's usually the one to snarf down any leftovers. It doesn't matter if it's Emmet's, Elesa's, whatever. If there's extra food, he's eating it. Bonus points if it's a dessert, he loves anything sugary. He's got a monstrous appetite with a bottomless pit for a stomach.

• Ingo is a messy eater and tends to eat quickly. Emmet likes to take his time and is more careful about not making a mess since he wears white.

• Ingo and Emmet definitely pay a visit to any place that will host model train shows and/or railroad conventions. They have a model train layout themselves, and collect old and new HO scale model trains. (Only bc I have HO and want to match lmao) They primarily have DC trains but also a few that are DCC.

• Ingo's coat pockets are always filled with candy, mainly so he has something to munch on or hand out to children who visit the Battle Subway. Any kids that were previously afraid of him will soon run up to him at the first chance to maybe get some more sweets from him.

• Ingo gets cold super easily where Emmet is the complete opposite. Ingo will wear hoodies on a hot day and drive Emmet and Elesa up a wall.

• Both twins are deathly afraid of heights. No they will not ride the ferris wheel thank you very much.

Sorry it's not much I don't have very many

[whirligig-girl]

As a lower decker, Ensign Eaurp Guz doesn't have a lot of space for a model railroad. Arguably she could fit like a shelf layout precariously above her tub-bunk, but that's where she keeps some of her model spaceships. So instead, she builds larger scale model engines and runs them on the holodeck. Here's a roughly G gauge model of a Slopspit & Southern Class 80 "Easy"-type 2-6-0 steam engine with decorative smoke baffles. Like most of her models it's built with function in mind, so it's live steam.

Guz's model rockets and spacecrafts are either run in the holodeck, or in certain conditions on shoreleave or staged out of the shuttlebay on actual spaceflights. For example, the Orion Nuclear Pulse Rocket from Guzcomic was planned to make a round trip between Douglas Station and the planet's moon, DbII before it went and exploded itself, and the lunar lander she'd built for the Apollo 11 anniversary was going to actually land on the Moon.

When she can fully recover her models, she keeps them in storage and rotates them in the display above her tub-bunk.

Guz also has plans for a proper model railroad which would replicate a colliery circa 2350 with a late example of a revenue-earning steam locomotive in approximately HO-ish gauge, but it would require having her own quarters.

She's also kicking around plans to make a 1:4800 scale layout which would fit on a microscope slide.

[emilyzone]

I'm just a simple country lawyer. Heard tell they're throwing a grand 'pride fair' in the big city. Traveling to showcase my pride and joy..... my elaborate HO scale train layout

[green-mountain-railroad]

My layout is still in the planning stage, but right now this is what I'm thinking:

Small, ~22x80" on one wall with a clamp on tail for a switching lead.

Setting: Vermont or Maine

Era: Between 1995 and the present

Industries: Feed mill and small transload facility

HO Scale

All turnouts #6

Track: Micro Engineering Code 70

Spacing between the main and sidings is 2.5" minimum.

Motive power: 4 axle road switcher

Longest rolling stock: 73' centerbeam flats

Capacity:

Main and siding: Locomotive and 3 cars

Feed Mill siding: 4 cars (only two spotted at a time as they must be pushed through to unload)

Transload siding: 3 cars

Both turnouts will be facing point, cars will be shoved in from the detachable switching lead, switched, and then pulled out.

The feed mill is primarily based off of Phoenix Feeds in New Haven Junction, VT and Depot Farm Supply in Leicester, both on Vermont Railway's Rutland to Burlington trackage. I plan on scratchbuilding the southernmost part of the building and adding commercial grain bins next to it.

The transload facility will take the place of Phoenix Feeds' storage track. I'm planning on basing it off the one in Colfax, WI (44.9967, -91.7281). Off-spots for the feed mill will be stored there. Initially, I'm only planning on transloading lumber there (centerbeams and an occasional box or bulkhead flat), but later I may expand to plastic pellets, steel plate, and occasionally a single hopper of coal. I plan on having a couple mobile ramps for accessing boxcars and potentially mobile unloading racks and a mobile conveyor.

I plan on switching the feed mill twice a week so the primary traffic on the layout will be covered hoppers. Lumber will be delivered every other week or so. Other commodities TBD, but less often than the covered hoppers.

I know I could maximize operational interest by choosing other industries, but I have a soft spot for grain covered hoppers and centerbeams. I also considered replacing the transload facility with a lumberyard, but I think that would make things too crowded.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Poles, as opposed to pantographs, were by far the most popular means of current collection for interurban lines in North America. The pick-up is held against the live overhead wire with about 28 points of pressure applied through a spring-load3d trolley base mounted on the roof. (This is why they are called "trolley cars" -- much to the amusement of the Brits 🛒). 2-rail DCC in HO scale may or may not have a live overhead, but getting the pole on the wire is one of the most fiddly bits of model railroading ever...

"Poling" is something else entirely, where freight cars are shunted ...with a pole! One end of the thick pole is seated in a cast iron "poling pocket" on what the Brits might call the buffer beam of the locomotive and used to push against the same poling pocket hardware located on any corner of every freight car. Tight radius, incompatible couplers, adjacent tracks -- all problems that poling solved. Obviously not OSHA compliant, but it was railroading!

Andy Gautrey has done a bangup job of modeling North American traction -- Yakima Valley Transportation Company's General Electric interurban steeplecab freight motor and other very typical equipment and operations that were archetypal of electric lines, especially those that engaged in a large amount of interchange freight business.

More vids on Andy's channel -- seems he's moved on so look for oldest vids…

[woodland-scenics]

i may start to slowly switch my focus from N to HO scale, i just love the size and it's slightly cheaper than N scale - i see more steam locos under $100, and a lot of locos from high end brands for not much more than that. diesels are even cheaper, you can get a used bachmann model for like $40. as someone who does not want to spend a lot of money on trains it makes The Hobby much more accessible. (though i still don't have the space for a layout. i think my N scale collection is going to go on a permanent non functional shelf diorama)

[grantgfan]

Ellie, do you think Grant can add this special piece of Bachmann HO scale track to his layout someday? It can uncouple hook and loop couplers easily.

Ellie: he might

[eltristan]

Blog is till up but haven't seen an update from Riley in a while, so I hope he's doing well but this was the status of his HO scale layout as of around 2018 and I really like what he'd done, compared to period prototype photos.

Had Lipton tea and Maxwell House coffee and other great brands as customers. Really a great cardboard city vibe for how far he'd gotten! I believe he was using some kind of DCC dead rail/battery powered and putting it in a tender/gondola behind the locomotive — rather than try to cram batteries and speakers and everything else into the tiny locos right away...

Roster shot at the General Foods and Lipton facilities in the yard at about 15th Street. (Photo from Webb & Knapp’s Hoboken Shore Railroad real estate brochure, collection of the author).

Riley Triggs’ HO scale model railroad of pocket terminals of New York Harbor

[anumberofhobbies]

Build an ULTRA-REALISTIC Wild West Model Railroad DIORAMA - Miniature Model Train Scenery

Jun 21, 2024 How to make a realistic, miniature Wild West Model Railway Diorama in G scale 1:22.5 scale, 1/24 scale (techniques would also work for 1/35 scale military models, O scale, HO scale, N scale, 1:12 scale for dollhouses)

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In this tutorial, I show you how to make a super realistic Old West street front for a miniature diorama in 1/24 scale or G scale (1:22.5). I show you lots of quick and easy construction techniques using readily available and affordable materials that can be purchased at most hobby stores. I show you how to make models from foam core, and add a realistic finish by applying clapboard made from basswood and balsa wood, along with board and batten finishes and ordinary wood planks. I show you how to create realistic windows made from 3D printed parts, how to weather paint with acrylic paint chipping medium and packing tape, how to weather with acrylic washes and india ink, how to used real dirt for dioramas, how to make a model railway track from scratch, how to make rusty corrugated metal roofing, how to make balsa wood shingles, and much more!

I used a Bachmann 4-6-0 steam locomotive for this Wild West diorama. Let me know what you think! This would be a great setting for a model railroad layout, or miniature table top war gaming.

Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:36 Scale Drawing PDF available on Patreon 0:50 General Store Diorama Facade 1:00 Foam Core Model Making 1:25 Miniature Clapboard Siding Basswood 2:58 Acrylic Wash for Old Weathered Wood 3:22 Painting Models with Cheap Acrylic Craft Paint 4:26 Weathering a Diorama w/ Acrylic Inks 4:53 Installing Windows in Diorama Buildings 5:54 Old West Leather Shop Diorama 6:11 Balsa Wood Architectural Model Making 7:54 Board and Batten for Dioramas 8:12 Sheriff's Office Wild West Diorama 10:02 Old Western Hotel Miniature Facade Diorama 11:44 Wild West Barber Shop Diorama 12:50 Make Miniature Wooden Hand Painted Signs Waterslide Decals 14:26 How to Make Realistic Miniature Windows for Dioramas 19:53 Diorama Base made from MDF and Pine Wood 21:36 Balsa Wood Roof Frame Tutorial 22:31 Installing Miniature Awnings 22:57 How to Make an Old Balcony and Railing 23:36 How to Make Miniature Shingles from Balsa Wood 25:31 How to Make Model Railroad Ties from Scratch 27:14 Use Real Dirt for Dioramas and Model Railroad Layout 28:41 Rusty Corrugated Metal Roof 29:13 Airbrushing Resin 3D Printed Parts 29:23 How to Weather a Steam Locomotive 29:44 Adding 3D Printed Miniatures 30:40 Final Result! 31:09 Please Support Me on PATREON

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