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Offline billhubb  
#1 Posted : 09 August 2013 04:24:45(UTC)
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billhubb

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Location: Lawrence Kansas
Hi all,
I'm in the process of building a diorama to depict a Marklin day's type festival, the location is fictional but the event will be somewhat prototypical, to include a station (converted to a railroad museum) platform area with 3 tracks, vendor tents, beer tent, and everything else involved with a festival. The diorama will be 4 foot by 4 foot populated with several hundred people, the track is live with MS controller, and everything's lit up with LED's. most parts and pieces are scratch built, the station is a Vollmer kit painted with details added. Here are some pictures of some of the parts. Let me know what you think.
Bill
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Offline Lollo  
#2 Posted : 09 August 2013 07:33:06(UTC)
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Lollo

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Joined: 22/06/2009(UTC)
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Hi Bill,

Looks great so far. Look forward to the completed project.
Well done.

Regards,
Brian.
Brian
Yaasan's Desktop Station/Railuino & Marklin MS2, DB Era III/IV Diesel & Steam, ESU Loksound/Lokpilot & Lokprogrammer, Marklin mSD, Tam Valley Depot Octopus III Servo Controller.
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Offline RayF  
#3 Posted : 09 August 2013 09:35:58(UTC)
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RayF

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Excellent idea, Bill! ThumpUp

Those little stalls look good!
Ray
Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways
Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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Offline hennabm  
#4 Posted : 09 August 2013 12:15:07(UTC)
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hennabm

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Location: Edinburgh,
Hi Bill

Excellent shots of the component parts.ThumpUp

Like the others I'm looking forward to seeing the development and final scene.

Mike
1957 - 1985 era
What's digital?
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Offline GlennM  
#5 Posted : 09 August 2013 13:06:06(UTC)
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GlennM

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Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England
Excellent Work Bill

Great pictures as well!!!!

BR

Glenn
Don't look back, your not heading that way.
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Offline BrandonVA  
#6 Posted : 09 August 2013 14:19:26(UTC)
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BrandonVA

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Bill,

The attention to detail is great. Really clean, without being too clean.

May I ask, what makes up the street-side sidewalk of the train station and the level crossings for the track? Are these purchased, or custom made? They look very nice.

-Brandon
My (new) layout progress - BrandonBahn III
My previous layout - Brandonbahn II (click here)
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Offline Danlake  
#7 Posted : 09 August 2013 16:43:04(UTC)
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Danlake

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Great work Bill and excellent idea for a diorama!

Brgds - Lasse
Digital 11m2 layout / C (M&K) tracks / Era IV / CS3 60226 / Train Controller Gold 9 with 4D sound. Mainly Danish and German Locomotives.
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Offline billhubb  
#8 Posted : 11 August 2013 05:45:51(UTC)
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billhubb

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Location: Lawrence Kansas
Hi Brandon,
the sidewalk is made from Plastruct cut and scored, and painted to look like concrete. The"newer concrete" track crossing is plastic the other is made up of strip wood. I will try to get some better pictures

Bill
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Offline glight1  
#9 Posted : 11 August 2013 16:11:16(UTC)
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glight1

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Bill,

As I've said before, great craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Gary
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