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Do many people model military railroads? I'm really fascinated by the first video I posted. That could be a really cool 1:35n2 scale/gauge railroad subject. I could see some Bachmann Davenports modified to look just like some of those locos. I could use 1:35 scale military figures and trucks and stuff right out of the box... Those steam engines in the video might be a little harder to come up with but building one or more of those could happen down the road when I've honed my skills a little more. I'm feeling pretty inspired right now. It certainly would be different. At least to my way of thinking. I've never seen a military railroad layout before.
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I've watched that first video 4 or 5 times now. I could model the construction of the railroad itself just like in the video. Do you think those steam engines are European engines and not American? I like that there is plenty of other machinery to model, cranes, a boat dock. There is standard gauge, which might be tough to do in 1:35 scale...
I'm doin' it! I don't really know if the little Brookville project I've already got under way will make sense there but who cares...
MikeLast edited on Sat Nov 10th, 2012 05:24 pm by mwiz64
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Holly Smokes! The modeling opportunities are endless with this subject. Critters, Garrats... Heck there is even a bunch of guys sitting on a couple of flat cars being pulled by a dog team. I'm pumped! No. I'm not modeling the dog team.
http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?t=5865
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Do I seem excited about this modeling subject? I just bought myself a Christmas present. It's a book called Narrow Gauge To No Man's Land. It's about the 60cm (1.968') gauge railroads in France during WW1. BTW, 0.03' is about 1/4". That's close enough to 2' for me. 1:35n2 is going to be perfect for this!
I am so happy I found this subject to model. I'm certain there are others modeling it. There is too much subject matter on the net for there not to be. If any of you are aware of model railroads on this subject or other modelers, I would be greatly appreciative if you'd pass the info along my way.
Cheers,
MikeLast edited on Sat Nov 10th, 2012 06:33 pm by mwiz64
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I agree about the locomotive. I'll figure something out. They have what appears to me to be some small gas critters too. I'm hoping the book I ordered has some better photos. In the beginning, it's my intention to convert a Bachmann On30 Davenport to look something like one of those. After that, I'll try to build myself one of those tank engines from some sort of HO mechanism.
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In the beginning of the first video you can see them laying ties and gauging the rails but if you look a little closer you can see the surveyors out in front laying out the centerline. There is a guy facing away holding the range rod. If you look farther up you can see the instrument man putting him "On Line". He waves one quick wave with his left hand. The rod man then moves the rod slightly left. He waves it again and the rod man moves again and then the instrument man waves both arms up and down, meaning the rod is exactly on the centerline. Generally the rod man then outs a nail with a ribbon on it into the ground at that location. If you like I can explain how they lay out curves too.
MikeLast edited on Sat Nov 10th, 2012 11:15 pm by mwiz64
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