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Koala Creek
Engine Wiper
Netherlands
103 Posts |
 Posted - 12/30/2010 : 10:26:14 AM
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Hi,
I have entered a contest and will be building a small bookshelf layout of 100 x 30 cm. Have the following in mind:
The scale is HOn30 and the cannery is located in Alaska. Just a pier with 2 buildings of the canning company itself. For these I will use L. Baker Produce Supplier and Whalen Apiaries made by Fos Scale Models.
As it is Alaska, I have also added a small building of Moose Airlines ... including one of its seaplanes. I going to use Dill's Market by American Model Builders for the building and a 1:72 scale Grumman Widgeon by Airfix. The seaplane is small and not to scale, so it is getting very close to 1:87.
The kits just arrived today, so it's time to start building them.
Cheers,
Jeroen |
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Rusty Stumps
Fireman
USA
5922 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 10:36:14 AM
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Jeroen, That's a great looking plan. I'm looking forward to your posting of photos as you complete the diorama. 
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UKGuy
Fireman
USA
5427 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 10:58:39 AM
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Interesting concept indeed, I like the seaplane idea.
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23230 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 11:02:50 AM
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Jeroen,
That looks like a great plan and a nice collection of structures. The plane and boat will be some nice 'eye candy', too. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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visman48
Fireman
USA
4481 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 11:03:17 AM
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I too think this is great, for one I have always wanted to add a scale float service to the RR, now you have gone and done it. In O scale there is plenty of 1:48 scale aircraft that could be civilianize and be part of right era. Please keep us posted on your efforts.
Les |
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shortliner
Engine Wiper
United Kingdom
442 Posts |
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
3706 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 11:51:33 AM
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Hi Jeroen,this looks like a really fun project!
I love the diagram,what program did you use to make that?
Best of luck on your build!
Greg Shinnie |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
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Wolfgang
Engine Wiper
Germany
306 Posts |
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DHM
Engine Wiper
126 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 7:54:45 PM
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For a short period, Homer, Alaska had a rail line going out on the Homer spit..like 5 miles long...it was used to haul coal and predates any aircraft, etc, and wasnt on a dock or pier but might be a source of scenicing ideas, etc.
If your Widgeon is the one Im thinking it is, its dead on HO scale if you remove one section from each wing..the box says 1/72 but its really 1/87
Don Miller
Anchorage AK |
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
2993 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 8:27:26 PM
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Jeroen --
Your diagram looks great by itself! The angled coast line and curved pier will put a lot of interest into that small area and will frame the focal points (railroad/seaplane) very nicely. Look forward to your progress. |
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Len Turner
Section Hand
USA
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elwoodblues
Fireman
Canada
4869 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2010 : 9:50:45 PM
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Jeroen, this will be a fun project to follow along. I really like the idea of the seaplane being in the diorama.
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Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railway Co.
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
774 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2010 : 12:59:31 AM
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I't a neat concept. I used to work on engines for the Widgeon (Lycoming GO-480) but my personal preference has always been the Grumman Goose.
Don't forget the dingy to paddle out to the plane! |
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Koala Creek
Engine Wiper
Netherlands
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2010 : 03:52:42 AM
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Hi all,
Thanks for all the comments and links, especially the photos of the Libby Cannery on Georgia Inlet are very helpful! Also good to see that everybody likes the seaplane idea and I do agree that the best plane is the Grumman Goose, but unfortunately the 1:72 model is exactly to scale ...
As for the 1:48 models of the Goose, the best are made by Czech Models and Signifier (hard to get, but I have an unbuilt and unopened kit myself ... so if anybody is interested, just drop me a PM) A couple of links to some great builds:
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/grummangoosebs_1.htm
http://www.internetmodeler.com/2005/august/aviation/goose.php
http://www.swannysmodels.com/Goose.html
As for the diagram, I first made the design in AnyRail (http://www.anyrail.com - freeware), exported it as an image and then traced it In CorelDraw (this is not freeware, but the same could be done with Inkscape - http://inkscape.org/ - freeware).
A great example for me is the is the Yakutat & Southern Railroad Company (Y. & S.R.R.Co.)
The Yakutat & Southern Railroad was a unique railroad in the United States: its sole freight commodity was raw fish. Not only that, its schedule depended on both the tide each day, and the fishing season itself; thus, the railroad would lay dormant during the winter.
The Y. & S.R.R.Co began operations in 1903, with the express purpose of hauling fresh-caught raw fish from the Situk River to the cannery wharf in Yakutat, 11 miles to the north. Fishermen would bring their salmon to Johnson Slough on the Situk River and load it onto a Y. & S.R.R.Co. train. The train would then take the fish north to Yakutat, where they would be off-loaded at a canning facility, where they would be canned and shipped from Monti Bay, a deep-water port within Yakutat.
My cannery will be a bit smaller, but I especially like the last image, where the Y. & S.R.R.Co. train is bringing supplies, nets and a boat to the local fishermen on the Situk River ... a great example to model.
... hope I did not bore you guys to much with this history lesson ...
Cheers,
Jeroen
P.S.: Marty, it's the Eurospoor contest of www.beneluxspoor.net |
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Bbags
Administrator
USA
13050 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2010 : 08:24:52 AM
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Jeroen,
As I also model Alaska I will be following along with your project.
I was going to post the following web site for Alaska that I use frequently but I think you may have already found it.[:-bigeyes]
http://vilda.alaska.edu/ |
John Bagley
Modeling the Alaska Railroad in HO in Wildwood Georgia. |
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