G scale Pizza Microlayout - Tincan Junction

[Vitto]

Began this a year ago after the Big Train Show, got distracted then restarted again last month. Well a hard push this weekend squeezing time in between yardwork and chores, yields results, I give you

Tincan Junction

Overall view


Station looking up the hill


Looking up the hill from the crossing


View of Brien's Pinnacle


Tincan itself, a one horse town ans they had to borrow the horse.

Still lots of little detail stuff to add, I thought this would take a month to do but it went surprisingly fast, This will be at this years Big Train Show.

Its all blue foam scenery. 36 x 36 on its own legs. Heres a link to the building log:
http://cs.trains.com/forums/1142220/ShowPost.aspx

BTW this is a full dress rehersal for the big indoor layout.

[bkbates]

Hi Vitto,

Great Pizza - not an anchovy in sight! The scenery looks very nice and I wspecially enjoy the water tower. Please shoot it again with the details.

B2

[carshops]

Thanks for the great pictures.  Also the link.  I am working on a G shelf right now all this is added ideas for my project.   CAR

[Phill Lowe]

I think your choice of coloring absolutely makes this great little layout.
Maybe you should leave the label on the water tower!

[jlindsay]

Vitto -
Great layout.  Love the tin can and the bird (vulture?).  You've inspired me to get off my butt and back to work.
Thanks for sharing
John

[TinGoat]

Maybe you should leave the label on the water tower!

Just like in the town of Warhol!

[JoeCool]

NIce job... thanks for the pics. I built my portals from scratch... sized up the engine to foind out the caboose would not clear.... oh well.

[dmaynard]

found out the caboose would not fit......huh
sounds like its time to scratch-build a caboose, and maybe a small boxcar or two.

[carshops]

Maybe you should leave the label on the water tower!


Just like in the town of Warhol!


Mum-mm   Good !    That should give new meaning to Super Steam!   CAR

[Vitto]

yeah ya kinda have to plan ahead when building these, determining which peices you want to run then building around those clearences, I have one engine that ended up 1/4" too wide and hits the portal sidewall, oops!

[Vitto]

I while ago I constructed the permanant structure I had wanted to do for the BTS this past year, but ran out of time for, the 3 "town" buildings were only "temps" for the show, I need them for the big layout. BTS 2008 display:



When I began finishing this I had planned for a mining structure on the top of the hill, so after some quick sketching I drew this up on the com'fuser:



Its a large facade that will go along the back in the same place the 3 "town" buildings were located. Construction is basswood on a foamcore backing, one nice thing about being indoors is that I can use much lighter, and much easier, construction technics, its going faster than I thought since I discovered I could cleanly cut the basswood siding with a large scissors

[Vitto]

Pictures !





 

[Vitto]

Update







Added a second track of Aristo's 20" diameter track

[Vitto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5eF_6g6VY

video clip

[Tommy Two Strikes]

I've watched the construction of this Pizza via another link, but I can't seem to find it. I really like the effect you've achieved, it's simply cool!! Good Job!