happy new year guys!

hope all is well so far for 2009.

updated about 1/2 dozen pics on the site, with new progress.

http://michaelluczak.com/On3.html


mike

Great layout and photos Mike .........................one day I`ll get around to it when I`ve stopped dreaming
James

thanks james,

yea.. it can be a bit to take on.. i try and keep track of time.. and over the last 32 months of "construction.." it works out that i spend about 1 hour per day on the layout.. (of course some weeks i do not get down there during the work week and spend 7 or 8 hours on saturday).. but overall about 1 hour/day.

start small, on30 offers some super stuff and not super expensive.

thanks again for comments!

mike

It looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

Michael

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.......Excellent work Zak! Thanks for sharing!

thanks guys.

thanks michael (DSP&P Fan).. nice blog as well.

Really great work. I'm a wee bit jealous.
Al

hi all,

updated site with a few more pics. new MMI K-37 arrived and just got sound in it. i think the headlight is blown. but not going to take it apart again until i weather the model. hope all is well and thanks in advance.

mike

http://michaelluczak.com/On3.html

hi all,

since i have a bit of std O along with On3 on the site this time, i figured i would post in both forums.

some new pics of:

MMI K37s
Fairbanks Morse Trainmaster trials
L131
Round house tracks going in.


http://michaelluczak.com/On3.html

hope all is well!

mike

zak98

couple pics of the Ragg's to Riches Durango Coaling Tower i am working on. super model and joe should be commended for a great job putting together a wonderful kit with superb instructions.

That is beautiful work, Michael. The coaling tower is very impressive. Whose bottom dumping gondola is that? Did you scratch build your trees? Paul Scoles's "Advanced Techniques for Realistic Scenery" DVD has a very good demonstration on building various types of trees...and yours remind me of these. What minimum radius are you using on your On3?

Paul S

Michael,

Wonderful work! Didn't I also just see your work in the latest Colorado Narrow Gauge Quarterly? I hope that my own modeling can match your some day. Keep us up to date and I hope you will also share some of your techniques.

JIm

thanks guys!

paul,
the drop bottom gon is a berlyn model, that i "modified" to have open doors, just for the scene.

i cannot take credit for the trees.. i chose to purchase trees vs. spending the time to build them. miniaturetree.com, and others are present there.

i have a 36" min radius. but most are 40".

thanks again for all the comments!

mike

hey jim,

yep.. it was in the CNQ magazine. i think it will be appearing in a future issue of ogauge rr magazine as well.

mike

hey all,

added about 11 more new pics to the site today. also added a "way back when" mini series.. pics of the layout in its very early days.. (2006 or so)

hope all is well, looking forward to a good modeling fall. Going to start scenic-ing the yard at Point, CO. time to place a big order with scenic express soon.

thanks guys!

http://michaelluczak.com/On3.html

Nice pictures of the Chama coaling tower and drop bottom gondola. I have the San Juan version of the tower, and a couple of drop bottom gondolas, but they are all still in kit form. Some day I will have the space to build them.

Bruce

Michael,

I enjoyed seeing some of your new photos. Some I could not load in my browsers (Safari and Firefox); are these large files? Your new coaling tower is very impressive...a fine weathering job too!

Paul S

thanks paul.

sorry about the issue.. very small files, right at 100k or so.. will look into it.

mike

Mike,

I just tried your web site again and the pictures all loaded quickly. We have been having some issues with our local high speed internet provider so the problem was probably on this end. Thanks for checking. Your photos show some fine craftsmanship.

I'm just beginning my On3 layout so I have a long road ahead. I built three custom switches over the past two days for the section that goes over my work bench. I'll probably post a photo this weekend after I experiment with some track painting and weathering.

Paul S

placed a couple new pics on the website. hope everyone had a good time at the show! hopefully i can get to next years!

mike

Mike,

That is a fine looking scene; I really like the low angle perspective of this shot. The weathering of your beautiful coaling tower and car looks very realistic. That K-27 must have just come out of the paint shop -- it's so clean (my engines look the same way). How did you like the convention? I'll have more observations about it tomorrow...it's late now and I'm tired from all the traveling.

Paul S

thanks paul.

i appreciate the comments!.. yep, all my engines look that way. have not had a chance to weather any of them. i do not have a great place to do that now, so i usually setup on my large patio outside. but the weather has not fit in with my schedule this year! i hope to be able to take them over my dads house when i visit for thanksgiving and get a few of them 'dirty -ed" up.

i did not make it to convetion this year. work just too crazy. hope to make it next year. pleae let me know what you thought of it!

mike