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Post by texrail on May 11, 2022 5:18:47 GMT -5
 ighland Street is the catwalk of town  And Paisano Hotel is still a beautiful building |
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Post by texrail on May 11, 2022 5:26:36 GMT -5
  The dimensions are bejond any comercial kit. More than 50 LED´s are built in. |
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Post by DAZed on May 11, 2022 9:08:15 GMT -5
Amazing, as always. Thanks for sharing your progress. The lighting looks incredible.
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Post by texrail on May 11, 2022 9:32:53 GMT -5
Thanks, dazed!   Moonlight makes it all looking a little bit melancholic, isn´t it? |
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Post by cwrr on May 11, 2022 11:30:29 GMT -5
Wow, whole new meaning to the phrase "night life"!
That is incredible, great work!!
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Post by ptitrainrouge on May 12, 2022 23:07:07 GMT -5
 wow ! that is great; so realistic
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 15:13:20 GMT -5
I have always said, lights, people and vehicles make the scene and not just the trains.
I light every building in all scales I model. Nice work. It looks awesome!
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Post by texrail on Oct 18, 2022 15:53:15 GMT -5
As a boy I used to ride with my bike to the Nurnberg / Bavaria airport to watch airplanes like the DC 3, DC 4 and the "mighty" Superconstellation. I was happy to discover that the municipal airport of Marfa/ Tx is close by the city. So I had the opportunity to model a portion of Marfa airport on my West Texas project too. With the help of google earth I could model a part of the original runway . The Animek fire lookout tower makes a great airport tower, very close to the original. I added some interor, an interopr light and a red toplight.   |
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Post by texrail on Oct 18, 2022 16:00:58 GMT -5
Unfortunately Herpa Wings has no Trans Texas Airways DC3 in its program. So a TWA DC4 is visiting Marfa on occasion of the Marfa Lights festival  . The main building is a part from MTL´s hospital kit.   |
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Post by ptitrainrouge on Oct 18, 2022 23:39:25 GMT -5
 it looks great, and the way you oriented the runway gives a realistic tone to the scene, without building a full length runway. very inspiring
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Post by cwrr on Oct 19, 2022 9:24:53 GMT -5
Unfortunately Herpa Wings has no Trans Texas Airways DC3 in its program. So a TWA DC4 is visiting Marfa on occasion of the Marfa Lights festival . The main building is a part from MTL´s hospital kit. View Attachment View AttachmentNow we're talking, since I'm a closet avgeek, this is awesome!!  Great job on the tower, terminal, and runway! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2022 14:56:15 GMT -5
It seems that Your layout does not show the contemporary era. I saw several Lockheed Constellations from various companies by Dinky Toys on eBay, the only problem is that they are 1:200 (would this be really visible ? ) and need replacement for the propellers since these are broken ; transparent disks could simulate rotating effects.
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Post by texrail on Oct 19, 2022 15:40:16 GMT -5
it looks great, and the way you oriented the runway gives a realistic tone to the scene, without building a full length runway. very inspiring
Thank you, ptitrainrouge! Here you see the modelled corner of runway 31. As you can see, in reallity route Texas 17 is only some hundred feet away from the end of the runway 31! The dark square in the lower left is a greenhouse for tomatoes. Not existing in the 60th.  |
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Post by texrail on Oct 19, 2022 15:44:52 GMT -5
Unfortunately Herpa Wings has no Trans Texas Airways DC3 in its program. So a TWA DC4 is visiting Marfa on occasion of the Marfa Lights festival . The main building is a part from MTL´s hospital kit. View Attachment View AttachmentNow we're talking, since I'm a closet avgeek, this is awesome!! Great job on the tower, terminal, and runway! Thank you, cwrr! Here is a night shot of the scene:  |
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Post by texrail on Oct 19, 2022 15:48:46 GMT -5
It seems that Your layout does not show the contemporary era. I saw several Lockheed Constellations from various companies by Dinky Toys on eBay, the only problem is that they are 1:200 (would this be really visible ? ) and need replacement for the propellers since these are broken ; transparent disks could simulate rotating effects. Yes, the plane is 1:200! It is a comman scale for aviation fans. As my scene is placed in a corner of the layout it is hard to detect the differences in scale. Herpa wings offers a wide variety of airplanes, but there a also others. |
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ighland Street is the catwalk of town
And Paisano Hotel is still a beautiful building
wow ! that is great; so realistic 
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it looks great, and the way you oriented the runway gives a realistic tone to the scene, without building a full length runway.
