LGB G-Scale Update - Budget Trackside Scenery

[@N_scale]

Hey Rhopkin happy new year hope you’re doing good

[@rhopkin2512]

Thanks and same to you too. Presently at work onboard in St. Barths in the Caribbean but heading home soon.

[@N_scale]

@@rhopkin2512 well that’s not all bad Christmas palm tree I guess! I have been working too much so videos are less but have a few coming shortly

[@N_scale]

@@rhopkin2512 well we need some videos when you get home my friend I am looking at Kato gs4 right now. Need a cab forward and one of these for Los Angeles modules

[@rhopkin2512]

@@N_scale love those GS4’s! I’ve got 4 waiting for the N scale build one day. On another note I picked up an LGB 22045 programing module from a guy in Switzerland a few months back. Was waiting for me when I got home last week so now need to set up a virtual machine running Windows XP (yes it’s that old) on my 2013 Mac to configure my old LGB G Scale locomotives.

[@dr_bnc]

Nice update! I'll be waiting for the G-Scale helix build. :)

[@rhopkin2512]

Ha! No helix for this layout, N-scale will one day go on the top deck though and the scoop is I may be building a Small N-Scale layout in Gibraltar as well some time soon depending on a number of factors. Thanks for watching!

[@N_scale]

Glad you’re doing well! A lot more o gauge locos and rolling stock en route. It’s 35C most days here so basement is only way to cool down some times! Not getting as much done as fall/ wintertime but lots of new N and O coming soon. Again, glad you’re doing well, we are doing good here.

[@rhopkin2512]

Hey great to hear from you. Yeah long stint in Germany, way too long. Been home for 7 weeks and hot here too, 43c yesterday, ground temp hit 60c just north in Extremadura yesterday. Can’t wait for your O scale build. I’m heading to Fort Lauderdale as we speak, bringing a boat back to Europe with other crew. Hope to be back in Mediterranean waters in 3 to 4 weeks Hurricanes not with standing. I can see one forming Mid Atlantic now. Think We’ll have a Starlink on the crossing so good internet, will keep an eye on your channel. All the best.

[@N_scale]

@@rhopkin2512grab a cheap beard trimmer or the flip out one on back of the 3 orbital shaver and mow some patches of the grass down where needed if you have wanted different lengths. Airbrushing that will look amazing. I would get brown or tan tile Grout for dirt, and sprinkle it where you want and then just on 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and there’s glue in the tile grout so it’s rock hard once wet and dried. Then you can put static grass tufts on the patches of the grout for weeds or new growth. I use mod podge glue not sure if they have that over there? White glue isn’t tough enough anymore. I really like the caves. You have talent there for sure. A TINY bit of glitter on the inside wall, so when the loco headlights hit it it sparkles like metal deposit seams. I like to use a few different colours and not too much. That cave and it being G I think it needs some pointy stalagmites or whatever they are called on the ceiling!! And maybe a MP3 player with a hidden speaker and dripping water noises lol. Once the other new haven EP5s and penn central GG1 shows up then I can complete my corner testing. Lionel wants to kick out and I need to know what I’m working with to make sure I know how much spacing I need for the turns on my 4 track mainline. Trust me I cannot wait!