Re: What's On Your Workbench 1/2023

Posted by Mike Trent on Jan 17, 2024; 7:07pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/What-s-On-Your-Workbench-1-2023-tp19344p19383.html

Thanks, Dave. Back in the 80's I had aspirations of a much larger On3 layout in Boulder. Got a good start with Dickey as my focal point. Todd Hackett, still in High School at the time helped out with fantastic Dickey structures for the railroad. I built locomotives and rolling stock.

Life found me years later in circumstances that would not afford me with space for a large layout maybe ever again. I had too much invested in my collection in both time and money to change scales, not to mention Todd's structures.  So I set out to do what I could in a spare bedroom that was also my office. It was about 10x10. So I decided to build an On3 diorama of a compressed Dickey. I added an "L" that was about 2×4' to the door. So my original size was about 10x7.

When I came back to Colorado I had room to add another 5' beyond the depot. So, with the same "L"in place representing the Wye and mainline to Leadville, the layout is now 15x7.

I've been in this hobby most of my life and had a lot of great friends over the years many of whom are represented in their work here. Todd Hackett, of course, Joe Crea's water tanks, Bob Stull's Mercantile, Bill White's NG Dead Goat Saloon, a shed extension to the rear of the engine house (now relocated mostly into the North Dickey extension) by Tom O'Connor, Jeff Young who took the photos for the backdrop, Bob Stears, Will Cheshire, Rob Smith, Paul Schenk, and the artwork overhead of John Coker, one of which is original.

Now that I am back in the area, I will be happy to have anyone stop by. Just let me know, and we can work that out. Happy to provide photos if there is interest.