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I got a little more work done on the cement plant modules. I continue to experiment with the placing of structures and alter the painted appearance. The modules continue to evolve. Since I started this project (which I had been contemplating for some time), I learned that Walthers released...

A couple more shots of the cement plant.

Well, we have decided that we will not be able to complete the modules in time for the Boise GATS, but here is a look of the cement plant modules.

I have begun work on a module which was to include a model of the Ash Grove Cement plant at Nelson, Oregon. I'm not much of a scratch builder, so the project was not likely to be very prototypical in the first place. But to make things worse, these modules were supposed to be completed in time...

I was able to get one quick picture of the module tonight before my camera battery went dead. If I had been able to take more pictures, I may have gotten a better shot. This will have to do for now. This picture shows that some campers have set up tents to take advantage of the scenic...

This is the last picture until I get another chance to work some more on the module. It shows the upper falls and the pool below it (the lower falls is the one that drops off the module) . I like the effect that it presents, but I'll need to work some more on the falls itself to make it...

This is a shot taken looking up the river from the edge of the module. Sorry there isn't more depth of field to the picture, but it does still show some of the detail quite well.

Today, I painted some additional white water rapids on top of the Envirotex, laid the track, and placed some more green in the area that will be part of the Boy Scout camp.

After painting some areas of the riverbed white to represent rapids, it was time to pour the Envirotex.

Once I determined where the river would be flowing, (by pouring a wash of paint down the riverbed) I started placing rocks along the bank and I painted the riverbed with appropriate colors for deep pools and shallows.

Some of the scenery has been added and a Walther's bridge has been test fitted in the proper place in the module.

This module project started out to be my son's module. It was started for the purpose of helping him get his Boy Scout railroading merit badge, but once he met his merit badge requirements most of the work ended up being mine. Work has progressed enough that I can post some pictures. This...

Another angle that hides some of the unfinished parts. The kiln is really oversized, but I didn't know that until after I had started construction. It should be 225 feet long, 14 feet in diameter, and on about a 3-4 degree angle, I think; or was that the rotating speed... 3 or 4 R.P.M.'s. At...

Okay, here is a picture that I took tonight. As you can see, there is a lot to be done yet. That Walther's kit could still come in very handy...even if it is HO. In fact, that may actually make it better because some of these plants are very BIG.

Looking good, Ralph. Thanks for the link, Eric. Wouldn't you know it. I have almost completed gathering everything that I need for a scratch built plant, and now someone comes out with a possible substitution. Do you suppose that an N-scale version is also in the works? Probably too much...

I have finally begun to work on building my cement plant. I don't have any pictures yet, but I was wondering if anyone else has some progress shots on their cement plant modeling projects. Let's see what you've done.

Okay, Forumites, (I hope I'm not breaking any forum rules)-- here goes.... After a lot of time spent threatening to do something (In an earlier thread I suggested I wanted to make our small town a "Mecca" for model railroaders), the Canyon Mountain N-Gineers have decided to do something...

The End. Come see the Dairy Queen' Oregon & Northwestern layout on September 4, 2004, when we are planning to put on (what we are calling it for now) the G.E.O. Trainfest. (The G.E.O. stands for Great Eastern Oregon.) It should be a great time! Plans are underway at this time to build...

SD90, Here is a picture from the other side of the grain elevator that you were wondering about. Nothing very fancy about the construction. Robin, I certainly didn't plan the layout for ease of construction, that's for sure.

The second building is just placed in a remote part of the LaGrande yard. It may or may not be its final resting place.