Smashing layout you are building Wayne, Love the scenics!
reeds, hmm maybe old toothbrush,s could be a source?
regards,Derek

Hello Wayne,

                     Is it a re-designed ventilation-cover for one of those "coughcoughchokechoke" Diesels, :roll: that were designed, specifically, to keep Foreigners(usually British) awake, all-night,  as they travelled up and down Feather River Canyon in N. California. Pray tell, Wayne, that is Not what it is for,

                                                                                Kind Regards,

                                                                         A Sleepless Foreigner.

I don't know what it is, but it's the best one I've seen.

Hello Wayne,

Nice to have you back, did you show photos of the silo and family farm house to your relatives?

Hmmm, Roof truss? An end one that is going to be faced with lathe and plaster?

cheers

Marty,
Everyone up north have seen only pictures of everything I've built. With the bad economy no one has traveled down here to see the actual models, and I'm not about to haul them up there. My luck I'd damage something.

There have been a few guesses on the puzzle picture but no one is even close yet. When I get back from golf today I will post another picture that just may give enough of a clue to figure it out.

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

A channel marker to be attached to the cliff for ships to navigate by ?

Is it something to do with animals/cattle and a trackside feature. At the back of my mind I think I've seen something along those lines.  (Sorry :roll::roll::roll:)

[user=388]AUSSIETRAINS[/user] wrote:

Hi Wayne,

A channel marker to be attached to the cliff for ships to navigate by ?

Oooooh! Clever!

So far no one has come close, so here is the second photo.



I was going to post this last evening, but just ran out of time. My next post will tell the whole story.

Wayne

A rack of some sort quest:quest: Maybe for Railway Modellers to store sheets of plywood ready for the next layout extension quest:

Steps ?  At least half of some steps………….:roll::roll::roll::roll:

You cut it on the apex and you have the two sides - just the treads to add.

I  reckon you got it Petermac !

I agree with Peter too. If it is a set of steps it is a clever way of doing it!

Bob(K)

Sorry,only skipped through quickly,but your cliff face looks fantastic,so natural. Look forward to seeing the progress!

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Steps ?  At least half of some steps………….:roll::roll::roll::roll:

You cut it on the apex and you have the two sides - just the treads to add.

Congratulations Petermac, you hit the nail on the head! Steps it is.

I was trying to figure out how to make steps so that the treads would be parallel and came up with this idea. Once I had it all laid out my wife walked by and said, "What in the world are you building", and when I actually sat back and looked at it, well it just didn't look anything like steps. (She said that too, and then promptly walked away) :roll:

So I thought that it would make a nice puzzle for all of you out there to try and figure out.

Here are the steps leaning against my new Signal Box, that is still in process.







Enjoyed doing this, I hope you all did too.

Petermac Wins The Eagle Eye Award!!!!  

Wayne  :doublethumb

That was well worked out, Petermac!
Beautiful work as ever, Wayne. A nice bit of thinking.

Mike

Wayne… you are a very scary man, I wouldn't have thought of that method in a month of sundays :thumbs

Must get you to apply your brain to my cassette dilemma sometime.

Nice Signal Box.

Hi Wayne
I have just been playing catch up on your layout and really enjoyed the piece on the tunnel, which looks excellent and so unusual to see a tunnel built with the track on two levels. As always your work is so neat and well thought through. Now you are constructing a really magnificent signal box. Those steps are very very good as they are really hard to get right and your method of approach is quite brilliant.

Bob(K)

Wayne you are a darling man, I have two boxes less steps, not any more thanks to your genius

now where is that craft knife ???
:doublethumb:cool:

Your styrene modelling skills are already legendary Wayne and you haven't disappointed with this box. I looks fantastic. :thumbs

Do you need my address for the prize ?…………….:roll::roll: