Mine Office

Testing out my new camera, a Panasonic Lumix G2 using the kit 14 - 42 mm lens on macro setting.

Interior shot of my mine office using the a Panasonic Lumix G2.

On18 Mining Micro Layout - Testing the Kato 11-103

Update on the On18 (O scale running on N scale track) mining micro layout that I'll be adding to my On30 layout. Testing the power truck.

This is my first time working with N scale and the first time building a micro layout. I want to keep things nice and simple. The Kato 11-103 power truck is very light weight so I didn't want to attempt any grades.

The plan is to build the Kato 11-103 into a battery storage loco for the mine area. The loco will travel in and out of the mine. The mining area will be visible on two sides with a mountain ridge dividing it in two sections.

On30 Mining Office

Here is the "final" result of my mining office showing the weathering from the salt process. I say "final" because I can think of a few more details to add (like a bucket for under the water pump). The office has a full interior. I didn't have room for a wood stove. Maybe I'll give it a little electric heat unit. The mining area is going to include some power generation. Plus I'll need to light the interior so all of my interior goodies show.

I build the "stone" foundation using cork tiles. I wrote about the process here.

I'm in the search for a better digital camera!

On18 Mining Mini-layout: Mining Office

Here is my little O scale mining office so far. I'm using styrene representing corrugated metal. I'm trying out the salt method of weathering but not with an airbrush so I'm not sure how it will come out. I'm wanted plenty of window openings so that views can see the full interior I'm planning.

On18 Mining Mini-layout: Mining Office Interior

Some various parts of the office model's interior. The desk was built upon two resin crate castings. The desktop is thick styrene, the pencil holder cut from a styrene tube and the paper sorter is angle cut from a styrene beam.

The file cabinet is scratch built from a piece of wood and styrene. Dime store novel created in Photoshop. O scale figure, safe, chair commercially available.