Feb 28 2010

Talviste Canyon, Est. 1804

Published by David E VinZant Sr. under Uncategorized

These web pages are of the history and evolution of my first road ready HO scale module it is an inside-corner unit. The goal was to allow the club I had belonged too, to assemble an L shape display (see display2 on the drawings page) instead of the standard rectangle (see display 1 on the drawings page).

So why Talviste Canyon? Well as you will discover when you read the official road side historical marker on the Historical Marker page. Mike Talviste was of great help with the making and installation of the Geo-Foam product that I used in forming the mountains and the canyon walls. And my canyon module needed a name. Mike gave up a number of evenings of his time plus the use of his rock molds. Without his help what I would have ended up with, would be just blocks of Styrofoam covered with grass turf or worse Plaster or Hydrocal. Then the module would be so heavy that it would take two men and a boy to lift it.

Thanks Mike for all your help.

Please enjoy the various pages on this site.

  • The First section – Main Pages contains
    • Mission Statement, This is the basic outline of the module product.
    • Historical Marker, gives a brief and whimsical history about the adventure of building the module.
  • The Second section- AutoCAD drawings. is divided in three sections each with subsections. These pages have images of the various AutoCAD drawings I made of my inside corner.
    • Layout Drawings
      • H-shaped Layout
      • New L-shaped Layout
      • Future U-shaped Layout
    • Main Module Drawings
      • Module Top View
      • Module Front View
    • Hidden Yard Drawings
      • Hidden Yard Top View
      • Hidden Yard Bench
      • Hidden Yard Folded up

These images show the conceptual look of the module. Many changes where made as I began building the module.

  • The Third section- Bridges has four sections.
    • Angel Bridge Drawings
    • Angel Bridge Images
    • Trestle Drawings
    • Trestle Images
  • The Forth section - Photos and Shows

    • Construction Photos, is a pictorial of the evolution of the module. Here you can see how the Geo-Foam scenery product transformed the module.
    • Shows
      • GATS 2004
      • GATS 2005
      • Video Footage

Thank you for visiting Talviste Canyon, Dave VinZant

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