shortliner Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 .....I found that Bob Smaus has moved home and is building a smaller yet interesting new LA layout in his new house. http://www.bobsgarde.../NewLayout.html. Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That's funny - when I saw the shot of the urban buildings bisected by the river I thought of Newark's Ironbound District! Bob has a really beautiful backyard doesn't he? To be honest I'd dread that as I get older..... Thanks, once again, Jack. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2012 Nice bear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Nothing says downtown "LA" quite like the city hall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxmoore Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Bob Smaus has been one of my major influences since I first saw his work in Model Railroader. He's still (slowly) selling off much of his collection on ebay, and a few years ago I was fortunate to win two of his detailed black widow Proto SD9's, and best of all, an accurate tiger-stripe Baldwin AS616 (SP 5231), a picture of which I append below. By today's standards, those handrails could be thinner, but it's got the dynamic brake equipment, correctly-positioned class lights, great decalling etc, and is modelled on a LA regular; all I did was install a Loksound decoder, and it happily burbles its way around my layout on locals. I also came across a picture of my #5231 in a 20-year-old Smaus article in an old MR recently. I like the concept of owning a few items from a guy I really respect and admire as a modeller. Anyway, here it is, running on my own layout. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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