January 2017 Update
I feel bad that I haven’t been posting much of my recent progress, so here’s a catchup.
Winter Forest Technique
I realized I should probably jot this down for anyone looking to model winter forests.
Black Bridge North End Scenery
More progress on scenery this week. Now, the Black Bridge area.
Hanover Junction Scenery
Things have progressed to the point where I can now get some ground cover down at Hanover Junction.
Early October 2016 NCR Windsor St Layout Status Update
I realized that, while I’ve been very busy on the layout, I haven’t posted many updates on it lately, so here’s a big cumulative update on where things sit at the beginning of October 2016.
Adding a Crossover to CP LOUCKS
I’ve had a chance to run the layout through a number of scenarios, and I realized that I did actually need the crossover I had debated putting in coming out of CP LOUCKS at the north end of Windsor St Yard.
Trains now run around all of the Windsor Street Yard Layout
This day was a long time in coming, but thanks to the help of my friends, it happened. Trains now can run around the entire layout. I made a Youtube video to document the event.
Progress up the NCR
I successfully hosted my first evening of having people over to run trains. It was great, as long as you were cool with running out of the yard, and then back into the yard… so now that the pressure of having that ready is out of the way, I decided to get moving on getting […]
Playing with Photo Backdrops
I’ve long been planning to use photo backgrounds, and now that I’ve gotten my printer running again, I started trying some out.
Painting York
I’ve realized that I’m applying Agile software development principles to my layout construction: thinking in terms of sprints, and most important, thinking about always having a “shippable” product. That means sometimes spending a bit more time along the way, but it also means having something in my basement I don’t hate until it’s finished. In […]