I'm currently working on two layouts. One is a simple oval that I'm building in my apartment. It's what I am testing out my techniques on.
I am also in the planning stages for my "dream layout", Conrail's Northern Central line in December of 1985.
I Have a Home for the LayoutTerri and I just bought a house, with a nice basement, which means, it's finally time for the real layout building to begin. | |
What is the Northern Central?What is this Northern Central that I'm so fired up about? |
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Beginning Layout PlanningThe planning for the new layout begins in Baltimore. | |
Delivering a Caboose: Some New PicsDoing a favor for two friends, I was the go-between for returning a South Branch Valley caboose fresh from a custom paint job. When the car's owner requested some "delivery" photos, I couldn't refuse. | |
Its a Door, Not a DominoI recognized that my current layout was not going to be part of something bigger and was able to get to work much quicker. | |
OneTRAK Modules: The City ModuleLearn about my urban themed OneTRAK Module built to BANTRAK's OneTRAK specs. |
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Max Magliaro VisitThe fall Great Scale Show was over the weekend of October 13th & 14th, and Max Magliaro came from Pennsylvania for the show and a photo session. | |
Thinking about the next layoutSo now that the first apartment layout is nearing completion, I'm thinking about what's next. |
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New Photos of the LayoutA few trees, some ground foam, and look, no more bare styrofoam. | |
Map of the Northern CentralI've drawn up a location map to show exactly where all this Northern Central stuff is. | |
On-Line Industry List (So far)Progress on a list of on-line industries based on a real ZTS map. |
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Ongoing Tree ProgressI've decided that every night after work I'm going to work on making another batch of trees. Follow my progress here. |
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NCR Research Photo GalleryI've uploaded some photos of the NCR as it is now to my Picasa Album. |
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The Apartment Layout GallerySee progress photos of the layout, from the trunk of my old 240 to today. |
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Another photo of the layoutJust another photo of the layout. | |
A Few Photos of the layoutI've taken a few too many photos to fit into the status update article, so here they are. |
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Late July Apartment Layout ProgressI've added a farmhouse and some more trees to the forest side of the layout. |
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