February 2017 Open House
On Feb 25th, 2017, I had an open house to show off the layout. Here are some pics and a wrap up.
A few recent photos
I’m doing some testing with larger photo backdrops. I’m pretty happy with the way this is turning out.
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.
Shapeways Gives Me The Volvo That Got Away
Many years ago I owned a Volvo 240DL wagon. It was a great car. Eventually, the expected costs of running it caught up with it, and I ended up trading it in for a newer one. When I discovered a model of the car on Shapeways, I had to have one.
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.
Windsor St Layout Operations Documents
Now that I have things more or less running on the layout, I can start thinking about operations. These are a few documents I’ve created to help get things started, and to make it easy for visiting operators to understand what’s going on with their jobs and the layout. They also make nice souvenirs.