Nov 02
Well, after some more time and a little work on the railroad, I decided the best course of action was to move the layout on to a new owner. If you have been following the blog for awhile, you may have read that my space situation has changed in the last few months and I …
Jul 02
It has been a few months since I’ve been able to have a chance to work on the railroad. During this time, the railroad has found a new home. Unfortunately, it is smaller than the space I had previously. This means that the layout will be shrinking a bit and going through a redesign. After …
Feb 02
With so little time to post in January during the lead up to the Springfield show, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at how the modules look now. Many of the modules have at least received some basic scenery along with the trackwork. Here is where the layout is at today: …
Dec 19
In an early post about the benchwork design, I mentioned that I would discuss the design and construction of the corner modules when I started working on them. Well that point is now as this week I finally managed to complete assembly on all four modules. I had spent the last couple of months cutting …
Dec 10
A few weeks ago I started work on scenery on the Ellis Flats module by adding ballast. Over the last couple of evenings, I finished off the module with ground foam and a few trees to complete the module. There is nothing special about the scenery techniques on this module – just lots of different …
Nov 23
Scenery has finally started on the Ellis Flats module. The first step is painting the tracks. For this, I work in two steps. The first step is to paint the tracks with a base color – in this case a flat black. Normally I’d use a model spray paint like Testors or even airbrush the …
Nov 12
Hole number seven is beginning to take shape. Over the last week, I spent some time shaping the foam and then plastering the 2′ x 4′ module. (The corner of the module set is still in the benchwork stage.) As you can see from the photo, the straight module is where the tee boxes are …
Nov 01
With the benchwork done for the Team Track, Golf Hole, and Hope Valley Yard Modules, I’ve spent the last couple of days mocking up the track plan on the railroad. After making sure everything worked in 3D as it did on paper, I sketched out all the track center lines on the modules. For most …
Oct 24
After having spent the last week or so working on the stone arch bridge, I decided it was time to work on the Ellis Flats module. I’d constructed the module benchwork a few weeks back and had attached the cork for the single mainline running down the middle of the module. The first step was …
Oct 20
One of the small spacer modules will be called Ellis Flats. The intent for this module is to simply be a spacer module to expand the size of the layout. It is only 1′ x 4′ and feature a generic scene after Wood River Junction. The module will also serve double duty as a photo …
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