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: …
Nov 09
After the initial coat of spray paint was allowed to dry for a few days on the bridge, the next step is to weather the bridge. This is a fairly simple but time consuming step. The process is basic – just brush on a black wash over all the surfaces of the bridge. I created …
Nov 03
With the bridge assembled a few weeks back, it was time to plaster and paint the bridge. The bridge kit does a pretty good job of representing a stone arch bridge but one of the issues is that there are some fairly large gaps in the joints to deal with. The process is fairly easy …
Oct 12
After finishing the benchwork over the weekend, this evening I installed the bridge in the module. The process was fairly easy since I left the piers off the bridge which are included in the kit. (You can see a video of how to put together one of these kits on YouTube here). The kit pieces …
Oct 08
The first module which will get scenery is the Wood River stone arch bridge. I have spare parts left over from the PRR Three Arch Viaduct kit which were produced for my other site (The Rockville Bridge). I have used this kit on a number of projects including two HO scale modules for the Mohegan …
Oct 05
The Stone Arch Bridge Module will be a 1′ x 4′ spacer module. It will represent a bridge over the Wood River near Woodville, RI. On the prototype railroad, this bridge was orginally a wood structure. During a flood in 1927, the bridge was washed away and replaced with another wood span. However, because I …
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