Progress continues at Clive, Iowa on my IAIS Grimes Line layout.

The finish scenery pass is complete, as well as most of the detail parts. I'm still waiting for some additional items, most notably the traffic lights for the NW 86th Street and Swanson Blvd intersection, but I'm about ready to call this project complete.

Finished up the 12 foot long photo backdrop at Clive on my IAIS Grimes Line layout.

The first scenic pass for the town of Clive on my IAIS Grimes Line layout is complete. The area features the NW 86th/Swanson Blvd intersection plus the Swanson Depot Retail Center, the PDM/CB&I spur and the Clive greenbelt. It's a space about 12 feet in length, and is the first thing people see when entering the layout room.

To wrap up 2012 I've created a photo tour showing some before and after shots on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. All scenes were completed in the last 12 months.

Hickman Road/US Highway 6

Scenic work is underway on Clive section of my IAIS Grimes Line layout. One of the first steps is to paint and detail the track. My process works well for the size of my layout but requires a few steps.

A quick photo tour of some of the road and lineside signs on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. It's the simple details that help define a layout's locale and era.

Quick changes and updates on my IAIS Grimes Line layout.

I redid the scenery on the north side of the Highway 141 embankment. North of Meredith Drive the greenbelt ends and the landscape turns into the classic Iowa prairie. While trees are not completely absent I overdid the original attempt. I ended up removing most of the tall trees and adding more low scrub and weeds.

Iowa Interstate Train NTSW-17 passes thru the nearest thing to a tunnel on the Grimes Line, the Interstate 35/80 and Highway 141 overpasses.

James

Finished up the I-35/80 and Hwy 141 overpasses on my IAIS Grimes Line layout this afternoon.

Each overpass used modified Rix Products piers and railings. The road deck is .060 styrene. The highway sign is a Summit Custom Cuts kit.

James

After a six week hiatus from model railroading, I finally made myself go down to the basement and work on the layout. I ended up roughing in the bridges and overpasses for Interstate 35/80 and Highway 141.