The drywall work in the train room is complete. Wall painting starts today. Wahoo! Paint and a little trim out will make the entire basement finished.

Here's a way to curve hardboard for your fascia or walls - both inside & outside curves:

I recently added curved (coved) corners in the train room addition using the "brute force" method. I took flat hardboard 4' x 8' x 3/16" panels and forced them into the corner. This was an extremely difficult and frustrating method. I'm getting ready to cove a corner in the expansion area and decided to use a curving method that I had used previously on some fascia board they worked very well. Here are the steps (refer to the picture below):

Yes its been awhile, I haven't posted here since very early this year, so I'm posting now just before the end of the year, I would figure by the title I used, that some would think I assign too much self importance to myself, well, I'm no different than anyone else, so of course I do!

... you turn on the power and they move!

I needed to create a small scene for some photos I wanted to take. I decided that instead of wasting pink foam I decided to build a small scenery section that will eventually end up on the layout. I still will need to add a bunch of detail to the ground as it is pretty bare, but that will give me something to do this weekend.

Up and running on the Grande Pacific, Have had two op secessions and 3 & 4 are scheduled and filled.  Been awhile since I update progress so I will start with my current addition to the Web Site. 

http://www.grandepacificmodelrr.org/html/gp_car_cards.html

This is a follow-up to the suggestions of using a wet sponge to smooth drywall joint compound. I sanded the initial application with 150g paper on a 10" bodyman handboard. I vacuumed and repeated this process until all joints were flat and straight without major defects. I then applied the final coat of joint compound 4-6" beyond the prior applications with a 9" knife pressed tightly. Immediately afterward I wiped the joint lightly with a wet sponge (not dripping wet but definitely more than damp).

It's December 1st 2010 and it's time for a progress report on the Hudson and Hartford.

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