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Detailing my engine facility
Like many across North America, specifically Canada for me, I am working from home and self isolating for a couple of weeks. That means working on the layout. I have a few projects on the go, with the biggest detailing the engine facility. I can’t display as many engines as I did when I lived in northern Manitoba, but I have room for a few. It has been plane Jane since the track and buildings were in place a year ago. Additions are ground cover, refuelling area and general junk.
Middle School Model Railroad:quarantine quandary
Today, Monday March 16, students stayed home from school while the faculty and administration figured out how we would continue the school year under challenging circumstances.
An apology to AZBaja, with some explanation.....
First off, to AZBaja, I apologize for my snarky and downright nasty comment, totally uncalled for.
To the other topic that is apparently closed, I will say that while Ken Patterson did say that it seemed like work, he also presented Mr Pellegrino's railroad in a decent light. His operations were not delved into in great detail and that is probably because Ken is not a Railroad Modeller but is more building and art oriented.
That feeling when...
...you're about to take a razor saw to a piece of a kit, not just random stock styrene.
It came out okay. Goal is the kitbash below. The Walthers papermill isn't really big enough to be convincing, so I'm re-purposing the back wall, which would be invisible anyway:
Please share your fondest childhood train memories
I grew up in St Matthews, Kentucky in 50’s and 60’s with the L&N’s double mainline running about 500 feet behind our home with a clear view of the tracks. Of course I played along the tracks and acquired many fond memories.
Colorado Front Range Railroad - February 2020 20th Street Viaduct
Update on the 20th Street Viaduct all made out of MDF and cut on my laser, Even a train running in Denver. Short video (8mins) on how the viaduct is turning out.
Quilt Store: Newest Building on the layout
I had space in my town for one more business and couldn’t decide what to place there. I asked my wife if she would like to build a Quilt Shop. She thought it would be fun to do with me so the project began. I gave her the Walthers catalog and let her pick a building. The best fit for size on the layout an ability to display items in the shop for people to see, was the cornerstone Hobby Shop model (933-3475). It affords big windows for people to peer in the windows to see what the miniature shoppers are doing in the store.
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