California Northern layout in HO

[torikoos]

Hi Jonte,

You are correct, Joe Fugate is the owner/editor of that magazine. I do like it myself , I have to say that the advertising gets a little in the way sometimes but it's free :-)

Treepoint is indeed another project I'm working on. A mix of thinned artist paints (acrylic) is indeed what I used there, applied randomly, and I let them blend and mix both on the pallet and on the ties so that I get an even larger colour range.
Cutting away the webbing does make a big difference in appearance, and is something that is 'doable' for a small project as that, where I didn't use more than 5 lengths of flex track. I did not remove the webbing from the turnouts to give them the extra strength.

I don't do this on my home layout as it would take up too much time, perhaps on a beaten old spur or siding in the future.

Glad to be of help.

Koos

PS: Where did you read about Treepoint? Was that on RMWeb, or on my blog? Just curious, as I haven't posted on here about it I believe. I think this has been the first reference :-)