06-09-2011, 09:21 PM
Update: Been doing alot out in the room:
Did a bunch of ballasting and added dirt as the initial ground cover on many spots around the layout. Also painted many feet of rail and ties.
Then started on a long expanse of backdrop behind the southern Pacific Interchange. There will be 3D trees in front of the metal building, and to the right, there will be a 3D "backdrop" metal building similar to the painted one. Moving to the right, some trees, a field, and a large conglomoration of buildings. The entire string of backdrop photos is from Mykawa Road and Airport Blvd, with a bit of cropping and artist's license to make things look right and be easier to paint.
Put some ground foam down behind the team track to see how it would look. Not glued yet, just playing around.
Found a place to put the grain elevator, and built the ground up to the proper level.
Put in a culvert under the spur to the pipe yard:
Put in a wooden culvert and added lighter colored ballast over the existing darler ballast on a 20 foot long section of the layout that was used from the old layout.
Ballasted the SP Interchange and yard.
Started prep on putting a concrete surface all around the RIP track.
And found a spot for two of Kurt's buildings, these will be used as the starting point for a floor tile manufacturing facility. Will have several buildings of different heights, silos, dust collectors, piping...
And bought the flooring for the building. Don't know when I will install it, but it should cut down the dust from the concrete floor.
Did a bunch of ballasting and added dirt as the initial ground cover on many spots around the layout. Also painted many feet of rail and ties.
Then started on a long expanse of backdrop behind the southern Pacific Interchange. There will be 3D trees in front of the metal building, and to the right, there will be a 3D "backdrop" metal building similar to the painted one. Moving to the right, some trees, a field, and a large conglomoration of buildings. The entire string of backdrop photos is from Mykawa Road and Airport Blvd, with a bit of cropping and artist's license to make things look right and be easier to paint.
Put some ground foam down behind the team track to see how it would look. Not glued yet, just playing around.
Found a place to put the grain elevator, and built the ground up to the proper level.
Put in a culvert under the spur to the pipe yard:
Put in a wooden culvert and added lighter colored ballast over the existing darler ballast on a 20 foot long section of the layout that was used from the old layout.
Ballasted the SP Interchange and yard.
Started prep on putting a concrete surface all around the RIP track.
And found a spot for two of Kurt's buildings, these will be used as the starting point for a floor tile manufacturing facility. Will have several buildings of different heights, silos, dust collectors, piping...
And bought the flooring for the building. Don't know when I will install it, but it should cut down the dust from the concrete floor.