Remaking of the Ridley Keystone & Mountain

[tompm]

How many times have our best laid plans for the layout or modeling project been stymied by the infamous “I need to order that”? It just happened to me.

I need to make a base for Union Station. Went looking for my stockpile of foam board. Found it and then realized I used my last big piece for the Coal Dealer. Now I need to make a trip to Michael’s or Staples to get some. I need to get the base in place because the station location dictates where everything else goes.

I did clear out some of the area around the station. I moved some scenery supplies and extra track. I adjusted the location of some of the buildings. This made me recognize I need to build a few more structures and locate them on the layout.

Off to the model buildings pile. I need to move this and that to get to the kit I need. This lead me to reorganize about half of the supply table. I did fill up one trash can with stuff I could not identify or came to the conclusion that it was broken beyond repair. I eventually made my way to the kit I wanted.

I looked at the workbench and grasped that I could not build anything on the workbench in its current condition. Now I cleaned and organized the workbench. More stuff for the trashcan and I found a use for a couple of those extra plastic organizing boxes I had.

What kit did I select? Lunde Studios Morton House.



Open the box and here is what the parts look like.







Looks like I have some painting to do. Now bricks are shades of red, orange, or brown. Okay time to look at the paint stock. Red you say…