12-31-2023, 08:07 PM
Happy New Year's Eve, everyone!
2023 was certainly one of my more productive years as a model railroader - it was good to share progress with all of you and get inspiration and advice as well.
I'm spending a quite evening in my office working on the Christmas Tree Shack AND ballasting the track leading up to the coal breaker. I used Wayne's tapping technique (which he offered up to me during my last major ballast effort in January) to bounce extra ballast off the ties and it worked really well (kudos to you, Wayne!). Here's my last progress photo of the year, (ballast is still wet) and I'm hoping for further progress in '24.
Rail and tie painting and ballasting is going to be a major effort for some time early in the year since I've now more or less completed all of the major scenery work between the track and the backdrop, which was something I never thought I'd be saying last December.
2023 was certainly one of my more productive years as a model railroader - it was good to share progress with all of you and get inspiration and advice as well.
I'm spending a quite evening in my office working on the Christmas Tree Shack AND ballasting the track leading up to the coal breaker. I used Wayne's tapping technique (which he offered up to me during my last major ballast effort in January) to bounce extra ballast off the ties and it worked really well (kudos to you, Wayne!). Here's my last progress photo of the year, (ballast is still wet) and I'm hoping for further progress in '24.
Rail and tie painting and ballasting is going to be a major effort for some time early in the year since I've now more or less completed all of the major scenery work between the track and the backdrop, which was something I never thought I'd be saying last December.
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