Here are the “finished” buildings for the sawmill and trackside warehouse scene.
This is the Mill and warehouse together
Here’s the sawmill interior
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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Snow again
Here’s a late-March picture of the layout
Refurbishing / Upgrading Buildings
I really should have done it this winter, but I was busy building new buildings and finishing up the track work. So it’s time to drag in a few buildings that sat outside all winter and work on them. First up was my kitbashed CMS main street building. While the front windows still look good and the lights in them are fine, I realized that I’d put no lights on the loading doc. This turned out to be a mistake, since that’s the side that faces the house. So I added three LED lights to the loading doc which really added to the look of the town at night.
LGB Frank S. Live Steam Locomotive: Run Two
That’s my son in the background, singing a little silly song
New Cars
Will be adding these to the layout in the next day or two
LGB / Aster Frank S. Live Steam
Bought this a week or two ago–here’s the first run on the layout.
New Buildings in Progress
I’m working on a couple of new buildings for the layout. The first is the Pola lumber mill
The second is the Piko BayWa warehouse
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Sailboat Idea
Here in Kansas, the wind is a constant problem in the garden. Gusts up to 40mph regularly move things around (including buildings) and wreck havoc.
I’ve been thinking about putting a boat in my pond when it’s done, but with the wind it would need to be anchored somehow. Add to that the possibility of water-level fluctuations, and there’s a problem–if the water gets low and the wind blows, the boat could possibly wind up on shore.
First run
I’ve finally managed to sort out my throttle problem with my live steam locomotive, and sent it around a couple of time.