I’ll have to get some better pictures. But since my wife’s new camera takes much better low-light pictures, I thought I’d post this test shot.

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Came home from Christmas with the family in Nebraska to find that my Koi had died. I suspect ammonia poisoning–though they’d been in that tank for almost a month, it was pretty small for three medium sized Koi. Now I have to decide if I’ll put more in the pond in the spring, or just leave it fish-free.

Someone asked about this, so I updated it to match what I actually have.

Things have slowed almost to a stop on the layout. Mostly because I’m almost done, but also because I’m so busy. There’s just not enough time to do much more than keep the weeds down.

I have purchased another building for the motorcycle factory: the side building.

My original plan was to put full-sized buildings on the mountain(s) for a Rigi Duo system. Unfortunately, that didn’t look right, as the mountains are really too rugged to be that “size.”

My next idea was to put smaller houses on the mountain to create a “forced perspective.” Here’s a go at that

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Here’s my plan for the Rigi Duo setup on my layout

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The first logging wagon is now out next to the “stumps” and sawmill.