Model Railroad Construction Progress: October/November 2009
October 2009
Ok. I admit it. I'm kind of cheating here by putting two months worth of updates on one page. Now that work's let up a bit
I have the time/energy to do some updates.I got a kit to build for review courtesy of Ron Pare at
www.modelersguild.com. It was quite a challenging best to put together and I'll be doing a
full review of it on the site. I did a video blog of my adventures putting it together. Check out my Youtube vids:
Here are a few snapshots of the beginning of the project.
Here are some pics of the finished platform.
November 2009
11/01/2009
So far the work I've been doing this month has been more logisical/organizational. The clutter on ly layout was getting out of control so I went
and bought a set of drawers from Home Depot. It's definitly cleared up the collection of supplies that was building up on may layout.
Next I needed to tackle the growing pile of clutter on my work bench. As you can see from the first picture I have a clean workbench.
So where did everyting go?
I just built a shelf behind the crosspiece that holds the table together. I glued on a 1.5 inch strip of pine
on the edge to keep smaller parts from rolling off. I sealed off the back edge with duct tape to keep parts from falling out the back.
Ok, so it's still cluttered but at least it's out of sight.
11/07/2009
Ahhhh...Now finally I'm getting back to work on the layout.
I'm starting to work on painting the back drop behind the river scene. Stay tuned...
11/14/2009
After Airbrushing a darker blue on the backdrop, I started tracing the mountain range on blank sheets
of paper I had taped together. I''''' then use these tracings to cut out the stencils I'll use for
airbrushing the mountains.
11/19/2009
But first...I airbrushed some clouds on the backdrop using batting and a decorative wisk broom.
Here are a couple of close-ups of the clouds.
11/25/2009
I airbrushed the mountains today. I still need to do some more work on the mountain in the foreground.
