Construction Progress on a New Section I'm back to work after a 10 day break with visitors and car shopping. First…GaryJune 2, 2023
Scenery Fade the Sky Today I worked on lightening the sky near the horizon. My friend, Bill Decker, reminded…GaryMay 19, 2023
Construction Swing Gate Installed The valance at the door was 70" high. I had no problem as I'm magically…GaryMay 18, 2023
Construction Moving On The 45' long Gerber Yard has been finished with the exception of a operating scale…GaryMay 16, 2023
Track Laying Ties After a week trip to California, it was time to get to work. I didn't…GaryMay 13, 2023
Track The Rest of Gerber I got up early this morning and put down the cork at the far end…GaryMay 2, 2023
Track West End Gerber Yard Finished The west part of Gerber yard track laying has been completed. This finishes 30' of…GaryMay 1, 2023
Track A Mistake Many parts of the CAD drawing for the current layout were imported from the previous…GaryApril 13, 2023
Construction Entry Swing Gate Had a great time over Easter with grandkids but little was done on the layout. …GaryApril 12, 2023
Track Engine House Leads The Gerber engine house leads have been installed. Photo shows DAP caulk on roadbed just…GaryApril 2, 2023
Construction East End of Gerber Yard Started The last few days have been used putting down cork. The main yard is on…GaryMarch 31, 2023
Track Gerber Wye Completed Today saw the completion of the Gerber Wye. I'm just beginning the East end of…GaryMarch 25, 2023
Construction Mistakes, Lessons Learned Back on track after a wonderful visit with grandkids. My son-in-law helped me rip enough…GaryMarch 24, 2023
Track Track is in for Proberta I found my Tortoise jig. 3/8" holes did not allow enough movement in 3/4" plywood…GaryMarch 14, 2023
Construction Proberta Awaits Track The roll cork for Gerber was not delivered yet, so worked on Proberta instead. I…GaryMarch 12, 2023
Construction Gerber & Proberta Ready for Cork The plywood base for Gerber and Proberta has been screwed down to the joists and…GaryMarch 8, 2023
Construction Plywood Base Added A friend came over and we moved all the plywood left from the raised walkway…GaryMarch 1, 2023
Electrical All Prewiring Done The basic backdrop was completed, and joints painted. This week I worked on creature comforts,…GaryFebruary 27, 2023
Construction Divider Backdrop With warm weather and little wind yesterday, 20 sheets of backdrop were painted with a…GaryFebruary 10, 2023