SceneryTrack Painting Ties – Done for Now For the last several days I have been completing painting ties. They are now done…GaryNovember 1, 2024
SceneryTrack Painting Ties Cottonwood and Anderson have their basic coat of paint on track and ties. Will be…GaryOctober 21, 2024
SceneryTrack Painting Track & Ties Three colors were applied. First Rust-Oleum Camouflage Brown on everything. Next lesser used tracks had…GaryOctober 19, 2024
SceneryTrack Decanting Paint Failure After sitting overnight, I went to use the decanted paint. Only 1 of the 4…GaryOctober 18, 2024
SceneryTrack Decanting Paint I had hoped to just use rattle cans to paint the track and ties. Test…GaryOctober 15, 2024
OperationsSceneryTrack Planning for Operations All the Tortoises have been mounted and linkage installed for the next town: Cottonwood. Cut…GaryJune 30, 2024
Scenery Semi-Finished Scene Labels were temporarily affixed. The valance has an industry chart. The finished one will indicate…GaryAugust 7, 2023
Scenery Grass and Fascia My spray bottles arrived. One I used for larger areas in the past was reordered…GaryAugust 1, 2023
Scenery Dirt and Gravel A base coat of real dirt was applied using a kitchen strainer. I had containers…GaryJuly 25, 2023
Scenery Backdrop The foam hills have been covered with out-of-date medical plaster gauze. I took a few…GaryJuly 16, 2023
Scenery Starting Scenery and Feeders My goal is to have one 35' scene done for Proberta by mid-August. I started…GaryJuly 4, 2023
Scenery Fade the Sky Today I worked on lightening the sky near the horizon. My friend, Bill Decker, reminded…GaryMay 19, 2023