I took this photo two years ago in Prince George, BC. Thought some of you guys would dig it.

here's the final installment of my building flat kitbash project.

continuing the kitbashed building flats project, this episode is all about painting. I use hand-brushed crafters acrylics for almost all my painting projects.

here we have applied a very uneven coat of the brick colour. I use different colours for each building, or at least a couple different shades so they don't all look like they were built at the exact same time with the same bricks. I want matching era, but not necessarily matching builder and suppliers.  Paints used - Heritage Brick, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Primary Red. Some used straight, some mixed.

Downtown Freemantle has a pretty big gap in the scenic backdrop. We need to fill it up somehow, and what better way than a kitbashed building flat?!

So here's the "before" picture:

Status Report

Benchwork: 95% complete

Tracklaying: 30% complete

Wiring: 10% complete

Scenery: 5% complete

I've done a bit more work on the layout - here are a couple of pictures:

As you can see the plans have changed a fair bit from the earlier plan. I have secured a better location consisting of half a bedroom, so it is now an L-shaped layout.  It will feature a main urban industrial area and a small harbour (something I've always loved!)

Status Report

Benchwork: 95% complete

Tracklaying: 10% complete

Wiring: 5% complete

Scenery: 0% complete

Well it looks like I will be retiring my first layout this spring and moving to a more modular shelf layout instead.

Here's a picture of the new design for the main module. Its a 2'x12' urban industrial switching layout.

Well it looks like I will be retiring my first layout this spring and moving to a more modular shelf layout instead.

Here's a picture of the new design for the main module. Its a 2'x12' urban industrial switching layout.

well it took over a month to get here, but my custom decals have finally arrived!

Tom from Tango Papa Decals (www.tangopapadecals.com) printed me some beautiful White-On-Clear lettering for my freelanced Great Western Trunk & Pacific.

Can't wait to start puttin em on my locos!

I started my layout about a year ago, and it has now reached the stage where I feel I can start sharing a little ;-)

I made a free website at wix.com that shows a bit of an overview of the layout. http://www.wix.com/kengoudsward/gwtp

And just now decided that I'll do a bit of blogging as I go. Projects underway at the moment:

- custom paintjobs, decals and weathering for a few locos