Sorry I haven't been posting much lately.
For five years I freelanced at home, which allowed a lot of modeling time: very easy to pop out to the garage while "on break" to spray paint a single coat, or make a few trees, or glue together some walls.
Since the start of 2016 I've been working full time in San Francisco, which has cut drastically into my train time (darn you, FTE with health benefits!).
I shut down my layout design / construction business & website, & really haven't touched a train for almost a year.

Many years ago, I bought Joe Fugate's well-done video series about the construction of his Siskiyou layout. The section on Masonite spline roadbed convinced be to try the method. Having built several plywood cookie-cutter layouts over time, I was ready to try something different.  

It's been forever, but I have finally updated my blog with a bunch of photos of recent structure work, and an operating session earlier this year.

I'll post a few of the photos in the first comment (below), but for details and lots more photos, go to my blog here:

http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-christmas-and-some-quick-updates...

- Steven Haworth
RGS history - http://www.rgsrr.info/

Sometimes, I'm not the best video maker...

Sometimes, my big nose will get in the way...

I've started working on the main smelter yard again after a long break.  I was soldering wires in preparation for adding power leads to the various yard tracks when my daughter walked in, looked at what I was doing and asked if she could try soldering.  After a quick tutorial ("Don't touch the hot end!") she was off.  She said she was going to be doing some soldering in a class at school so perhaps I can draft her as a helper when she needs to do her homework.  

This blog will document the bench work for the DOMTAR Pulp and Paper Mill - Rebooted

The waterfall makes an excellent backdrop to the steamer.

I can't believe I'm even considering this, but I am thinking of altering my track plan.  Well, I love track planning, so that's no surprise.  So, I thought I'd better start this thread so I can get opinions as I change my mind a million times over the next 15 years or so.