Not a lot happening lately on the railroad, but a few things. The picture below is the "after" shot of my ceiling repair from the water damage.  The dummy return air vent covers an opening in the drywall that I purposely left open for future leaks (an optimist?) Although my drywall mud work isn't very good, it will pass the casual glance test. Besides, who should be looking at the ceiling anyway..... look at the railroad!

The picture below is the "before" shot of the water damaged area (washer leak from the floor above) just before starting the repairs.

Bash-0-mania - I'm working on kit bashing a DPM building, #10400. This is my first serious attempt at kit bashing and so far, so good. I'm changing the building from a 3-story to a 5-story, along with replacing the overhead door with a regular door and cutting down the depth of the building. I've been hand sawing the pieces and have put the project on hold until my new Proxxon FKS mini power table saw arrives. Of course, all of the cracks / joints will be filled with putty before painting.  The project is taking some time because besides hand cutting the pieces, I've been documenting the project with pictures as I progress.  This building will be just behind the existing downtown Hoovertown.  The row of buildings behind Hoovertown will be taller to help lead the eye up the the mountain area.