It looks like you're making progress Jeff.  Thanks for the pictures.  I'm looking forward to the backdrop article...I think I have an inkling what you are doing but I'll keep my thoughts to myself so I don't let the cat out of the bag!

Wish I had the ability to take aerial shots!  That's the way to take pictures of that mill!  I have a similar mill that I want to scratch-bash myself.

Gee is that a lava lamp I see glowing under the bench work?  Now your dating yourself for all you know. [grin]

Thanks again for the pictures!

Yep, it's a lava lamp I bought on a lark a few years ago. Recommendation: don't shake a lava lamp - they're never quite the same afterwords.

Fortunately for me, my father-in-law, who is also a model railroader, is a pilot with his own plane. It's really the only way to get a true feel for how building-hemmed in tracks run.

LOL, yup, shaking them pretty much ruins them.

Fortunately for me, my father-in-law, who is also a model railroader, is a pilot with his own plane.

I don't suppose the missus has any single sisters?  Uhh, scratch that...seems I am already married!  Lucky guy!

The plane is an added bonus too!

Looks good Jeff, and the afore mentioned backdrop article is now much anticipated (talk about peer pressure).  One of these days you need to clear off the layout and shoot some video of trains running . . .

Looking good Jeff!  But when you said turtle modeling I thought you were going to talk about hardshell-scenery!

Charlie

Charlie that's funny because actually so was I and I kept wondering when he was going to show the Hard shell work.

Dan

Looks like you added some chippers and a 2 story building at the mill too.

Steve

...those have actually been there for some time. The two story building is a bash of two identical Pikestuff kits with some vertical reinforcements in the corners to keep them aligned.