It has been a long time since posting.

I've moved country and moved houses twice.

The module is now in it's permanent home, where I can start to expand the layout with the next few modules.

This is how far I had progressed before leaving San Francisco.

The last step, was adding the trees.

I used Woodland Scenics ready made trees at the back with an additional dusting of their ground cover product.

The foreground trees are a mix of fantastic Canyon Creek trees and small trees formed out of Woodland Scenics Fine leaf Foliage.

Time for greenery, starting with low shrubs.

Here is a detail view of the cutting over the tunnel.

And an overall view.

Cheers,

Stephen

A new addition to the roster from Canada courtesy of Rob Arsenault.

It's a beauty. Enjoy.

Stephen

It's been far too long between updates and there has been a lot of progress.

Firstly there is a stream now.

Now that the ballasting was complete the next task was to tidy up the front edge of the module by installing a fascia.  The foam had already started to fray in a few places so it was time.

So after a few cuts with the jigsaw, a bit of sanding, some liquid nails and clamping at last I had a fascia.

After the successful Big Boy test I was satisfied that I didn't need to make any track alignment changes so I went ahead and ballasted the track.

I used Arizona Rock & Mineral Co.'s Northern Pacific Med Gray Granite as the base ballast then added a lesser amount of their Southern Pacific Black Cinder mostly along the rails with a scattering to the sides in a few places.

So having completed the wiring of the module it was time for the Big Boy test.

I hooked up my Roco Z21 system, whipped out my iPhone, added a new loco and voila...it worked perfectly!  

Even my 22" curve was ok.

Next I tried out the Intermountain BNSF ES44AC.

It's been quite a while since my last post, so I have quite a bit of catching up to do.

Very soon after gluing the track down my little helper and I tested it out with a recent purchase.

Then I carefully flipped the module up onto it's side and proceeded to start my first ever wiring.

Here is how it looks.

Next it is time to lay my first piece of track. 

First I carefully ran a fine bead of Barge Cement along the track ties on the bridge and the underside of the rails, then I had to wait 20 minutes for it to dry.