Been a couple of months since I have posted, but I have been busy.  As Lance Mindheim drew up the track plan the forefront and back ground had a lot of ground cover.  This was consistent with what I told him, my modeling skills were modest.  Ground cover is a lot easier than scratch building structures.   But I felt it did not capture the feel of the prototype setting.  I wanted to see trains running behind buildings.  So I widened the bench work from the planned 18 in to 24 in and looked for buildings that I could scratch build in front of the track.&nbsp

The magazines and this website are full of articles and postings of some exceptional modelers.  I am not one of them.  My layout building journey started nine years ago.  My skills have improved, but in retrospect my layout was a failure and turned into the Plywood Pacific.  In this blog I will start posting my thoughts as a renew my enthusiasm for the hobby.