Still working on connecting the upper and lower loops, and that means getting the bridges installed. Installing the bridges means getting some scenery below them in reasonable shape (not completely done, but basic stuff in place). And that means: rock castings. So without further delay, here we go: Rock castings (hydrocal, from 3 different molds) resting in place:

Bridges- my main goal for this past month was to figure out my bridge situation. I was only half pleased with what I had for abutments- some boxy looking piers made from styrene that I knew I would have a hard time making look like cement; even with fogged primer-colored and cement-colored paint, I wasn't getting the look I wanted. For this problem, MR actually was relevant and timely! A recent article by Pelle Soeberg talked about casting his own tunnel portals. That looked like fun, so I gave it a shot, with some surplus styrene sheet I had around.

I found this after I had already started my layout blog, at www.westcoastrails.whsites.net.  You can see earlier posts there.