WIP Update. My first attempt at patching and crack filling on old paved roadway.

Hope this finds you safe and well, all things considered. Looks like it'll be a while before anybody is able to visit the layout, so if you've ever wanted to attend an open house and couldn't - or if you're just looking for a 23 minute distraction from the current craziness - give this a view. Feedback welcomed - Enjoy!

Chris Adams

I just published a video, "The DRE Job: A Switching Primer".  It shows step by step how I switch an industrial area on my layout and explains what moves I'm making and why I made those moves.  Hopefully this will help people understand how to plan and organize their switching.

Enjoy!

We often hear of the "transition era" referring to the final years of steam running alongside early diesels in the mid- to late-1950s.  As someone born post-steam and who prefers to model what I've actually seen, I've never had an interest in basing a layout on that period.  However, there have been many more transition eras since then, and I've found that the opportunity they afford to model the juxtaposition of old against new can add a lot of interest to our modeling.

Like many modelers, over time I have accumulated a large number of different weathering tools, as new and different techniques have become available. When manufacturers introduced weathering powders and chalks, I got some of those; next came Prismacolor pencils; then PanPastel powders. However, over time, I stashed these materials and the tools associated with them in different drawers, cabinets and boxes in and around my work area. Then, when a specific modeling project arose, I would forget to use one technique or another. Out of sight, out of mind.

Since the beginning of the year, I have been working on adding another locomotive to my shortline fleet.  After much thinking and deliberation, I decided to model a proto-lanced South Omaha Terminal GP9.  This blog post will go through all the major steps of this locomotive project:

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Hi all,

We (2 club members) are constructing an n-scale layout, a 7.5 scale mile folded dogbone with continuous running, a lower deck with staging (complete) and an upper deck for some switching interest (in progress).