I had enough working on electrical and switched gears to my big trestle. A few commercially built bents, some of my own, basswood, balsa wood, glue, imagination a few days and the scene is coming to life.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train came through Plattsburgh a couple days ago. You can see it here, and watch the video here. I wonder if anybody has made a model of it?

This morning I was looking for an old track plan and information in my post index. All of a sudden, I found myself reading old post and old responses. Forty five minutes later, after tearing myself away to get breakfast, I decided to write this as my first blog post in a long while.

While I probably should have worked off plans for this I didn't I just figured it out as I went along but here is my second scractbuilt structure. The blue isn't intense in person I think the white balance was off a bit.

Hi! I have been working to improve my method to model spruce trees. I´m kind of happy now and will make a video tutorial for publication on friday november 30. Please feel free to comment with suggestions or alternative methods. Improvements are the driving factor for me!

Note:  This single blog post has been edited and split into several posts.   I made too many posts under one title and it became hard to follow.  I don't post often and just figured out how to properly maintain a blog.

Today I started the installation of the staging deck for the layout.  It will have six (6) tracks for storage, one arrival departure track, and a return loop.

The plan below shows the location of the deck, the tracks and return loop.  It also shows the connection between the helix and staging.