***Revised 2/20/14*** My grand experiment is finished - printed backdrop it is!  See my latest post on this thread.

***Revised 2/17/14*** New painting with less of a yellow tint - see the latest posting at the end of this thread. *** Revised 2/16/14***  Please see my latest posting at the end of this thread where I have attempted to paint a backdrop using both an airbursh for the clouds and distant hills and using a brush for closer tries following Chris Lyon's technique.  Please give me your opinion.  Thanks!

Real Cedar Trunks are now available at Coastmans! 

Well, a new week dawns, and with it progress on my On30 centercab kitbash.

http://cheyrails.blogspot.com/

enjoy

Part Three of Derrell Poole's series on building Colorado & Southern narrow gauge refrigerator cars has been posted on my blog at : 

http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Darel

This is Craig Brantley's layout that will be part of the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Houston, Tx. 2015.  Frolin Marek shot this video and it is one of the Great Model Railroads.  I am sure that given a year and half it will be a lot further along before the convention.

Rick - To answer your question

Well, week 4 of my Thing-a-week challenge draws to a close (yes, I know the weekend starts tomorrow, but I usually work weekends and have little time for modeling). What have I accomplished? I disassembled, cleaned, lubed, and repaired the drive mechanism of the little 4-wheel AHM/IHC switcher I am bashing into an On30 electric locomotive.

A new layout with only 2 switches....

The time has come in my modeling journey to try something new.  I have decided to follow the minimalist approach of less track and more operation.  Thanks to Lance Mindheim and others online, I have decided to build a layout with only two switches.