Don your tin foil hats ladies and gentlemen, and take a look at this video all about what makes the Rapido RDC so great...

Today was spent finishing off the last section of the layouts fascia panels.  Behind the centre peninsula is Reading & Middletown, and these sections of the layout have been finished with both scenery, fascia's & upper valances.

Another structure completed for the layout. Ward Cold Storage Company.  The look I was going for is an older building, built 30-40 years before the 1970’s era, showing normal aging but maintained and still in use.  As the majority of the building will get the same color, I went ahead and put the main walls of the kit together using CA before painting. 
 

I have gained access to a super high res laser printer but am on the lookout for some resources so that I can quickly design up some buildings.

I am looking at some brick style factories from around 1930s-1950s as I have about 3.5m (12 foot)  of industrial background building to construct. There is a yard and the depth is not to flat and squished up.

If any has ideas on where i can get some HO scale template files to use that would be great. 

Hello everyone,

A long overdue update, following the re-alignment of the tracks as described here:

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/39349

I worked on the area between industry #1 and all along the right wall of the layout's room, on something like 40% of the mainline. After removing old track carefully (no damage) and re-installing turnouts & tortoises, i proceeded with work on the backdrop and scenery. I thought of finishing first with the least seen part of the layout and leave the more enjoyable parts for later on.

New Video on how I make my foreground and a look at the street run in Longmont Colorado on the layout. Hope you find it helpful.

Mike

There's a new post today on the Thunder Mesa website with a deep dive into how I built my Grizzly Flats style depot. New video up on YouTube too. Hope you'll check them both out.

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