Here's the latest Davetown diorama. I'll put a slide show of the entire build together in a day or two.

I've been reading many articles and I'm a bit confused as to when I should put in the photo backdrop I'm planning. It seems it needs to go in earlier as I don't see trying to weasel it around behind landforms, buildings, trees, etc. especially with adhesive on the back. It certainly seems you should get the material you're using for a backdrop in (styrene, Masonite, etc.) And then painted if you're not using a full height photo (some only use the landform portion and cut out the sky.)

I was going to scratch build   a trestle I need for my layout but while shopping for other items I came across  bridge components from a company called "Grand Central Gems" They have assorted heights of trestle bents, both single and double  and a trestle deck with backheads.  The deck looks as if you would only have to add rails and not conventional bridge track.  Anyway, wondering if anyone out there has experience with this company?

Michael

I have found some incredible photos of a shipbuilding industry that relied heavily on the Canadian Pacific Railway for its operations.  The advantage to us layout builders is this shipbuilding industry could fit on almost any size layout.