So you think you can't paint a backdrop it took me 8 tries and lots of YouTube videos to learn the techniques to paint what I needed. Also lots of photos of the Colorado Front Range, I got to spent a lot of time there in the last few months. But here you go a few pictures of my efforts. This is over 12 feet long only 278 more feet to go but I got this done in 2 day at very relaxed pace not much more then 6 hours of work the rest was drying time. 7 photos and a sample of the fore ground work to follow soon.

The new coach yard/ P&LE / B&O/Erie/ NYC interchange track

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Hi everyone!

I came home from my rotational deployment to Korea a couple months ago and got right back to work on the layout.  I have gotten the track weathered and ballast, built a new structure, and started some rudimentary operations.  My fictional little branch of western Oklahoma's regional Farmrail/Grainbelt System is coming along pretty decent.  Although its my first serious layout attempt and thus us fraught with mistakes, its been a lot of fun to build.  Here's a few things this beginner has learned:

Who has a spreadsheet, written schedule or material they are willing to share to set up a maintenance schedule for brass locomotives and diesel RTR's (Proto, Atlas mostly)? Units have been in storage for sometime, so I need to start with basics and then come back to do followups on a regular rotation.

Any and all comments, et cetera are appreciated in advance.

Chip Stevens/ReadingChip@yahoo.com