03-12-2010, 04:47 AM
Well, the progress pictures had to wait longer than expected, probably due to a bout of laziness posting anything.
At last I got the rest of the track here and within a few days the track was laid and the wiring for the rest of the track was done, so now one engine can run back and forth on the layout. Earlier I painted the backdrop and the ground and added some ground forms using styrofoam and paper mache. If you look closely, you may find some North Sea sand between sleepers here and there. Unfortunately I am pretty much out of that, so the rest will be ballasted using WS products. (note to self: need to collect sand whenever the opportunity arises..) I'm not sure whether I'll weather the track now, it seems to look pretty nice the way it is right now.
At last I got the rest of the track here and within a few days the track was laid and the wiring for the rest of the track was done, so now one engine can run back and forth on the layout. Earlier I painted the backdrop and the ground and added some ground forms using styrofoam and paper mache. If you look closely, you may find some North Sea sand between sleepers here and there. Unfortunately I am pretty much out of that, so the rest will be ballasted using WS products. (note to self: need to collect sand whenever the opportunity arises..) I'm not sure whether I'll weather the track now, it seems to look pretty nice the way it is right now.
-norm