The Town; and The Cobbler Gets Lights

New House and Updated Lighting

Up Close at the Station

The Town and Station

Building More Road and Close-Ups

Road construction using the Woodland Scenics Smooth-it product.

On the MJT forum somebody mentioned seeing some close-ups.  I've only taken a few overall so far so I very quickly took a couple this evening just to do it.  They aren't very good because I didn't take the time necessary, but it's got me thinking more about it.

Trains Come in the Station

No real progress made, so here are a few recent shots of the main three trains that run on the layout: C&O Steamer #489 (trad size); UP Passenger Streamliners (trad size); and MKT FA2 #326A,B,C (standard size).



Filling The Gap

The most significant progress in July was development of the access hatch covering.   I cut a basically square piece of 2” pink insulation to fit in the gap.  But first I closed the gap by about 8 inches or so with the same insulation braced into place permanently.  I then poured the road of the insulation so it is in place now forever.  I covered the edges of the removable piece with some pieces of plaster cloth and then painted the whole thing brown.  You can see it in place here in the middle of the layout.  I’ll get to the scenery on it later, the main thing is that I was really not sure how I would go about doing the actual covering.

Some shots of the station:



A New Gondola and a Few Other Things

Here is a 2011 Lionel Boston and Maine gondola with coke containers that I just got.



 MTH Passenger Station.

Both trains moving.

Here you can see the lake where I was able to pour some water but found out I need a lot more.  That is a mix of two blue acrylic paints, and then some fine grain turf (burnt grass(2) , earth(2), and soil(1)) glued on top.  Hopefully it will look good when I pout the "water".