Category: Consctruction

Ballast My weekend modeling efforts went mostly toward ballasting the Industrial Lead, Sugar and Steam tracks. I used an assortment…

In my  recent post Barriers. I mentioned how I could not find a suitable stand in for the concrete ecology…

I’ve been experimenting with colors to paint rooftop details. While most of the pipes and vents will be painted a…

The Arctic Refrigeration Building on Hanford Street features a covered truck dock. Recreating the look, and its been a very…

I’ve been working on the Seaport Maintenance facility. I engraved and cut the exterior brick structures on my Cricut Maker.

Seattle Lighting has a large warehouse and retail store that will be modeled on the layout. The warehouse is no…

It’s been a real slow summer. No time for trains. Kids summer camp brought me a couple of hours of…

I used Homabed and Homasote for roadbed, but wanted to fill in the gaps at joints and kerf lines. I tried a few different…

UR92 Fascia Panel A few weeks ago I burned up my Dremel trying to cut a new hole for UR92…

I’ve been slowly plugging away at laying the homasote roadbed and homabed. Not too hard. I tack down the bottom layer…