Crew activities this week

Wood working

Bill and Ross at work cutting up mdf for Hornertown town scene backdrops and fascia sections for Huntington.








Wiring at Jimtown

Bob and Chris doing some awkward to get at block wiring under top deck.














Sanding backdrop prior to painting

Chris sanding the filler over countersunk screws on the backdrop.






Fine tuning track work at refinery

Rossco placing copper sleepers in trackwork around my handlaid points.






My handlaid triple point.




Bridge styles decided on the Huntington Branch

Base board cut outs marked up.

Yard Office arrives at Huntington

Building, ground cover, dirt road and fences.








More ground cover and ballast to silo tracks.




More bushes added to earlier work.








Acrylic sheet installation commences to protect layout from little prying fingers away and those grown ups who choose to lean....



6mm clear acrylic sheet sandwiched to bench work behind 12mm mdf fixed through the sheet at 50mm centres.

Ground cover and trees start arriving at Huntington

Ground foam, graded gypsum, sand, etc are being applied to get the basic cover in place



Along with a few trees in strategic places



The final section of retaining wall has been added



BJ at work doing what he does better than me...







The wetting agent is applied



Followd by the glue



The end result....

Scenery work continues at Huntington

Concrete wall around turntable painted and plaster applied to higher areas above wall.



Crew quarters, sanding facility and water tower added.



Rail racks installed and painted, capping applied to retaining wall and plaster applied aove retaining wall to upper level.



Foundations for silos painted.



Plaster applied to tunnel area.

Clouds and Industrial Smog arrive at Huntington

BJ got busy with the air brush this week...






The foundations have been laid for the grain silos




And the last of the foam has beem secured and basic shaping done ready for plaster work.

Winery Loading Platform Arrives

BJ has been busy again!

The progression is shown below







I'd better get handy with the rail brown here as the shinny rail sides don't fit with the rest of the scenery!

A bit more work has been done on the tunnel area too





Wiring Continues in the main layout area

Installing the six core point wires between the layout and the mainline panels to enable turnout operation and position reporting



Main panel terminal strips



Spot the under bench workers behind loco



A close up = Rossco (Left) & Ross (Right) checking nad tagging wires under the layout. Ross was not available when the "Monday Night Crew" photo was taken - see my first post.

Winery Arrives at Huntington

My scenery guru aka "BJ" has been hard at work building the winery scene to complement his earlier work.



The scenery foundations for the tunnel (through the wall to the main layout) have been positioned ready for the mesh and plaster.