Good Morning again. My 76 YO neighbor needed a little help with an electrical issue that we resolved quickly. Another neighbor who is a licensed electrician wasn't home this morning.
Time in the train shed was shortened by the power failure yesterday, but I did get a bit of progress on the Masonic Lodge. Here's a picture of the side and back walls with the cut-outs completed.
I got all of the columns cut out as well. Not too well thought out, instead of having them side by side to make cutting easier, there was a 1/16" strip between each one. I guess that "Human Interface Engineers" weren't employed by CM.
Then a rather tedious step, after gluing all of the columns to a brick sheet, the instructions call for drawing lines across the bricks in a 4-row, 2-row, 4-row etc pattern and cutting them apart before the next part of the step. After looking at this, I chose to just cut out two columns (the two for the back wall that didn't get the following treatment) and leaving the rest intact for now. One then has to cut out strips of the brick sheet into 4-row widths, not an easy task, and glue them to the columns separated by 2 rows.
My eyes got crossed after the first eight rows, and I will resume today. The finished effect will be really neat, so it's worth the effort. Ten more courses to go.
Meanwhile on the peninsula project, I took a few pictures while I pause there for a day. First, a "Before" shot from April.
And a current shot from the same angle taken yesterday.
More to come soon.
Chet - Nice pictures.
David - Good to see your post. Don't be such a stranger.
Garry - Another great layout picture.
Terry - I know what you're going through with the weather.
Time to go again.
Everybody have a great day.