Thanks fellows. As you see, there are lots of work to be done in this area with more kit building and some simple scenery for now. The big thing is to get the operations going in this area.
The Walthers "City Station" will get a light weathering job, people, baggage, and etc. to give the impression of busy-busy. I have to build a refinery, Northern Power building, REA building, team track, large machine shop, and a steel mill that takes the pig iron from my existing blast furnace area. Of course, lots of backdrop work (you available Ray?
) I have to get busy to do this so I can get back to the main layout. Gads, I got dozens of incompletes.
Now about the steel mill: I bought the Plastruc Steel Mill and opened the box.
Yikes! You have to cut the sides out of raw sheets of plastic and etch the sheet metal panels in. That should eat up many rainy days
. Has anyone out there built one of these? Steve, didn't you have one on your layout?? If you have any "watch-out-for's" or hints, please let me know.
Chip, you are really doing good. I would bet that you are starting to feel a lot of real satisfaction.
Ray, the (edit
)complicated benchwork you are doing now would give a cabinet maker nightmares
, but if your like me it is fun to do it. Aren't you thankful for those type of clamps. I bought some about 5 years ago and have used them for everything imaginable...great third hand.
Steve, I am envious of your rail excursions. I would love to see and hear the huffing and puffing again. You got to put it in high gear and get started on your layout so that you can hear/see it every day
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NZKen: Sorry I missed your call. I have an email coming your way.
