Good Morning All. It's a muggy 76° and overcast, 93% humidity which is unusually high for us when it's not raining. Only reached 90° yesterday, 10° below average. Nice! Worked on a few small home improvement projects yesterday since the yard was too wet to work in. It never ends! Never did venture to the garden as the dirt path was very muddy.
Ran trains and did some general clean-up in the train shed yesterday. Rehabbed some structures that I built 25+ years ago, and actually did a little more ground cover. I am in a good cycle with the overall train shed "clean-up". I clear out an area under the layout where various things have accumulated, then build some shelves underneath and repeat the process elsewhere. I'll finish that before I get all of the landscaping completed! LOL So far I haven't found any "forgotten" items!
Dave - You asked a week or so ago about the roof texture on a model that I didn't do. Well yesterday, I did one by the method that I explained to achieve similar results. I have a small office structure whose roof didn't seem to have made the trip from the now demolished train room to the new train shed, so I made one from sheet styrene. I spray painted it with Krylon flat black, sprinkled on some very fine beach sand while it was still wet, sprayed it black again and later gave it a shot of dull coat. Here's the result.
Chet - The rain that we received Sunday night (4"+) has pretty much eliminated our grass fire chances for the rest of the summer. No forests around here! It also thankfully, wiped out the late-hatched grasshopper generation, a similar rain in May wiped out the early hatch.
Garry - That is a really nice photo of the passenger train that you posted yesterday. Also, that scene with the bridges is really turning out nicely. I wish that I had the patience to do a scene from start to finish without getting sidetracked.
Eric - As
Chet pointed out already,
Gene made several posts regarding the Woodland Scenics lighting system. He seemed to like it a lot. I have chosen not to use it
yet, as I have lots of power supplies and miniature bulbs to use first. OK, you're off to the races with that much track and roadbed, with the lumber coming. Be careful with the power tools, take your time. Sorry that I cannot comment or help regarding grass mats as I have never used them.
Sherrel - Boy are you correct regarding that strange feeling at the end! Been there recently.
Everybody have a great day.
Willie
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