I’ve just got this in from, Jeff. If you missed his last one, it’s here.
“Hi Al,
Today I installed more ground work. I use sanded earth colored grout for the soil. A mix of scenic express ground foam for the forest floor. Glue all down with a 50, 50 white glue solution, I will let this dry and start to install trees and brush. Have a long way to go.
Thanks
Jeff”
Stunning. Just stunning. Thank you, Jeff, and please keep ’em coming. Hoping they’ll be some video soon.
Like to find the pages relevant to your layout plans so you can get going?
Then I suspect you’ll like this: a search box! I’ve called it the Golden Key.
In a nutshell, it lets you search through every post I’ve ever done (and believe me, there’s a lot of them).
But it comes at a cost. Sorry. Don’t worry though, it won’t break the bank – just $19.97. And that’s for life too. So one payment gets you a life time of searching. You can search until the cows come home, it’s yours for good.
Truth be told, without the Golden Key, the Beginner’s Guide and the printable buildings, there wouldn’t be a site at all.
Anyhow, here’s what ‘the golden key’ will do for you. Press play and have a look:
Jeff’s been back in touch. He’s added to the narrow gauge model trains on the blog.
His last post is here. I do love seeing how they progress!
But before we get to Jeff, thanks to eveyone who has posted a question or answer in the new forum – what a clever lot you all are.
“Dear Al,
I started about 10 years ago scratch building the buildings, water tanks, windmills, etc.
I handmade all the trees using balsa wood for the tree trunks and caspia for the branches. That part was very time consuming. I used Scenic Express foam to complete the fir trees.
I started the layout in February. I used the “cookie cutter” bench work idea.
The layout is 14′ X 22″ with 325 feet of hand layed track. I think to date that I have installed 24,000 spikes by hand.
I just started with the scenery on the back wall along the backdrop (which I hand painted) and will move to the aisles.
The rock work was all done by hand. I think I am about 1/4 complete. I will send pictures and updates as I complete more.
My goal is a logging narrow gauge to resembles the landscape of western washington. So I am modeling in the on30 scale and will be running Dcc Bachmann steam locomotives. Trying to model the late 1890s to the early 1900s.
Thanks for you interest.
Jeff”
A big thanks to Jeff for adding to the narrow gauge model trains on the blog.
An amazing layout. And again, it just goes to show how important a theme is to bring your layout to life.
