During the 2023/2024 TB winter layout party I was working on the scenery. Sheet of styrene is used to protect photo back drop.
This is the east end of the layout with hillside built up and ready for scenery.
The last little bit of fascia connecting the top of the upper helix to the east end turn around loop is installed and painted.
The upper helix has received a tempered hard board wrap and the fascia from Carlin has been extended to end over Winnemucca.
With IR sensors and a custom control circuit two trains can be staged in serial on the large return loop at the east end of the layout.
The river has been finished and the cork roadbed is in on the smaller of the two sections that will make up Carlin. Track is installed on the WP...
The smaller of the 2 Carlin sections has had the river cut into it and sealed with paint.
Reflective tape and bright red LED's are added to the gate to prevent accidents. The LED's turn on whenever the gate is lowered and shut off...
The hillside has been completed, the tunnel portals installed, and a painted sky board of .040 styrene slipped in behind the hill.
The hillside is being built up with insulation board before being covered with plaster cloth.
The track has been installed and tested. The rear track has been ballasted and scenery toward the rear has been mostly finished. Tempered hard...
Fitting the bridges and bridge abutments. Plaster cloth has been added to the terrain west of the river.
Building terrain with photos of the prototype posted above.
I know I should plan the layout before making the benchwork, but in my case I couldn’t get a sense for what I was going to end up with without...
Sub-roadbed, cork roadbed, and river bottom installed.
This section will eventually be part of Carlin.
Some scraps of fiberglass reinforced plastic paneling were glued into place with Liquid Nails adhesive to round out the inside corners at the back...
A frame was made from strips of 1/2 inch plywood to mount a Showcase Express display case. The frame allows for the space for the mounting...
