Lester completed, Green River Hot Springs is next

Oh don't worry about me running out of things to model, there's lots more to come. I have a Tyvok Spider S1 4'11"x8'2" (2440mm x 1250mm cutting area) 60W Laser Engraver & LightBurn CNC machine that was fully funded on Kickstarter, and due to arrive March/ April if no production delays. It's supposed to be good for single pass cutting of 6mm plywood, which is what I use for TTZ Modules, and plan to use it for the benchwork too, as TTZ modules are very lightweight.

My train shed is 16' x 20', so I have a lot of space to fill, but no big hurry, as I have to make this project last the rest of my life. I am debating making the benchwork dual level, but I want to run trains while sitting on rolling chairs, all comfortable like, and easy for my wheelchair bound friends.

Today, I cut the structure bases that span both modules, now that the glue has dried.



And I wanted to smooth the terrain before adding the base level scenery. I did put some gravel in the riverbed area to start the scenery on one of the modules:

 

Yes, expanding foam is easy to carve, and perfect for Z Scale as you don't need much to make realistic terrain.

 

Today was a busy one for me, I reviewed a few Amazon Vine items, went to the YMCA for an Aqua Gold workout, filled the truck up, went grocery shopping, went to the Pharmacy and got a Flu and Pneumonia shot, then had enough time left to assemble the Gazebo Bandstand for my module set.


So assembly is supposed to be done with superglue, but I want to be able to remove it from the module, and superdetail it with musicians which I cannot find in Z yet, so I micro-soldered it together for a more robust assembly. I also added magnets so I can take the top off to expose the musicians and their chairs and music stands.



Here you can see the first row of music stands and chairs soldered in place. That is all that came with the bandstand kit, however I also have the additional chairs and stands add on set, I just had to stop working today because my left arm is getting sore from the injections today.



You can see the small magnets I used in the bandstand, but I will disguise them as some king of drums when it's time to paint. I just want to get all the other chairs and stands placed before priming and painting.

 

Lots of great suggestions, thanks all.

 

Well, I went ahead and soldered down all the chairs and music stands, then wired in lighting so it will show up in photographs, but, the musicians have not yet arrived. Till I get around to super detailing, just having a bandstand setup is good for now.

I wired it with a 0.5A bridge rectifier (so I never have to worry about what kind of accessory power someone connects to my module, whether 16V AC,or unknown polarity 12VDC) and a 2K resistor so the LED lasts forever. Also the tiny supermagnets to hold the base on place on the module are visible:



Chairs and music stand assembly still under progress, and yes that is an upward facing 0402 warm white LED at the tip of the center pole to illuminate the underside of the roof and reflect light downwards evenly:




Assembly and painting completed, and I put a sandpaprt roof on and painted it to match the hotel roof:



And final lighting check with a 9V battery, good enough for now, remember it is only 1" or 25mm in diameter, so my lousy painting is not so visible in person, just in photographs:

 

Nothing yet. I might be able to find something 3D printed if I look around a bit. I want a string section type orchestra.


I got the bandstand gazebo from ZSM under Shire Scenes, but the wrapper said N Scale Architect?

 

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!