- built Model Hobbies "Tool House" with modifications (windows, door, roof, long sides)
- built SS Ltd. Howe crane and platform
- built Berkshire Valley Model "Small Ore Bin"
- built Campbell "Quincy Ice House"
- built Campbell "Quincy Speeder shed" (modified to a general-purpose shed)
- built Campbell "Bunk House B" kit; added lighting
- repaired the "Saturday Night Bath" Woodland Scenics module
- built retaining walls for the mine area, using balsa and NBW castings
- assembled/weathered Accurail outside braced box brother Steve gave me
- assembled/weathered Accurail G&D commemorative car
- changed steel weights in PRR hopper #248610 to 0.040 styrene and lead
- Varney Western Pacific box (bought at the June NMRA meet); added weight, Kadee wheelsets, light weathering
- received, unpacked, and programmed my new BLI PRR B6sb 0-6-0
- adding decking to the wharf area; cut/stained coffee stirrers, 1/8 balsa borders installed
- added spackle "concrete" to wharf, painted with Hunterline cement stain
- used black clay to seal around structure bases; sealed it with matte medium, added ground cover and weeds
- added foliage, ground cover to various areas West and SW
- painted all exposed pink foam brown
- made a base for the branch line mine area and the adjacent oil well area
- built up the mine base;
added foam, rock castings, Sculptamold, ground goop, painted the rocks,
added dirt and ore ground cover, added cribbing to the mine shaft, and
installed retaining walls
- installed valences using window "blackout"material, hung from the wire shelves using magnets harvested from old Sonicare toothbrush heads; installed a shelf above the wharf and added a valence there as well
- built several Rix turnout
indicators; modified them to turn 90 degrees with the limited throw of
the FastTracks turnouts (standard is 3/16" for 90, much higher than the
3/32" of my turnouts)
- had an OP session with Nick B. and Don B. to test operating scheme
- had three OP sessions with brother Steve to further test operations
- held an "open house" after the April NMRA meet, attended by ~20 visitors
Model Hobbies "Tool House" with modifications
SS Ltd. Howe crane and platform
Berkshire Valley Model "Small Ore Bin"
Campbell "Quincy Ice House"
Campbell "Quincy Speeder shed" (modified to a general-purpose shed)
Campbell "Bunk House B"
Accurail outside braced box car
Accurail G&D Commemorative car
Varney Western Pacific box
BLI PRR B6sb 0-6-0
adding decking to the wharf area; cut/stained coffee stirrers, 1/8 balsa borders installed
added spackle "concrete" to wharf, painted with Hunterline cement stain
used black clay to seal around structure bases; sealed it with matte medium, added ground cover and weeds
built up the mine base; added foam, rock castings, Sculptamold, ground goop, painted the rocks, added dirt and ore ground cover, added cribbing to the mine shaft, and installed retaining walls
held an "open house" after the April NMRA meet, attended by ~20 visitors
