My layout was on tour on Thursday, June 24th. We had about 400 visitors and had a lot of positive comments. I want to thank John Nossler for driving up from Wichita to help me for the day. I was so busy with talking to folks that I didn’t get any photos. Most of the time had 2 trains running and a 3rd when it wasn’t so busy. The Berlyn K-37 with 20 AMS cars ran almost all day. We changed out the other train with the Accucraft K28 with a baggage, combine and 3 coaches, Berlyn K-36 with 16 cars or one of the Bachmann K-27’s with 14 to 18 cars. Had just 3 misshaps, one when a gust of wind blew a PCS brass long caboose and 3 cars off the layout at the highest point the layout is off the ground, when the onboard battery went dead on the K-37. and battery problems on one of the K-27’s. A photo of the layout also made the front page of the local paper. Here is what all I did get done before the convention. Some yard tracks. I going to move the switch and add 6 feet to all the tracks
I got started on the mountain part of the scenery for the stamp mill.
I will use a molds to make the portal look like a blasted hole
This is what I want to do on the whole mountain with rock molds. I have 1 that is about 2 foot by 4 foot and 1 that is about 1 foot by 2 foot. I still need to make some large (2 foot by 4 foot) rock molds before I start the rock work
On the back side is the stamp mill.
The semi trailer is still in my way to start on phase 2 of the mainline. I have given it away twice and nobody has a tractor to move it. I may have to take a cutting torch to it soon if it does leave. Here is the link to the RR and a rough track plan. http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=12080 I will have the layout open to anybody passing through to Marty’s in Sept. Just let me know (Andy, Ric) Rodney