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VIDEO LAYOUT UPDATE: Scenery update

Posted on 21st May 202421st May 2024
  • Layout Update
  • Scenery

Follow along as I continue the build of my N scale model railroad. In this short episode I give you an update on the latest scenery progress. I thought I’d just do a video showing the current progress rather than lots of small ones trying to catch up. Hoping to […]

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Disused underpass project

Posted on 13th January 202413th January 2024
  • Layout Update
  • Scenery

I’m coming along nicely with my disused underpass, full of weeds and fenced off. I’m really happy with how it is turning out. I still have to add static grass, and then will fix it into place and scenic around it, with more retaining walls to the left, with more […]

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VIDEO LAYOUT UPDATE: Scenery update

Posted on 27th December 202327th December 2023
  • Layout Update
  • Scenery
  • Video Update

Follow along as I continue the build of my N scale model railroad. In this short episode I give an update on the first scenic area on my layout, along 16th St. & Wood St., with a warehouse and vacant lot.

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Pouring roads

Posted on 5th November 202327th December 2023
  • Layout Update
  • Scenery

Finally back in the layout room! Pouring roads…uurggh! I hate plaster! 🤣 But happy with the way it’s coming together. Pavements next, then colouring.

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Track painting

Posted on 9th October 20223rd December 2022
  • Layout Update
  • Trackwork

This weekend I started painting the track, the first step of the scenery process. I started by spraying the two lower staging yards with Krylon Camouflage spray paint. I find this gives a good base to the sleepers and the rails. I’ll follow this by painting the rails and tie […]

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