A new beginning....

With a change in plans I have decided to expand the layout and instead of modeling a fictitious Redmond I have moved to the south end of the 5th Subdivision and will be modeling a portion of Bend Oregon. I have decided to model the area from the depot south to the switch the leads to the Brooks-Scanlon sawmill. I will be adding a Bend page soon and will keep the Redmond page up for now.

All Aboard...the mixed train has arrived

After a few years waiting my passenger train has arrived...
Here is the advantage of modeling a line that was moving at a much slower pace. The use of a combine could cover all of the passenger needs on the line except for the first day of fishing season and other special occasions. I will add some figures, interior details and weathering before I will call the passenger train done...

Some junk in the attic.....

A little more work on the upstairs....

More stuff on the Structures page

Some progress on the inside....

More photos in the structures sections

Seeing the forest....and the trees

I have been trying to figure out what to do about the transition between backdrop and scenery. I was able to get the ground cover the way I liked it and then with some painting I move the forest up to the edge of the scenery. The next step was to start building trees...and trees and more trees. I still am working on my technique but I think I am getting there. I think my next step will to do some more tree trimming and adding the remainder of the trees.

Some more Scenery....

I was able to spend some more time working on the layout working on scenenry. I built a few trees to try out the ol furnace filter trees. They still need work but I think I am on the right track.

An Island....of scenery

Well here is my first actual scenery for the Redmond Shelf Layout. If you want to see more photos of the scenery island you can check out the Redmond Shelf