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on February 18, 2013

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Owensville Terminal Micro - Backdrops Completed

The painted backdrops are now completed, but two of the three panels will take at least another week to dry sufficiently to mount to the baseboard. Here are a couple of photos of the layout with the rear backdrop, which is now dry, mounted to the baseboard. Tom

A New Project for a New Year

I have decided to make a change to my H0 scale layout, The Owensville Terminal OASIS District. I am adding a shelf extension to the left side of the layout that will curve around a wall corner and connect to another shelf (8" x 96"). My Wetterau Food Services Micro Layout will be on that shelf. The micro layout will now be part of my home layout. It will be utilized as a destination for a local working south out of Fourth Street Yard (OASIS District). Plan & Progress as of January 9, 2024 Track plan for the new arrangement WFS set up on new shelf. Staging section: This will be a hidden staging area that will have a low-level fascia panel installed in the front. I am using the 16" tail track section on the left side of the WFS currently, but I could change this out with a 24" section with another industry. For my current operating scheme, the original tail track is sufficient. I finished construction of the removable staging section, and have connected the WFS

Cornelius Peppermint Mine - Gn15

My Soggy Bottom Hollow Pizza Layout was put on hold due to the fact I knew I would not be able to finish it in time to enter it into the 2023 Micro Model Railroad Cartel Christmas Challenge. I decided to try a smaller pizza layout with a Christmas theme. I officially started on November 22, 2023 and had 8 days to finish it before the contest build period closed. I was able to complete it by the deadline! Layout Progression Photos The following photos illustrate the layout build progression. Some days I worked on it for hours, and other days just a few minutes. Overall, I would estimate the total time of actual modeling to be around 10 - 12 hours. Ian Holmes constructed a micro layout in seven days. His layout was a project he documented on his blog. The layout no longer exists, but the blog still does. You can find it at this link - 7 Day Model Railroad . I could have finished mine well within seven days, but ended up skipping a couple of days to work on other things, so that didn&

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