As I wrap up 2018 and move into 2019, I thought I would share a couple photos and some information on recent work. As noted earlier, I focused on some scenery prior to the November open house. I also did some work on the town scene for Whitefield. I have had mocked up buildings there for a while but I decided to start roughing in the roadway and sone of the scenery. I also finished off a couple buildings adding some interior details and lighting with LED strips.
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Here are a couple of close up shots showing the interior details a little better.
The darker section in the middle of the road is from a gloss coat I sprayed as I get ready to apply yellow stripe details. |
A band is playing inside on this Saturday afternoon, |
After the open house, I'll start getting ready for the Springfield show at the end of the month. I'll be taking the modules on the road again to include in the large, multi-group Free-mo layout in the Mallary building. Stop by and say hello. Although I may be away from the layout at times, but hopefully I will not miss seeing you.
Back to Christmas, and I got this really nice Exactrail bulkhead flat from my wife,. I confess that I did provide her a wish list, but still I had not seen the car in person and sorta forgot it was on the list, so it was fun to open on Christmas morning.
Greg's blog, it is really interesting how he keeps the railroad up to date and writes about the projects for his layout with a prototypical slant.
And finally, my wife and I visited Longwood Gardens during the holidays. It is a really spectacular location with gardens, fountains, a spectacular conservatory and much more. I particularly enjoy the outdoor beer garden and food. We are members and go often - I highly recommend a visit if you live in or find your self in the Philadelphia area.
For the holidays they have outdoor lighting that was the main attraction for us. But we also got to check out their garden railway display, which is set up just for the holidays. Really nicely done, and lots of greenery despite the cold winter weather.
Multiple trains running at once on what I believe were 5 separate loops. You can see part of the beer garden buildings and tents in the background. |
Really nicely done as I would expect from Longwood. I'm just surprised that do not have a garden railway all year long given the work involved in building it. |
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Mike, coincidentally, I ordered the same flatcar, received it over Christmas week, and it has the same problem with the lube plate. Except I couldn't find the missing pieces in the packaging. I wrote ExactRail and have accepted their offer to send the missing parts to me.
Jim (jssxrailway.blogspot.com)
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