April 2005
Well…like the best laid plans of mice and men…I didn't get as far as I
had hoped. After spending a lot more time at the Division 3 mini meet than I had
planned for and visiting with friends we just didn't have much time. We did get
Timberline moved into place and started working on getting the turnouts marks
and holes drilled. I spent some time out in the train room the following Monday
and managed to get about half of the remaining ties glued down. I have the ties
for 3 or so turnouts left to glue down and then we are ready to start laying
rail. I'm going to go over the base coat of stain with my tie stain mix and even
out the colors. Once that is down and dry I'm ready to start laying rail.
I've been giving more thought to the lighting. I'm going to have to build
a valance so I'm thinking about making a small light frame to mount to the
ceiling and then face that with the same door skins that I going to use on the
fascia. The valance and fascia should look nice stained and varnished the same.
I also had an idea yesterday about the station signs for the various towns. I'm
going to make some back lit signs with some white plastic and I'm going to get
the station signs done at a sign shop in vinyl lettering so they should look
really nice.
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