Yardmaster

My first set - a Marx Yardmaster from the early/mid 70s.

Mountain Makeover - done?

I am going to let the glue dry for another night or two, then I may plant a few more trees. Bummer - I managed to lose a very nicely rendered Artista bear figure during this effort! I'll bet the ol' Shop Vac took it as a snack.....

Mountain Makeover Progress

...still hacking away....

Mountain Makeover Mayhem

Some quick and dirty photos of a very messy do-over project. For the past few years my old mountain backdrop scenery has gotten on my nerves a bit. Having recently acquired some skill in the mangling and other abuses of extruded pink foam, I decided to go ahead and tear out all my old efforts despite questioning the returns on such an investment of labor and materials. It was also a good opportunity to correct some mistakes such as the 90 degree corner in my sky. I also made the effort to place a set of Scenic Express Pennsy Cut Stone Flexi-Walls around the inside of the front entrance into the cut. I think it will give me some good photo opportunities this winter and this part of the scenery was getting pretty trashed anyway due to the demolition and do-over efforts.
Photos show the initial fitting up of the first carving efforts (this started out as a 2' by 8', 2" thick piece of foam) and the installation process of it after each step of scenicking the section in my workshop. The next photos show the installation of the Flexi-Walls with some additional plaster rockwork and the construction of the corner (curved) mountain. The last photo is my box of Scenic Express Super Trees!

CTT Hirail Special November 2009

Be sure to snag a copy of CTT's November 2009 Hirail Special issue to see my latest article. Congrats to senior editor Kent Johnson on his layout feature. Kent has been great to work with...

Here is a CTT subscriber-only link to some videos and photos.