L & B Railroad update!

Here are a few of the latest pictures of progress on the railroad. I couldn't get a picture of the color on the mountains that was true to the actual colors I have painted. My less than expert opinion is the lighting I am using which is mostly florescent with halogen spots. I do know florescent lights play havoc with camera colors. I read somewhere the key to realistic looking mountains in your scenery is using several colors and thinning the paint to the point that it is more a wash than a paint. I have used five colors with a black over-wash to dull the colors back. So here is the result just keep the lighting in mind. The bridge piers are a work in progress but you get the idea. I have also been producing doll house furniture, Abb's is coming to visit next weekend and I hopefully will have some new pieces for her to play with.

UPDATE!

This an L&B Railroad update! Things in the basement are progressing quite well. I have been spending a couple of hours a day down there working between the railroad and making furniture for the doll house. I will add a couple of pictures of the rail progress to show the progress. I am spending a lot of time on it because as the weather improves I will probably spend less time down there and more time outside. I joined the church golf league and that will take Monday evenings starting April 20th, but that is a good thing. I will update again as I progress and remember to document the progress with pictures. I was hoping to be a bit more on the ball and take pictures more often, but I get involved and time flies and yada yada yada excuses, I just don't get the pictures taken. There just isn't enough time in the day for all my activities, work, and yuck sleep, what a waste of time sleep is! That's all folks as the cartoons used to say.

The Secret is Out

The Indianapolis crew was here last weekend and the project I have been working on for the last year was presented to Miss Abby. I will include a couple of pictures I snapped when she first spied it. I think she liked it! There isn't much furniture yet but as you can see from the last picture she got busy moving and playing with what there was. I am also including the latest updates on the L&B Railroad build. It is coming along well I have actually started building the tunnel portals and the retaining walls for the mountains and hills. Tonight I added some more roadbed to the grades leading to the mountains, although there aren't any pictures of that. I had to hurry upstairs to catch the beginning of my favorite tv show NCIS.