All the masonite backdrops are done and painted.
My eldest helped by putting primer down and then I followed with my blue.
I had to remind him to let the roller roll and not to scrub it across the surface. Kilz is pretty forgiving and cheap to boot so it's a great way to get him involved and have him contribute without worrying about the end result too much.
These are much older shots so as I update the blog and site, progress will seem very quick but don't worry, we are still plodding along here at Richmond Terminal HQ. An earlier blog post shows a somewhat newer than this, but I wanted to show progression so here we are..
The railroad crosses the Chickahominy River so I decided I would actually make it more than just a strange plywood shape - actually use scale structures and some *gasp* scenery.
The prototype bridge doesn't have a pier in the middle but I didn't want to try to kitbash a structural piece so it ended up being sized to fit the Micro Engineering 85' deck kits.
I didn't fully realize how far behind I was on my photo intake process until this evening when I started looking through memory cards - yikes!
Anyway, here is a good overview shot; I'm standing inside the Doswell/Staging area "pit", looking towards the rest of the railroad. At right, the turnback curve between XR and Hamilton, in the distance at center left is Milford. To the far back left is North Doswell.
The Doswell bridge area in the foreground is MUCH cleaner than it is in this shot now.
Ops didn't happen due to scheduling concerns. January is shot already, but February might be a possibility.
Some progress has been made on the railroad so I hope to post up some pictures and what not in the next few days.
I do have articles pending for both the LDSig and OPSig magazines so once they get published, I will note it here.
Keep a lookout for email announcing operating sessions in November and December.
We will probably keep the sessions small due to COVID but the basement is large enough that we can maintain social distance.
The backdrops around the peninsulas are done. Still debating about painting the wall areas - that's more involved as I have to paint primer first (I use Kilz) and then go for blue.
If I can remember and get motivated, I will pull some shots off the camera this week.
