Well sited on the layout.  Nice scene. 

Jeff

Morning, all.  

Cold and grey here.  I have a four day weekend and hope to get more work done on the ITLA build.  

Hope the oil wash technique works well for you, Bob.   

Jeff

That looks good and the angle makes it fill the scene quite nicely.

dave

Bob, try letting the paint cure for a couple of days before the A&I wash.  One more Friday to go, right?

Cloudy and seasonal in SE NH, I should get back to the train room this morning after the cleaners are gone.  I've decided to install a switch machine at the turnout close to the trestle site, since it'll be harder to do that once the scenery is in place.  I also worked a bit on that turnout yesterday, to try to prevent the problems I've seen on my other FastTracks turnouts with points that don't quite close correctly with the switch machine.

dave

Morning,

It's gray and rainy for the next few days and perfect for working on something inside, like sleeping.

Morning all,

T.G.I.F!  Looking forward to the weekend and some workbench time.  I'm roughly 70% of the way through painting all the detail castings on the current build (there are a lot).  I hope to finish that task up this weekend though it's becoming a little more challenging.  The old A&I wash after painting has to be abandoned.  It'll just wash off some of the newer paints I'm using.  I'm going to try Dr. Jeff's trick of hitting the castings with a flat finish (DullCoat or similar) and then using an oil paint wash in lieu of the A&I.

Have a great one!

The windows in the back are plastic, but the front is made of layers of chipboard, as is the big door.  Add some signage and the whole effect is pretty good. ( The roof has not been glued in place yet.)