The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 2

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Awesome progress Tom!   It's always fun to see what you are up to these days.

Cousin Brucie,

Thank you, very much appreciate the kind words. Glad you are enjoying the adventure.

Tom

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Yesterday I spent several hours converting some wasted space for a more useful one.

The area is 8' long, 2' wide and 32 inches high.

I started by ripping a 2X4 down the middle. The 2X2's were laid on the carpet between the layout legs.



I cut several cross 2X2 pieces and laid them in place as shown.

The cross 2X2 pieces are screwed to the longer 2X2s. However the entire 2X2 form is free floating.



More in a few.

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A 3 ply, 3/8" plywood base was cut and screwed to the 2X2s.



I then cut to fit two plywood sides and screwed them in place.



More in a few.

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Now I have a new storage area. One where I can see what I stack there.



I forgot to mention I also pulled all the buss wires prior to making the storage area.

Diet Pepsi time, back in a few.

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Last week I finished the water in the Suwannee River Lagoon.

I followed Dave Frary's video on using Mod Podge. However, I didn't use the brush he suggested and I only applied two coats instead of the 10-12 he used on the Seaport diorama.

I used one of my Babe's discarded makeup brushes. It's much smaller than the one Frary used. Meaning he used a paint brush and not a makeup brush.

I took my time in the applications and the results worked very well.






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[vinceg]

Wow, Tom -- that's pretty amazing. Without the facia and ceiling around the edges of the shots, I don't know that I would be able to tell it's a model. Well done.

[sdrees]

Hey Tom, the water looks great and your photography capturing the scenes is the best.

[GPdemayo]

Man.....I leave town for a few days and all sorts of stuff gets done on the ole' A&S.....

[jimmillho]

Man.....I leave town for a few days and all sorts of stuff gets done on the ole' A&S.....

That will teach you to not go out of town while work is going on.

Jim

[jrmueller]

Tom - The A&S continues to give us more great views. One of life's disappointments is that I never got to see it in person. Florida trips are over. Jim