The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

Tom,
Like the new video. Great to see you back behind the camera and working on the RR again.
Tommy

Tommy,

Thank you, and yes, it is very good to be back. The three months off from the prostate surgery was a long process but it is now time to get back to work.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,
As far as I can tell, the only crime is the video is too short!

Jerry,

That's a good one. Yes, they are to short so I need to get more scenery done so I don't keep showing the same scenes over with different trains.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Great video.  Is the Po Po hiding behind the billboard going to run down and stop the trains Greg "Fireball" DeMayo is running when they speed thru the area?   

Bob,

Thanks for stopping by. The PoPo behind your wonderful billboard is for the local speed trap. The West Tahope City Council put the word out to pick up some much needed revenue.

Engineer "Fireball" DeMayo has been cited by the A&S RR Police for excessive speed in the "restricted speed zone". He will be given a defective throttle if that behavior continues.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Great video.  Is the Po Po hiding behind the billboard going to run down and stop the trains Greg "Fireball" DeMayo is running when they speed thru the area?   

Damn the torpedoes.....full speed ahead. 

[ACL1504]

Over the past few days, I placed some structures on the rural portion of the layout. I need a water tank, small station, a small shack and another cracker house.

The photo below shows approximately where the structures will probably go.



The station is an AMB ACL station. It is the full size. I'll build another one and kit bash it to half the size of the one shown below.

I'll also need to scratch build a small took shack unless I can find one in all my structures stash.



After seeing the structures in the photos, I'll move the cracker house back and to the left a bit.

[ACL1504]

I've also started some preliminary scenery in the area.

More on this tomorrow.

[Janbouli]

Looking forward to another great scene being built Tom.

[S&S RR]

Tom


Great to hear you our back working on the layout. Make sure you follow the break-in schedule the doctor gave you.

[PRR Modeler]

Looking good Tom. I think my next project is going to be from AMB.

[ak-milw]

Tom, I am ready for more.

[ACL1504]

Looking forward to another great scene being built Tom.

Jan,

Thanks for following along. I hope I don't disappoint you on this section.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom


Great to hear you our back working on the layout. Make sure you follow the break-in schedule the doctor gave you.

John,

I appreciate you checking in. I've followed the doctor's to the letter for sure. However, I'm not yet going "B--ls to the wall" at this time.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looking good Tom. I think my next project is going to be from AMB.

Curt,

Thanks you, much appreciated. The AMB kits are fun, not my favorite, but they make great structures all the same.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, I am ready for more.

Andy,

Okey Dokey, stay tuned for more.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Last week I added the full strength white glue to seal the cardboard road.



When it dried, I added a little in the crack to level it.



I wanted to make this road an asphalt road. Arizona Rock sells a product called Asphalt, it's in a mix. I followed the instructions and placed some on a sample piece of cardboard. It turned out so bad I won't even show it here. All I'll say is that it a dang mess to mix and even harder to spread to even come close to anything asphalt.

So, I just painted the road with Floquil Reefer Gray. It is a little dark but I'll lighten it later with pastels.

More in a few.