The Empire

[Zephyrus52246]

Using two tiny dabs of glue, I placed the piece between the mainline rails to further test.  The trains have to run perfectly, scenic considerations are secondary.  I ran some diesels, big steam, little steam, light 2 bay hoppers, and several finicky passenger cars through it forward and backward, slow and at "Greg Speed"  .  No derailments.  Next the pieces will be spray painted grey. 

Jeff

[Jim Donovan]

Looking really good.

Jim

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for looking in, Jim.  

The next step was doing the street between the town and Produce market.  This was masked off, spray painted grey and then Pan Pastels used for coloring.  I need to figure out striping for the new streets.  I used a stencil and hand painted the others, but they didn't turn out great.  I may try a decal instead.  Anyway the street needs a bit of lightening. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I then installed the rest of the sidewalks.  Placing the buildings at the end of the street, there is a gap.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I thought a dirt lot with a car parked here might work, but there's supposed to be two tracks here, which go nowhere, so I used the buildings to block this.  I had an extra "First Timer Bar" that was a freebie from Downtown Deco and built it in a few days.  It fits pretty well, I think the gap will be blocked by a bush and tree.
It has no door, but it's really not noticeable from the aisle.
Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I painted and installed the piece of track from the Produce Store as well.  Now I need to make some ground goop and sculptamold to finish this area.  Then paint/grass/bushes/trees.  

Jeff

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

The Empire is looking great. I like the method you used to mark the road crossing. I've used a similar method using 2 ply cardboard.

The Empire is coming together very nicely.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Tom.  I'm slowly progressing forward.  Need to check my scenery materials as there's a Scenic Express sale going on. 

Jeff

[S&S RR]

Good to see you working on the Empire Jeff. Looking good!

[ReadingBob]

Nice job one the produce store.  What a fun little (okay, maybe not so little) kit!  Love it. 

[Zephyrus52246]

Good to see you, John.  Thanks for looking in.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Hi, Bob.  The Bailey's produce was a group build from many years ago.  It fits well here.  

Jeff

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looks great, Jeff.

What colour/ brand did you use for the green roof?  Has there been an earthquake?  I notice the chimney has had an accident...

Cheers, Mark.

[tom.boyd.125]

Jeff, the FSM Baileys looks great with that green roof and the rusted panels are top notch too....Tommy

[Zephyrus52246]

Sorry, Mark.   I've looked back ( built this twelve years ago  ) ), the trim was Polly S depot olive, but the panels aren't quite the same color and I either airbrushed or found a spray can to color them, but I don't know what the color was.  

I'm sure I knocked the chimney over moving the diorama on and off the layout.  It's semi permanently installed now, but I have to do some scenery work around and behind it, so I'll cover it with a towel when doing that and would probably knock it off again, so I'll leave for now. 

Jeff