The road surface is 120 grit belt sandpaper painted with Vallejo warm grey colours. The shoulders are sand that I painted the same. I’m weathering hwy 68 to match the backdrop photo this week with powders and matte acrylic clear coat. Lots more to add still. Its interesting trying to Continue Reading
Manitoulin turkeys were a prized specialty and will always be on my layout. These cars may be a stretch for my Little Current model railway timeline but they are fun to have around. I got a little sidetracked over Christmas while waiting for scenery to dry and testing a few Continue Reading
Painting the rocks along the tracks and hwy 68 near the swing bridge. Most of this will probably be covered in overgrowth but I’ll be looking at it as is for awhile so I wanted to do a good job here. I got hung up on getting the colours close Continue Reading
An Aerial view of Little Current, ON Published by A.A. Gleason Jr of South Bay Mouth. Photo by Ed. Dreier. Undated. This is a nearly perfect a photo of the Little Current yard that I’m using as reference to build my layout. In the lower left edge cars are visible Continue Reading
Photo backdrops are now up on the first module. There is a lot of scenery and weathering add before this looks unified but its a start. I used LePage spray adhesive which was a poor idea, the photos didn’t stay attached everywhere, especially the small details. Where the backdrop came Continue Reading
