Sun, Mar 17, 2024 thru Sat, Mar 23, 2024
Worked on Video Production of Season 2024 Blog 502
See Blog Week 502 last entry to view video
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After almost a week,
I've begun work on the
puzzle again.
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Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Puzzle progress:
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Finished the mountains
and the green tree line. |
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Jordan Osborn 6-7pm 1 hr.
Marcus Thorsen 6:15-7:15pm 1 hr.
What we did...
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| Opening meet & greet... |
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Rob will be working at the Winfield/Berkeley station
site tonight. |
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| What a minute, what was that? |
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| Marcus joins the crew and gets right to work. |
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| He'll be adding pieces to hide the seams. |
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| BEFORE |
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| AFTER |
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Meanwhile...back at the station.
Rob cuts a piece of foam board to fill the gap. |
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Meanwhile...back to the back wall.
Marcus trims out the next section of the back wall. |
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| As Rob begins to paint the parking lot lines. |
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| Nice work, Rob! |
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| Project complete. |
This week I will work on adding a few more details around the station.
More to come...
Tue, Mar 19, 2024
Puzzle progress...
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| Getting closer to the finish line. |
Wed, Mar 20, 2024
Progress on the RR & the Puzzle...
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We'll start with the RR.
Working on the sidewalk to the CNW Engine Facility |
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| Painting |
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| BEFORE |
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| AFTER |
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| That took about 30 minutes. |
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Time to do some spring cleaning.
Guests coming on Sunday! |
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| More progress. |
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| Looking nice and clean. |
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| One more view. |
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| Finally - puzzle progress. |
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
I stopped at Hobby Lobby for some scenery supplies...
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More glue sticks for the glue gun.
The white sheet is for the base of the homes near Berkeley station.
The black sheet is for the station platforms at Wheaton. |
Later that night...
Even Jan helped with the puzzle.
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| The train is the last thing to do. |
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
Up early to do some weathering at the CNW Engine Facility sidewalk...
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| BEFORE |
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AFTER
It's a bit hard to see in the shadows. |
...and at the Winfield/Berkeley station
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| I used gray and black mortar mix to do the weathering |
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| Another view. |
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| Adding more street to the parking lot. |
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| Just a little bit more to go... |
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| Wow! The puzzle is almost finished. |
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| Just a few more pieces to go... |
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
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| Let's get this done right now! |
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Jan helped on this last leg.
DONE! |
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| Getting three trains ready for tomorrow's guests. |
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| Unit Coal Train 2A WB |
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| Just before the crossover. |
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I couldn't get the steam engine running, so the diesel
UP GP50 #53 will take the Excursion Train 4A out tomorrow. |
Weekly Layout Update
Duration: 02:53 minutes
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