Sliding into Staging

In response to the thicket trial run, @bawdsey of Albion Yard asked about the window and how it relates to the layout: Does the window and it’s exterior background factor into the ‘picture’?The reason I ask, I had a similar experience though my window was frosted. To get round the backlighting and distraction of the […]

Coal Loads

I made the loads for the coal cars from some chunks of styrofoam that have been aging in the garage for years. The loader in Depot Harbor was a clamshell, and would have made heaps, rather than a single big lump like a chute over a moving car. Three of the cars got three heaps, […]

Thicket Armatures

We had house guests staying in the train room for the past week, and anyway it’s summer and the weather is too nice to spend days in the basement. It turns out that bending tree armatures is an excellent patio activity that requires minimal tools or precision, and is thus compatible with the consumption of […]