And you guessed it!

More foam! This time I am trying some expandable foam to fill in the shapes. Now to shave it to a shape I like and plaster away.

And a little more foam.....

Glued some more foam down for carving, laid some ballast in the portals the other night as well. Should be able to start carving out the portals tomorrow.

And a little more.

Little more progress

Slowly but surely.

Hot outside, cool in the basement.

End of the line for Testors Floquil and Polly Scale paint - Model Railroader Magazine

End of the line for Testors Floquil and Polly Scale paint - Model Railroader Magazine

1:1 Scale

Well, I decided to dust off the camera on Easter Sunday and head to the tracks. What an insane day, 20+ trains and some things I have never seen done before. These two trains are both moving, following each other after a eastbound cleared the bridge at Natress.

Then the VIA unit did it's impression of a Steam Engine while going through Portage La Prairie.

Once that train passed we caught a few more on CP and one on CN. Not a bad day at all.