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Thanks to the great photos put up on here by forumites, I have my creosote plant

planned.  I found lighter tubing with thinner walls than PVC for the retorts. But I found

Plasttruct has a minimun order which my retort doors and supports won't reach, so that is on hold.  So only have the base and the retorts cut to shape.  Will have to build a  LARGE corrugated building for the retorts, and find that none of the structure kits I

have is suitable for the separate office building.  It looks like a lot of scale wood will be needed for the piles of before and after ties and poles.  Also will have to track down at least four captive flat cars to run into the retorts...so....this won't happen fast.  And the company is in a tizzy, for the loggers are cashing their checks, the sawyers have been cutting ties,  loaded log cars are clogging up the sidings, money is going out, and none is coming in.

 

I made some Truss supports for my elevated track I will soon be adding (I hope).  I used basswood for some of the supports, but then later switched to birchwood which I cut with a jigsaw.  I then glued pieces of styrene for the beams and details, spray painted them flat black, and then added rust and weathering.

 

 

 

 

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Well I just ordered $160.00  from brennan's model railroading. I ordered some better ballast. I got some gray and rail yard black. And I ordered 2 bags of  each of there scenic supplys . I know that I'll get every thing I need  it will just take time and warmer weather. I'm just not used to being on a fixed income like I'm on. Plush things have got a little bit harder for me to do since I lost my right leg.So just give me some time and I will get this layout up and running.

 

Good Morning

Yesterday did more ballast and scenery,I do some scenery and ballast at the same time while I'm spraying glue over everything, some places are hard to reach. Today will be more of the same. Still have an industrial area to build and a town expansion. 17 days until Blissfield Railroad Days.

Over the past month, I've finished the bench work for the first level of the Milwaukee Beer Line and put down some track to make sure my track plan actually worked. After a few tweaks, it does. I have two bridges (bascule and lift) that cross the Milwaukee River, but before I could permanently mount and wire them up, I've had to do the river scenery first. I'm pretty much done with that and hope to pour the "water" today and then start on the wiring. With a little bit of luck, I'll have some trains running by the weekend: I've got some thirsty customers. 

I don't have the end caps and other parts I need for the retorts, so the creosote plant
is on hold.  Yesterday and today I have reverted to working on the previously  started ghost town kit.  I have cut walls for the general store out of milled clapboard, installed
Grandtline windows and some doors, and a bent and sagging ridgepole. With the four walls assembled, I am now starting to install broken rafters where they will show through the holes in the roof.  Have done the porch floor with its holes and sag.  Have been thinking up names to put on the barely hanging sign, and think I will just put in the foundation of the station, with a vestige of a platform that flagged trains can stop at, the building just the pit full of scrap lumber.  A very decrepit saloon and roofless blacksmith shop should complete the scene and indicate that residents have left for the next bonanza.

Very frustrating day. I worked on two switches to get the controllers to function properly. It did not happen, but after some time, I did narrowed the problem down to the wire that connects the switch to the controller. I hope to fix the issue today so that I can get on to finishing the wiring of the yard and the rest of the switches.

 

It is a good thing that most trains days are better than this one.

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