It’s been years since I have used cork on a layout for roadbead, the first Playa Desnuda branch was as low buck as you could get, using a broken IKEA dresser and wood salvage from a pallet. This time around, I am using actual lumber and 2 inch thick foam. […]

Putting some roadbed down…

For now, I am only going to have a staging yard, and since I have some FREE Atlas Remote right hand #6 switches, that’s what I am going to use until I want something more realistic. The shortest staging track will be about 48″, which should safely hold a 15 […]

Yard work…

I have a lot of locos, frieght cars and structures on an IKEA shelf below the layout…I painted the foam (and some of the wood) an odd tan colored latex exterior paint that I got from Lowe’s in their “Oops” bin. Eventually, the fascia will be Pacific Electric roof gray […]

No, really, I am working on it!

I have FINALLY started building the new Playa Desnuda! It’s not much, but it’s a start! I blundered…I built the benchwork knowing the distance between each stud, then forgot to adjust for the drywall….tomorrow I plan to get and add the plywood, then cut the 2″ foam…this is going to […]

Just like the mythical Phoenix…

A month or so back, I for reasons that I can’t explain, decided to buy a pair of Kato steeple cabs for the upcoming, not yet fully designed Play Desnuda branch. After a lot of thought and more whiskey, I decided to use some locomotive numbers that were skipped by […]

Foobalicious Steeplecabs

Life. Don’t talk to me about life – Marvin The Paranoid Android Well, I know that it has been a while since I last posted, my new layout room is still mostly painted and a lot has changed. One of the biggest changes is a new job. For the first […]

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