N Scale addition

N-scale layout Summer 2025 with 3rd level operational and some overview pictures

Dr Yellow !!!!!

Kanata Rail overview pictures Feb 2024:

  Showing N-scale on level 2 being secured 

Before and After

 Some before and after pictures of 3D model buildings for the Disney World section of the layout. 3D models were from GoldRushBay and painted & detailed by me.

Hot air Balloon

Fire Hall

Crystal Palace

Emporium

River Belle

WDW Station

General Store

Haunted Mansion

More WDW development

Carnival Updates at WDW section

 Start of the Tiki room

Parrots are being painted for the Tiki Room

Fire station and haunted house. Behind them will be the entrance to the Pirate of the Caribbean attraction.

There will be a cave grotto here eventually.

The Jungle Cruise is coming along too on the left

7sq feet were added in total, the Country Bear Jamboree like building is on order from Gold Rush Bay to fill a part of the area closest to the front.

Big picture view of the layout

South end of the layout March 2022

Ariel view of downtown with the row of Victorians

Another of the downtown with the main passenger station

North facing shot with the WDW plateau on the left

Looking south, need to ditch the hot water tank for more room.......behind the door is the art room.  A BIG doll house is underway in there, more on that to come in a future post.

WDW section: Sept 2023

Friday Fri-Yay

With the major reconstruction going on on the WDW plateau, the veggi market and farm had to be relocated to a former power company site.

As always, Finnigan is close by

as well as Agatha, during Railroad construction and operation

 

   Rory being helpful by the Casino

Disney World Update for May Day

 Some pictures showing the development of the Rail Roads WDW section: Crystal Palace, Main Street Station, Haunted Mansion and the newly painted Steam train the Roy O. Disney.  The 3D printed fire hall and 3D printed Lilly Belle paddle wheeler have arrived and will be cleaned up and painted over the summer. 

  For the Crystal Palace, 15hrs of cleanup was needed before painting and installing window treatments on the 3D printed building.  Front lawn partially installed with future palm trees .

Haunted Mansion now in place on the south end of the WDW plateau

Main Street station has been cleaned up a bit and a first primer coat airbrushed on.  Experimenting with paint colors for the fret work on top.

Future WDW fire hall arrived.  No clean up on this one yet.

The big paddle wheeler arrived too from Gold Rush Bay in San Francisco.  Amazing model, love the details!

Just off the work bench, the Roy O. Disney is almost finished its refurbish and repaint from a former Jupiter paint scheme.

The coaches have been rebuilt, repainted and new decals designed and applied.  Bought the coaches from a local swap meet for a total of $10 !  I think I killed the printer making the decals..........................

Lots of scenery rework to accommodate the new buildings (they are big!) and hide the electrical controls for the motorized rides and all the new lighting.  This section is now called the 'WDW plateau' (Giza Plateau?), is about 8ft long by 6ft wide and is approximately 20% of the total railroad square footage.  Maybe I have problems.