Catching up on my updates......

It's been quite a while since my last update. I've also gotten quite a bit done since then. First of all, I've gotten about 80% of the fascia and valance up and painted. You can't tell from the photo
but the paint is a CTC green that Tony Koester gave me the formula for. 

The other big thing is the entertainment center and shelves I added under the layout. Painted black, you really can't tell how they're made. Basically, there is a 3'X4' two shelf bookcase on each side of the TV. There will be black curtains below the layout that will hide the chest of drawers on each side. I'll get this in as soon as I finish the fascia. 

 

I've also continued work on the Tibbee Bridge. The wooden trestle approach is complete. The T-girder concrete section is going to be re-done. The pilings under it are a scale 15'. I want to move them up to 18' to match the trestle. Also, the concrete pier on the North end and the Brick pier on the South end are currently in production at the Scale Segmental Bridge Co. I had a completed brick pier for the South end that looked great but it met it's fate after it was accidentally dropped. 

I've also begun to add in structures to see how things will fit. Here you can see the Borden plant and the Starkville Passenger depot. These two models were built by Rich Cobb and look fantastic. Work has also continued on roadbed spline. I've got about 95% of the spline in. there are only a couple industries that still need spline. I've got a track laying blitz scheduled to start on the 29th. I've got some help that will be in town for a week. We hope to get most of the track laid during that time. I'll post more updates soon.