We
were up to Bob Mohowski's last week Don Buesing and I, to do a little scenery
on Bob’s layout. Bob
started his layout about eight years ago and up until now, it has had no
scenery at all! After
a recent conversation with Bob, I offered to do a small section of scenery on
the layout for him and he agreed to give me an area where I could make my
contribution. I
wanted to do something that would get Bob excited and energized about his railroad
again, so Don Buesing and I agreed that we would meet up in Saratoga, and spend
the day working on Bob's layout. The
day started about 9AM and ended around 9PM and though it’s just a start,
it added a great deal of color to Bob’s Railroad.
Bob
works "Dryer Detail" to firm up the ground goop and get it ready for
a darker earth colored paint.
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Don
nailed the shot of Bob watching the first train rolling across the bridge.
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When
the day was done, Bob told me that he "now has a confident new perspective
for what is possible with his railroad” and feels excited about looking into
the room each day, being inspired by what he'll see...
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Don
did a great deal of work below, removing the temporary roadbed for the skewed
thru girder bridge ( built by Scott Lupia ) and prepared for a trial
fitting of the piers which required
a lots of modification.
Once
the fitting was complete, I weathered up the New England Brownstones bridge
abutments that Russ had graciously sent out the morning after they were
ordered, so that they would arrive at Bob’s on time for our work session on
Wednesday.
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A coal drag moves upgrade
through the cut, which was created using Rubber Rocks, ground foam and some
photo backdrops which I shot this summer.
Ken
Karlewicz
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