August 20 2005

Some of the scenery between the lower and second levels are being put in. In the photo below you can see the third level where the Cargill mill is on the background. (This won't be the final home for it.) Some of the elements in the layout  have been moved in order to accommodate the revised layout plan. The atlas Dbl. Pratt truss bridge will be moved from where it is in the photos and the concrete arch bridge will be made for the layout.

The photos show some of the sections of the layout and how I am dealing with the different grades.

In the photo below In the foreground, Initially I was going to put a scrap yard to fill in this little corner of the layout but I have since built the model of my home and placed it there.

In the photo below is the grade on the opposite side of the main layout area. This shows the concrete retaining walls I built to help

in transitioning between levels

Close Up photo of one of the rock castings with the black Tempera paint applied to bring out details in the rock.