As usual I am working on my layout in fits and spurts.  After completing the plaster work I painted it with cheap indoor house paint in a brown color (got it on sale for about $15 for a gallon at my local hardware store).  These next couple of pictures show how I will be placing the building models to complete the scene.

This space will be for my log pond. It is a piece of Masonite that I screwed into the bench-work and filled the edges in with plaster cloth. I will paint it a kinda murky greenish brown and add logs before pouring the water material.

And this post would not be complete without another picture of my trestle, on which I have added another bent since the previous pics.

Another view of my heavy equipment collection.

The tow yard, a Woodland Scenics kit.

My most recent project, completing the wiring on the meat packing module (my first one).  I ran the bus wires and used suitcase connectors (displacement connectors) to make the connections.  Also seen in this picture are two of the blue-point switch machines.  I still have several more to install, and I intend to try model aircraft control rods to activate them.

Here is one of the connection points between the modules.  I still am using a clamp as I expect to move the modules a couple of feet before connecting them semi-permanently (well, if and when I move it will come apart) by screwing them together.

Work in progress on the newer of the two modules.  Shown is this picture is the Campbell scale models Brett’s Brewery, shown in its eventual position on the display.  The building on the right is the Grant Line warehouse.

Here is a closeup of the rock castings behind the brewery.  This hill is built in the traditional manner of carboard strips covered in plaster cloth strips.  I hot-glued the castings in place, and used the plaster cloth to fill in the edges.

Here is the hill further to the left of this scene.  I have used a mixture of Woodland Scenics rubber molds and Bragdon ent. silicone molds.  I usually only use the entire rock casting once…in the case of one of the ones from Bragdon it was too big for this.  When creating the castings I pour the plaster fairly thin and wait for it to fully cure before breaking it into pieces which I re-combine to make the rock faces.

I have added a couple of rocks and more “water” into the waterfall scene.

I went back to my first module and started wiring…probably something that I should have done before the scenery.

I have all of my machinery parked on the module, they are all from Rio Grande Models.

More wires in front of the ice house…and a new sign for the ice house.  I used the Model Builder software to modify it from the gif file I found.  I used white glue to attach it to the building.

Here is a picture of one of my tunnel portals in place and one of the rock castings from Bragdon ent.  This will be the only place where I used the entire casting in one piece, I will break different pieces off and reassemble them for the other rock faces.

Here is more of the rock casting used in pieces to create one side of the canyon.  The bottom of the river is in place and partially painted. (note to self – should have used flex paste to fill holes before installing gravel).

Here is a view higher up the canyon, showing where I have started to use Woodland Scenics water effects to create the rapids and small falls.

A final view shows the beginnings of my trestle, which I am custom making each one at my desk before installing it on the layout.