An N-Scale Santa Fe branchline through the mountains

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Contruction Journal ( 2025 - Jul-Dec)
07/21/2025 Top

Part 17 - Company Town - Hooking up lights
Created and buried a lighting bus under all the buildings.
Used mini-connectors and magnets to allow the buildings to be removable.

Overall view - with room lights on


Overall view - with room lights off - some of those are WAY too bright!



Close up of "business" side after toning down the bakery/diner outside lights



Close up of the "residence" side - need better light management inside the buildings.
There is way too much bleed through! and some of the lights are too bright!





07/27/2025 Top

Dump Truck
Took a break to paint up a 3D printed dump truck I was gifted.
Still on the workbench are the company town buildings that I am (oh so carefully) tearing apart and painting the interiors to add more light control (IE: painting the interior black)




08/16/2025 Top

Part 1 - Tim's Wood Works - a Jason Jensen kit
Took another break from the company town to work on a Jason Jensen kit
Basic walls are together and working on the windows and doors



Got the windows and doors installed







Added the roofs



Weathering some of the detail parts





08/21/2025 Top

Part 2 - Tim's Wood Works - a Jason Jensen kit
Added roofing and other details









08/23/2025 Top

Part 3 - Tim's Wood Works - a Jason Jensen kit
Completed and lit up















08/24/2025 Top

Stock Truck Trailers - built and painted a couple of 3D prints





08/30/2025 Top

Company Town Part 18 - Cleaning up the lighting in the buildings
I had to disassemble, plug light leaks, fix lighting temperatures, etc. then reassemble







09/06/2025 Top

Company Town Part 19 - Adding rock molds and basic coloring





09/23/2025 Top

Company Town Part 20 - Staining the rock molds







09/25/2025 Top

Company Town Part 21 - Basic ground cover on background areas





10/02/2025 Top

Company Town Part 22 - More ground cover and staining the wood for the cribbing and bridges







10/25/2025 Top

Company Town Part 23 - Building cribbing and retaining walls in the very back







11/03/2025 Top

Company Town Part 24 - More retaining walls







11/15/2025 Top

Company Town Part 25 - Building the three bridges





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