An N-Scale Santa Fe branchline through the mountains

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Contruction Journal ( 2026 - Jan-Jun)
02/25/2026 Top

Water Damage! The water softner had a slow leak that I did not catch for a long. By the time I noticed, the trainroom had a lot of damage. About 2/3rds of the floor and a bunch of the sheetrock had to be removed. The entire workbench and shelves had to be removed as well.









03/19/2026 Top

Water Damage! Part 2 Had to get multiple bids but finally found a crew that was willing to work around the train. Most of the contractors wanted me to completely clear the room before they would do any repairs. Ugh! No Way!
They did a great job with minimal impact to the train!





04/04/2026 Top

Water Damage! Part 3 - Finally got the workbench rebuilt. Went with a different design this time.





04/09/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 1 - Starting a Bar Mills kit.





04/19/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 2 - More work on exterior and starting interior.







05/02/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 3 - Interior painted up and working on staircase.







05/09/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 4 - Working on store interior.
Cut a bunch of colored wire to act as the bottles of pharmacy ingredients



And loaded up on the shelves



Showing all the floors



Added a counter and some people





05/10/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 5 - Got the lighting installed











05/16/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 6 - Built and installed the cornice





05/17/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 7 - Oops!
I thought the lighting was a little too bright (blue) and did the trick where you "lightly" coat the LED in a translucent orange to "warm" it up a little bit. I think I went a little too heavy!





05/23/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 8 - Fixed lighting and worked on balcony
I carefully cleaned off most of the orange on the LEDs and they look much better now



The balcony railings called for a simple square post. I did not like that, so I carved my own.





And this is how the balcony turned out





05/25/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 9 - Worked on roofing and storefront







05/30/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 10 - Storefront installed and created a copper roof for it







06/06/2026 Top

Klinger's Pharmacy - Part 11 - Signage installed and weathering complete.











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