An N-Scale Santa Fe branchline through the mountains
Project Company Town Projects / Home
Manufacturer Custom

11/15/2025 - Part 25 - Company Town - Building the three (3) bridges
11/03/2025 - Part 24 - Company Town - More retaining walls
10/25/2025 - Part 23 - Company Town - Cribbing and retaining walls in very back
10/02/2025 - Part 22 - Company Town - More ground cover and staining wood for cribbing and bridges
09/25/2025 - Part 21 - Company Town - Basic ground cover on background areas
09/23/2025 - Part 20 - Company Town - Staining the Rock molds
09/06/2025 - Part 19 - Company Town - Rock molds and basic coloring
08/30/2025 - Part 18 - Company Town - Cleaning up the lighting in the buildings
07/21/2025 - Part 17 - Company Town - Hooking up lights.
05/10/2025 - Part 16 - Company Town - 2nd floor Interior of Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House.
05/03/2025 - Part 15 - Company Town - Interior of Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House.
04/27/2025 - Part 14 - Company Town - Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House.
04/20/2025 - Part 13 - Company Town - Diner / Bakery mostly done.
04/10/2025 - Part 12 - Company Town - Interior for Bakery side.
03/22/2025 - Part 11 - Company Town - Interior for Diner side.
03/09/2025 - Part 10 - Company Town - Starting Diner/Bakery.
03/01/2025 - Part 9 - Company Town - First layer of plaster.
02/27/2025 - Part 8 - Company Town - More scenery sculpting.
02/23/2025 - Part 7 - Company Town - Finally starting scenery work.
11/11/2023 - Part 7 - Company Town - Completed a small church
10/30/2022 - Part 6 - Company Town - Completed the Company Store
10/15/2022 - Part 5 - Company Town - Completed 3 shotgun houses
09/25/2022 - Part 4 - Company Town - Almost done with 2 of 3 shotgun houses
09/18/2022 - Part 3 - Company Town - Starting on some shotgun houses
09/11/2022 - Part 2 - Company Town - Work on company houses
09/05/2022 - Part 1 - Company Town - Work on company houses
09/05/2022 Top

Part 1 - Company Town

Began work on a set of company houses (5/14/22).




Also managed to install all the windows and doors on 2 of the 3 company houses (6/5/22)




Continued work on several company houses

09/12/2022 Top

Part 2 - Company Town
Finished the first 3 company houses

09/18/2022 Top

Part 3 - Company Town
Started on some shotgun houses

09/25/2022 Top

Part 4 - Company Town
Almost done with two (2) of the three (3) shotgun houses

10/15/2022 Top

Part 5 - Company Town
Completed the three (3) shotgun houses

10/30/2022 Top

Part 6 - Company Town
Completed the company store

11/11/2023 Top

Part 7 - Company Town - Completed a small church
Initial painting and weathering, before any construction



Partially built - with lighting installed



Finished

02/23/2025 Top

Part 7 - Company Town - Starting scenery work -
Finally starting the scenery insert for the Company Town.




02/27/2025 Top

Part 8 - Company Town - More scenery sculpting -
More foam carving. The area is really starting to take shape now.










03/01/2025 Top

Part 9 - Company Town - First layer of plaster -
The area is really starting to take shape now.






03/09/2025 Top

Part 10 - Company Town - Starting Diner/Bakery -
Working on Interior for Diner side. Need a bunch of tiny tables and chairs.




03/22/2025 Top

Part 11 - Company Town - Interior for Diner/Bakery -
Building a bunch of tiny tables and chairs. Painted and added several figures, then did a test fit.








04/10/2025 Top

Part 12 - Company Town - Interior for Diner/Bakery -
Added interior to Bakery side. Still need to add lights and something on the walls.




04/20/2025 Top

Part 13 - Company Town - Diner/Bakery mostly done -
Added lighting and finished the outside. Still need to add signs.








04/27/2025 Top

Part 14 - Company Town - Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House -
Starting a new building for the saloon, billiards, rooming house.
Bar and Billiards on the 1st floor. Rooms will be on the 2nd floor.

05/03/2025 Top

Part 15 - Company Town - Interior of Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House -
Finished the 1st floor bar, billiards and card playing areas.





Some views in through the windows






Started work on the 2nd floor rooms.

05/10/2025 Top

Part 16 - Company Town - 2nd Floor interior of Saloon/Billiards/Rooming House -
Created beds for each room.



Didn't like the "all white" look so added sheets and blanket to each to match room color


Created an armoire for each room


Didn't like the colored floors, so painted them all brown and lightly washed each room in its color

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

Top