On the left, you actually see three different projects, stacked. On the bottom is a a collection of PRR books and a file folder of some notes on buildings and scenes I would like to reproduce. I need to load these details into the computer so I don't lose the ideas - would have been nice if I remembered to grab that folder before the last business trip! Next on the stack is some sheet styrene when I started to organize my scratch building supplies but quit in the middle because I could not come up with a better scheme. Next to them is some scale lumber I picked up this past week at Lyn's Junction in Lansdale PA.
On the cutting board, left to right, is a mockup building for West Staging; the front truck from an Athearn SW-9 waiting to be cleaned and the engine converted to DCC; another building mockup for West Staging, this time built from DPM plastic walls rather than foam board; the Chooch stone wall that will plug the tunnel entrance in Herminie; behind that is the drill and with the small cup hidden behind the buildings - I am making the barrier strip for Rt 30.
On the right are 2 box cars that need to be completely refitted with couplers and Intermountain wheelsets. These came from my old underbed layout and I found them in a drawer of "things-I-don't-know-what-I-will-do-with-these". On top is a car that happens to be a duplicate on the layout so I need to change the last 3 digits of the road number with decals. A tedious but 20 minute job that at this point is about 6 years in the making!
Scattered along the back are some park benches I started to paint, the fishermen Vic W. gave me for the Bait & Tackle Shop as soon as I finish the scenery there ... right after I finish the B&O bridge, Herminie Hill and ballasting the mainline! Further to the right is a wide variety of paint and supplies in a bewildering array of disorganization.
But hey, look at all the tools neatly arranged on my desk! I'll finish these projects in no time ...
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