Thanks to all of you for the great comments. As to having the layout in the model railroad press, the answer is no! A while ago I had submitted some pictures, but Roger Carp said there "Was too much unbuilt spaces and they only include finished layouts." I would suppose that it's finished enough for him. I have been published with big articles twice in Railroad Model Craftsman; Substation and Distillery, and have two more sitting with the editor there, Engine house and The House. I also sent two manuscripts to Allan Miller, but since the first contact requesting them, I heard nothing from him even after repeated attempts to make contact. I would welcome an article on the overall layout, if it were to happen.
It was a good day. My wife and I got our 2nd Covid Shots and my arm is sore to prove it.
I touched up the retaining walls today and did a little landscape maintenance on the layout edges. It's been a number of years since the grass was "planted" in those areas and it's showing its age. I added some fresh turf and will continue to do this working around the layout as time (and mood) permits.
I started the Bradley today with the completion of my sprue rack extension. This kit has a lot of sprues and a lot of parts, so with a hot glue gun and some scrap cardboard from a liquor box, I got the rack extended to the letter "Z". This little device really saves a ton of time when building complex plastic kits.
