From now on, everything about the substation project is on a new thread. Since it's going to be complicated and time consuming I thought it best to segregate it out.
Meanwhile, I'm preparing an area to eventually receive the substation. This area was had the gypsolite treatment, but was very wavy and needed leveling. I decided to fill it in with more gyposlite/paper towels. It helped. My reasoning is that G/P is much cheaper than Sculptamold. Now that it's a little better, I'll finish the rest with Sculptamold.
Then a thought came to me... when the time comes to take this layout apart—hopefully some time in the far distant future—it's going to need a jack hammer or dynamite to remove the scenery. Styrofoam would have been much better to pave this area in retrospect. What you see he is going to be a road leading to the area where the substation will sit. Actually, you could just unscrew the joists from the girders and lift out entire sections of it.
I also finished the rock wall on the hillock separating inner and outer loops. It's ready for paint, landscaping and weathering, but it will wait until the rest of the sloppy work is done in this area. I also don't believe that this kind of rock would co-exist with the Kentucky limestone walls just around the corner, but hey, it's my world and I can make it any way I like.
This next pic, while too dark, shows the relief really well. I specifically lit it from a single source so it would show the formation better.
Grandsons are here overnight so I may get some more landscape work out of them tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be awful. What a great time to work on trains!
