I spent about 3-4 months in 2010-2011 building the benchwork, getting my mainline down and wired, doing skies on my backdrop, and building 20 plus buildings. I was away from it for several years due to family issues. In December, I started working on it again. I painted the backdrop, installed the Atlas O signal system (20 signals), installed plaster wrap/sculptamold, made rock molds and installed them, installed Lionel telephone poles, made and installed speed/yard limit signs/state line signs, and installed SC2's.
My layout is a folded dog bone. I am currently working on long section that will have a yard. I am detailing the mainline section along the wall and will be adding the yard track within the next couple weeks. I hope to finish this section by 4/1. Once completed, I will have 80% of my layout track down and wired.
Despite building many buildings years back, I have bought several Woodland Scenic Built ups. For $100.00 you can't beat what you get for that amount. Their buildings are great and the minor details added are well worth the money. I could never reproduce what they provide for that amount and I could never replace the time savings that those purchases provide. I hope to get the entire layout essentially completed to a point where it only requires tweaking. I am really enjoying the progress.
The problem is that I am already thinking of ways to expand the layout once I get to that tweaking stage. Hahaha!!!
