April 2019 Update
A lot more got done this month, because Patrick was here every week. We just continued with the skirting project.
The rail is completed under Red Wing.
Patrick installs a support block under the end of the first peninsula.
I accidentally left a track riser too long years ago. It turned out to be a handy mistake, as we put it to use as a rail support.
Patrick hangs the curved rail under the far end of aisle one.
I went to Menards and bought landscape fabric. The rolls were 4' wide, so I cut them in half on the table saw.
I made this giant "paper towel" holder to help manage the fabric as I hung it.
The first section of skirting.
I'm starting to get the hang of it.
Patrick hung the rail on the curve at the end of aisle two.
Then over to the end of aisle three.
Back in aisle two, the rail is completed under Pig's Eye.
Over in aisle four, Patrick did the long straight rail.
At the west end of aisle four, the rail goes around the electrical outlet and the air system inlet.
At the east end a support block is needed to finish the run.
Meanwhile back in aisle one, I'm still hanging fabric.
Patrick built the last section under Red Wing.
The rail under the small helix
It wasn't possible to do a full length skirt at the end of the second peninsula two, because the edge of the hidden yard is directly below the edge of the main level. so we'll do an extra short skirt on the bottom, and leave the yard visible in this section.
A couple weeks ago, I ran across a for sale ad here on the forum. This is just what I was looking for, for Prescott.
As you can see, there's going to need to be some modifications made in order to allow this MTH husky stack through.
Just today, I saw a photo of one of these, in another topic. It looked like the lowest cross bar on each tower had been cut away, just for this purpose.
While I was cleaning up little things around the layout, in preparation for this Saturday's layout tour, Patrick went to town hanging the skirts, starting where I left off at the end of peninsula one.
He finished aisle two.
And got most of the way done with aisle three.
My son will be here tomorrow, and will help me with some last minute projects around the layout. Then on Saturday, he and Patrick will help run trains. Hopefully we get some visitors.
