Modeling abounds in those 8 days along with a stab at figuring out the location and size of the mill pond. I've had to order more foam board to help get all the levels correct.
Additionally, I am still fidgeting where the buildings have to fit in the space. With nothing glued down it's tedious, but until I'm finished building this thing I have to live with it.
I got to the point where I needed to open up the foam board and use the table top as the pond to get to that next level of fit. I messed around with trying to get trackage into the mill site, and wrote some additional track ideas on the foam at bottom left. I may not be able to sort that out until the model is on the layout.
Log ramps are built with entry trackage on the inside of the mill. The dam is built, its right up against the uncut foam. You can see it peeking out left and right. The two sided rough drying shed without the roof is also complete and resides on the opposite end of the mill.
One last thought for today. I am so happy I took the time to stain every last piece of wood for this project on Day 1. Now I just look up the bag number for the dimensions I need, pull the wood and I'm good to go. As I cut and fit legs or supports the ends are prime wood with no stain, so I go back to the staining and painting table in the garage with a hand full of parts, decks, legs etc and restain the bare ends. Why not - it looks so much better in the end.
Next is the Log Pond dock and Dynamite Shack dock. I am happy to be building that which will stand in the modeled water.
See you all next time and happy modeling
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