2020 New Extension Scenes

Area where the 2020 Extension will be
Material for the new tables	Building the new tables

	Setting out where buildings will go
Installing track	Where the Hulett Off-Loader will be
Track feed wires	How we solder the feeds to the rails
Setting new fence posts	Alex Installing the fence railing

New panel for the extension yard	New panel lit up
New paint ball park	Over view of paint ball park
Starting to scenic the new extension	Oil storage tanks on the new extension
New highway bridge	View of bridge and road going into town

Material for chain link fence	Fence installed
Location of new power generating station	Power company headquarters
Eddy, our boss relaxing	New wall at rear of buildings

Applying ballast and ground cover	Alex sifting dirt for ground cover

	Alex applying groundcover
Sign For The Power Plant Headquarters
Robert doing painting detail	Jim & Robert working on the town
Alex assembling the sign for the power plant	Sign being assembled

Sign setting where it will be installed	Jim installing road/grade crossing
Placement of road/grade crossing	Weights placed until glue dries
Scenery coming right along	This is a flicker light unit out of one of those flameless candles. We see potential for using it on the layout.
Painted pole black to help camouflage white pole This is where the Ready Kilowatt building will go	After we use the Proses ballast spreader we like to use  a 1” foam pad brush to help distribute the ballast evenly along the tracks. As you can see in the picture just a light slide along the rail moves the excess ballast off the ties over to the slope. This distributes the ballast nice and even onto the slope. The rails just above the sponge brush still need to be done.
Adding ground scenery, more to be added	Looking South on new extension
	Going to be the Greasy Spoon Cafe
For the long sections of track we use the Proses ballast spreader
Razor wire making time! We start with this 26 gauge jeweler wire.	We unspool about 12 feet of the wire then double it over looping the bight end into an eye bolt set in a drill chuck. We start spinning the drill to twist the two ends together. Once we have a coarse twist on the full length we then go to the drill end and pinch the wire with two fingers to get a tight twist in the wire and work our way to the end
We then wind the twisted wire around a brass rod to form it into razor wire.	What it looks like after being wound.
Jim getting the wiring done for the bridge streetlights	Chain link fence finished around the substation.
Starting on the “plumbing” to connect the load/unload racks to the refinery.	Starting on the “plumbing” to connect the load/unload racks to the refinery.
Adding Ballast	Mark using the Proses ballast spreader
Mark and Tyler feathering out the edges of ballast	Adding the final touch
Gluing down the ballast, We use a 50/50 mix of water and white glue, Spraying alcohol as a wetting agent to allow the glue/water to penetrate	Weathering what will be our Reddy Kilowatt building
Bridge with railing and streetlights installed	Jim extending the wires on the street lights
Marking where the street lights will be installed	Our new street lights
Drilling where the street lights will be installed	We use a brass tube inserted into the hole to feed the wires down  under the table. This method works very well since we were going thru 3 layers of material, 2 1/2” layers of MDF  and 1 2” layer of foam board.
Feeding the wires down	Street light in place
9 street lights installed	Interior lighting for the refinery admin building.
We are using these 12 volt strip LEDs, just cut off what you need  and wire it up.	Bench testing the interior and exterior lights.
Getting the Reddy Kilowatt sign mounted on the roof	Before weathering with a coat of dead flat sprayed on it.
After weathering using pan pastels and weathering powder  suspended in alcohol.	After weathering using pan pastels and weathering powder suspended in alcohol.
Roof after weathering using pan pastels and weathering powder suspended in alcohol.