Since returning from Japan in January I have been mostly working on my modules in preparation for the 2025 edition of the Hiller Aviation Museum's Trains and Planes exhibit. Our part of this went from the 9th to the 13th of April. We had a real good turnout with the Ntrak club and it was great to visit with all the guys. And I ran a lot of equipment that I don't run on the home layout. Here's a shot of our Ntrak layout with the AsiaNrail layout being behind it.
Since last fall I have been trying out Vallejo paints and like them. They are quite reasonably priced if purchased in sets on Amazon and I also found an ebay seller that sells them individually at a reasonable price. So in February I bought a rack specially made to hold these paints.
The Vallejo paints don't have the same colors that we are used to with Floquil paints which were more focused on model railroads. I discovered that Model Railroad Hobbyist which is an on line magazine I follow had color matching charts showing how many parts of each Vallejo paint to use to get a close match to a Floquil color. So I printed all the pages and have them hanging on the inside of one of the cabinet doors where I keep some of my painting supplies.
In late March my friend Roger visited the layout and we ran a couple of jobs while letting the glue dry on a new Ntrak module he is building. He is experienced with layout operations and one suggestion he had was more uncoupling picks and holders around the layout so that is something I'll be working on.
A new locomotive was recently introduced the layout. This Atlas GP35 was given to me last year and I finally got around to installing a DCC decoder in it. It was custom painted many years ago by another friend from the Ntrak club who has since passed away. I could not find any evidence that the prototype number 644 ever made it into UP service but it will on this layout.
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