I have been working on Placerville since 2018 and posted a few updates on groups.io. Steve Depolo’s work in Placerville has been inspirational, and motivated me to share my build of Placerville. This is my first major post and project in the last few years. I got to know Mike McCarville over the last few years and have been collaborating with him on a few chimneys. Mike did the Placerville post office which was a fun project to build, but it needed the chimney. [Read More]

This is my first entry but it’s a bit about the past. I have added a bit of my history and previous layouts in the various links. Not going to blog about that, other than if I add an update. For years, I have been working on a bedroom sized shelf layout. I dreamed of a larger space for my layout but was reasonably content. Then I retired, the pandemic hit, and I met a group of folks that have top notch layouts, and regulalary operate on them. [Read More]

My first real entry.. with this new site. Benchwork… My wife and I are getting closer to having plans to add a small addition to our house such that I can finally build my layout. (Long story). But I have finally narrowed down on my track plan. It’s a double deck layout with a helix. I tried so hard not to have a helix, but. Goals of my layout.. first is that it is for me and modeling what I want to. [Read More]