If I could save time in a bottle......
With 2 new grandsons, and the summer season of garden/yard maintenance, hobby time is a premium. I know, I'm preaching to the choir.
One thing I wanted as a goal to this diorama, was for it to look busy in a mechanical sort of way. So the animal barns have been moved away from this section of diorama. In it's place, I will have a heavy repair shop for the circus vehicles; trucks, wagons, and support vehicles. I will be using this heavily damaged former truck shop from the old diorama. The end has been ripped off from a little rough handling and storage from my last move. But, I will attempt to bring it a new lease.
I did manage to get some ground cover down on the flat repair/storage/loading track. I'm trying to capture a look of hardly any visible ballast and weeds and grasses overtaking the less used tracks. It is down using the alcohol/water/white glue as the fixative.
The flatcar loading area is in position and beginning to receive the neglected except for once a year use.
So, as of today this is where I'm at with winterquarters. Today the boy's room get's paint, tomorrow, putting up shelves for
their Lionel trains. Slow, but steady as she goes.....