Road bed is down, ready for track

The road bed is down, ready for track. Although I model, as you know, in HO scale, I am using N-scale road bed, which is a lower profile at 3 mm than HO at 5 mm.

Next comes the track, but first it has to be weathered. I am using the Micro-Engineering weathering solution. The process is mixing the solution with water and then immersing the track for a specified period. I'm going to start with a 2:1 water-to-solution mixture and a 3-4 minute immersion. I will continue to check the track until I get the level of weathering I want.

I have been avoiding this piece of the project, but its time to bite the bullet. Good friend and great modeler Dave Abeles (Onondaga Cutoff at https://onondagacutoff.blogspot.com) recently wrote in his blog about the intimidation of tasks untried hindering progress, and the need to just move forward and do it. It hit home with me. Interesting that both projects - his creating a pond, and me weathering in a liquid solution - involved water.

My next post will be a report of how (successfully, I hope) the weathering worked out complete with photos.