Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Workbench Wednesday: Continental Building - Part 1

    Back in January, I bought Custom Model Railroad's newest building kit.  The Continental Building is a modern, mostly-glass, office building.  It'll have a future home in Toronto.  The main office building high-rise, along with its add-on kit, can be wired for LED lighting, and will have a total of 9 office floors and a lobby.  It's this summer's building project.

    
    Since the building will be lit and you can see into offices, I needed to furnish each room.  I found some 3D printed furniture from an eBay seller.  It was just what I needed.  

    For the past few days, I've been working on painting computer parts and bookshelves.  Computer screens, keyboards, and computer towers have all been painted black.  The keyboard actually has key printed on them and an attached mouse.  


    The bookshelves have been painted in three different colors.  I painted the books the same three colors and then used acrylic paints to show different colors for the book covers.  





Friday, June 12, 2026

Fleet Friday: Bachmann Siemens Venture Cars - Lumi Scheme

     The postal carrier arrived the other day with a fleet of Bachmann's Siemens Venture cars.  These are painted in VIA Rail Canada's Lumi scheme.  Lumi is a nod to VIA's TurboTrain.   I just need the locomotive and cab car to complete the consist.  I'm hopeful they'll arrive soon.