Ready to travel

Yesterday as I rolled my suitcase out to the car I stopped to take a few photos of the many features out in the driveway. One of them was the train engine - just recently mudded and curing a bit before the painting process starts. The train was looking very dapper in the bright sunshine. When the painting crew is finished with it the little engine will look like it is 100 years old as they have figured out to make some very believable rust patinas.

Once I snapped the pictures I jumped in the car and headed out to the airport. Twenty-five and a half hours later my plane touched down in Trinidad. Tomorrow we head out to the site for some meetings and a layout. Unlike last time we are now in dry season plus they have added about one foot of gravel to the base, which means I won't get my feet muddy and our paint marks won't simply float away. Temperatures are positively balmy and I'm looking forward to a day out in the tropical sun. Stay tuned for a report tomorrow...

Just in time delivery

It isn't often I put in a lot of overtime in the shop but last night was definitely one of those nights. I'm off to Trinidad for the next few days and had to complete a few things for the painters to do in my absence. The MultiCam Robot was one of them. I polished it off just before 10 pm. and then headed in to pack a suitcase.

I can hardly wait to see him all painted up on my return in a few days!

TV stand ready for paint.

The shop was a very busy place today with all manners of projects on the go. As much as possible I concentrated on the TV stand and robot in an effort to get them ready for final paint. The features soon need to be on their way to the International Sign Show in Las Vegas.

I played carpenter, sculpted and plumber during my day. The piping is in place and the blocking for the TV bracket is in place. Last minute details were sculpted and the decorative rivets were glued in place making the piece ready for the paint.