The Randall Museum in San Francisco hosts a large HO-scale model model railroad. Created by the Golden Gate Model Railroad Club starting in 1961, the layout was donated to the Museum in 2015. Since then I have started automatizing trains running on the layout. I am also the model railroad maintainer. This blog describes various updates on the Randall project and I maintain a separate blog for all my electronics not directly related to Randall.
2024-04-24 - Fairfield Scenery
Category RandallOrion just completed this scenery project in Fairfield:
This used to be -- and is still -- an access hatch. I cut a piece of plywood a while ago of the right size, and Orion designed and added scenery to be easy to lift and move away as needed. He made the hill out of paper with a cloth surface, then painted, with grass and details glued in place.
This being California, we can see the clear fault lines around the park. That makes it easier to remove the access hatch.
Orion has also added a lot of small details in the surrounding area. We have some wildlife on the hills including cars and cyclists, a typical representation of a native California setting.
