The Color of Things to Come?

Firstly, Happy New Year! We hope you had a great holiday season and a satisfying, productive year at your work bench.

Naturally I've had Arizona on my mind since we returned from our trip last month. It was only a matter of time before I couldn't resist the urge to use some of the ten pounds of red dirt and sage brush I'd shipped back home from Sedona. In this case it was for a small diorama I built for a friend. I'd never taken a stab at coloring rocks beyond shades of grey, and it was necessary to match my carved plaster rocks with the finer dirt I sifted around the edges. When the match wasn't as close as I'd like, rust colored weathering chalks came to the rescue. Quickly I could see myself building some layout scenery like this, on a larger scale - it's very tempting to say the least. At the moment I'm committed to my Iowa based, present day layout but there's no reason to say, build a small module, maybe 2' x4'. We'll see.

In the meantime, we're in final production of our Canal Street & Third kit which will start shipping later this week. We've also been finalizing several kit ideas and projects for the coming year as well as starting our fourth DVD project , which may be available my the end of January or early February.

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Have a great 2010!