Building The Canyon 4: Color!

Painting the rocks really brings the layout to life. I'm going to follow Dave Meeks "Three Tones of the Same Hue" painting technique. But to start, today I put on a base or primer coat of a light gray that I had on hand from a household project.

I needed to get this done so I could glue down ties and lay the track through the tunnel; then I can glue on the top of the mountain, putty the last crack between foam layers, build the other bridge abutments and trestle footings and the tunnel portals; after all that, I can do the finish painting. After painting is complete I'll install the bridges.

You can see here on the back side where the water tank and maintenance shed will go.