All Major Backdrops Are In

Yesterday and today were reasonably productive.  In spite of continuous rain for two days, I was able to finish installing Masonite backdrops on Graveyard Curve, which completes all of the major backdrops and you can no longer see basement walls unless you peek-a-boo below track level.

To do this I had to violate my rule of not cutting wood indoors because of the dust that it raises.  Had I not done that, two valuable vacation days would have been lost.

Here's a panoramic photo of Graveyard Curve with it's unpainted backdrops.

While I should have gotten these in before the subroadbed went into place, at least they are up before any of the track structure was laid down - unlike elsewhere on the layout.  With a little bit of stretching into the first 4 days of 2015, all of the backdrops went up in 2014; that's my major accomplishment for the year.

Now comes the really distasteful job of taping the joints!  After that, a coat of sky blue paint (as you see at the two ends) and it will be ready for photo backdrop prints.