NTS&B First Raised Mainline Loop-Some Progress

Sometimes its hard to tell what direction of progress has been made. I usually lay most of the accessories and track in temporarily to make sure everything fits (see previous entries). When its time to finalize it, then I have to tare it down and do it again. When laying it out, it became obvious that the fire station looked too big next to the other buildings. I decided to gut the plywood table to drop it down 1/2 inch. I also had to cut an access hole. These had to be cut prior to permanently installing the raised track, so when I took the raised track down for painting, I cut out the required holes.
The cut out on the left is for the fire house, the other one is for access to the inner portion of the layout and the ceiling.


I recently discovered I need ceiling access directly over the largest part of this section. I had planned to cut an access hole, but now realized it had to be big enough to fit a step ladder with me on it.

Starting to come back together. Newly painted roadbed is back (still temporary) up. Have another post to re-cut, and supports for the upper raised track to put in before laying down final trackwork.