All of the new flock are in resident on or around the Virgin Creek trestle located on the east wall of our G scale model railroad located in Fort Bragg, Mendocino. The eagle was created on a 3D printer by daughter Annalise and assembled and painted by Club President Chuck Whitlock. (Click on picture to enlarge)

Eagle swooping on its prey

The pigeon in the next pic was also made by Annalise and painted by Chuck. The birds are “flying” courtesy of a very thin piano wire:

Pigeon flying

These seagulls were created by a very good friend of Santa Cruz Frank (Smith). We really appreciate her artistry. The pigeons were painted and mounted by Chuck.

Installing pigeons on the Virgin creek trestle

the Virgin Creek trestle.- north side view

Seagulls flying alongside the Virgin Creek trestle – south side view

Seagulls in Virgin Creek

Virgin Creek – if you look carefully you can see that the seagulls have realistic feet and beaks

Last, but not least is our vulture – he was bought from Racine’s, our local toy shop:

Pissed off vulture

Club member Roger Thornburn has been very busy replacing the info signs along the layout’s exterior East Wall. The old signs had faded under a beating from the UV and sea air. They were amongst our oldest signs and weren’t that easy to read so Roger “upped” the font size as well as making new frames. Here’s what they look like – click on any one to enlarge: