Someone stop the Chief! We're freezing!

[phillyreading]

Keep working Chief!!  Don't let some of these guys get to you.   I would like to help but have to work at least five days a week in Delray FL.  Just been to Camilla GA over Thanksgiving weekend and don't think the wife will want another road trip, she has to work too!  NC is at least a three day road trip at minimum for me.

Maybe you can get some temporary help(like Labor Finders company) to move the plywood size boards upstairs.   I hired temporary help to put in a water line from the road to my house, 150 foot run.

Lee F.

[laz 57]

LAZ - I have heard news reports about some large hairy humanoid dragging deer across PA creeks.

LOL, how true!!!!!!!

Good  one.,ROY.

laz57

[ChiefEagles]

Keep working Chief!!  Don't let some of these guys get to you.   I would like to help but have to work at least five days a week in Delray FL.  Just been to Camilla GA over Thanksgiving weekend and don't think the wife will want another road trip, she has to work too!  NC is at least a three day road trip at minimum for me.

Maybe you can get some temporary help(like Labor Finders company) to move the plywood size boards upstairs.   I hired temporary help to put in a water line from the road to my house, 150 foot run.

Lee F.

I can cut it into two pieces as I'm overlaying with foam.  Just messing.

[Jumijo]

Photos of benchwork from Roseyville?!!!  

 

Any minute now it's going to start raining (Tom's) peanuts and Pepsi.

[dwiemer]

congrats Chief on actually getting the benchwork started.

CSXect, one thing you may want to take into consideration is to use DRYLOC to paint the floor and walls in the basement.  You certainly do not want to get moisture seeping in from outside.  We don't have that problem as we don't have basements in South Georgia. 

Have a great day.

Dennis

[ChiefEagles]

Building suspended.  Winds howling and beating rain.  Do not want to do much sawing in the room.  Rather do it outside.  One minute, nothing but sprinkles, then flooding and then back to sprinkles.  Went out a few mintues ago and I heard the wind howling and looked up and trees were bending.  Burg and I jumped under the Boats/Tractor shelter.  That was right after I got drown running from garage to house on returning from haircut.   This is more like hurricane weather.  Weather alert has not gone off.  Been do more measuring and planning so that is good.  Would love to get sub-top down tomorrow and put a little circle of track on it.  That would really get it going up NAWTH.

[ChiefEagles]

Sun came out and saw came out.  Braced and reinforced what you saw last night.  Now adding another table.  Hope it is freezing and snowing all over the NAWTH. 

[daan]

I'm shocked.. I see 4 legs and some sort of benchwork growing in the chiefs house..

Way to go Chief!! Those heavy boards will be less heavy if you cut them to size before you get them up the stairs.  In your benchwork, put some extra beams in to support the wheight of your boards and drill a few holes while it's easy to reacht to put the wires through.

I'm on the tip of my seat to know what will be next. The world IS changing (for the good that is..)

[Blueberryhill RR]

Chief.......You know the old saying.......When you build it, make sure it's strong enough to support your own weight. .......( This ought to be good )

[ChiefEagles]

Well, I have been bracing and adding more "table top."

Exhaust fan for engine smoke

Mini Spotlights right side of room

Mini spotlights on left side of room

enough for tonight.

[CSXect]

Old man winter broke wind today in Ohio trees down everywhere cold and rain and power outages just in time for supper all the resturants where very busy today as no one could see how to cook at home, funny thing power to the houses were out but street lights and fastfood places were lit up.

Will be using drylock paint, the musty smell is just about gone, when I bought the house 4 years ago there was 3 layers of old nasty carpet and a wet floor from where the previous owner botched up an water heater install, a little rework was needed and not that bad being I got the house cheap through the sheriffs auction.

How expensive is foamboard ?

[jefelectric]

Chief, Looking good.

CSXect, If my memory is correct I paid around $25.00 for a 4' X 8' sheet 2" thick not to long ago.  Of course thinner would be less.

[ChiefEagles]

Down here, it is 1/2 [as thick as you can get at HD and Lowe's] and its $11 per sheet.  To get 2 "=$44.   No way.  Wish I could get it like you Yanks.  Not that cold down here so no call for it.

[jefelectric]

I forgot to mention that what I bought was good quality Blue board.  The big box stores, in our area seem to only carry thinner stuff & lower quality white board that separates easily.  I buy from a local building supply that carries a better selection.

[jefelectric]

One more post,

CSXect, Have you seen buckeyes foam layout construction method?  If not, check it out here.

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8ZYtnLVww24&notag=1

 

[CSXect]

Thanks for the link. I will be useing the traditional plywood for a base and then build up elevations with the foam boards. My track plan has changed several times and I have finaly decided to go with a n around the room loop. lowest level will go out and around support post to be disgusied as the """''''folsoum" prision this will be On30with a gradual climeing to the the top levelwhere I will have a loop of 0-72 and an S gauge loop hopefully I can work in a passing sideing or two. I am using the Model Builer Software for the prison walls now I will have to find some chainlink fence and razer wire. I have found a source of prisoners in the classic stripes and in the orange jumpsuites they are made by Model power and can be had from Diecastdirect.May also use Trainsformations custom figures if she does not charge too much for a guard with stick and mirror on end to check under prison bus which I will have to find. the prison may end up being the most detailed part of the layout

 

One more post,

CSXect, Have you seen buckeyes foam layout construction method?  If not, check it out here.

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8ZYtnLVww24&notag=1

 

[ChiefEagles]

Changed my plans at 2AM this morning [could not sleep after I woke up from reclinerizing].  Off to Miss Edna's to buy track and switches.

[dennyblock]

Keep going Chief, I want to ride my Ski-Doo Flurries all day today in upstate NY. It's looking good, maybe I'll start building someday. Denny

[Buckeye Riveter]

Keep going Chief, I want to ride my Ski-Doo Flurries all day today in upstate NY. It's looking good, maybe I'll start building someday. Denny

Yes, Chief, keep going!  We need more snow so that we can go skiing in NY, PA or OH.  You are working 24-7, aren't you?  If not, get the lead out!

[ChiefEagles]

Pulling the right side layout away from the wall so it is two sided.  Still plenty of room in the middle isle.  Cutting back to two mainlines and expanding the sidings [results of meeting at Miss Edna's].  When you walk in the door, yu can go right down an isle and down the window wall to the end OR go through lift up/drop down and go up middle isle and into the second room.  The layout section on the left wall remains against the wall.  I only lose 14 inches of track/layout length.  If I ha not made the right walkable on all sides, I would have had to build several lift outs to get to the wall side of the layout.  I plan on running a backdrop [mountains] from one end of the right side layout the the wall.  This will divide the coal mines and loading from the rest of the layout.  Back side will also have mountains to match the coaling operation.   Spent all afternoon on RR tracks revising the plan to give Miss Edna a count of the switches I will be getting as I bought all of her MTH 072's. 

[phillyreading]

Chief,

Wish I could even get your price on plywood, down here in hurricane alley plywood is almost double the price that you might pay, reason is that people use it on the windows when a hurricane comes. Plywood might be triple what jefelectric pays up north as compared to south Florida.

Most of my plywood is second hand or found in the trash lately if I need any, almost like buying gold.

Lee F.

[anjdevil2]

Hmm.... 1/2" 4'X8' is about $8 and 1/2" white foam is $8(it has a film of both sides)

Not hurricane alley, North Florida (South Georgia by the Grace of God & the St. Mary's River)

[ChiefEagles]

Work done this afternoon.  Finished the right side except the little short part that goes to lift out/drop down .  The biggest table for the left side.

Can see walk way on the wall side.

More tomorrow.

[Jumijo]

Nice work so far, Chief! Looking good.

 

Jim 

[92hatchattack]

Looking great!  Its good to see the work comming alond steadily. Remember, theres no such thing as too many photos :)

[ChiefEagles]

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW up NAWTH.

[Buckeye Riveter]

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW up NAWTH.

YES, the slopes can open!!!!

[CSXect]

IT is cold Dry and windy up here. gotta go all they way to the lake to get snow. It will come soon enough and plenty of it to go around later on.

[ChiefEagles]

Left side 90% finished.  Will do pictues tomorrow.  Got a funny one too.  Had to go to SIL's and see new Springer Spaniel puppies [wife is threatening to get one, its her sister's].  Spent some time planning the curves [072] running right beside each other.  RR Tracks is good but not that good.  Got is so I can do liftout at doorway.  Later.

[CSXect]

It will come soon enough and plenty of it to go around later on.

Well we are due 1/2 inch of snow On THursday listening to the 80's station