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Posted by RR Redneck on Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:05 PM
I am an N scaler as well.

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Posted by thatboy37 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 11:43 AM
i had 2 sd 90/43mac up's by kato but i gave them to the guy at the hobby shop for a nice little store credit towards my o scale collection. i still have some of my n scale that i kept like almost 500 rolling stock by atlas. plenty switches to make a nice yard with, and 2 boxes of code 80 flex track. so once i get done with the o scale i will do one in n scale with the remaining stock.
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Posted by RR Redneck on Saturday, December 23, 2006 11:36 AM
Looks like you could use some Union Pacific. LOL

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Posted by thatboy37 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:38 AM

yes i plan to once i get the tracks powered and working flawlessly. one for the road. my n scale collection that i have and the shelves i built for them to display. all engines kato except the 1500 switcher its atlas.

 

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Posted by csxt30 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:36 AM
Reggie : sure enjoy the pictures & great job you're doing !! Going to be a great layout !! Just wondering if you plan to ballast your track also ? !! Thanks for sharing !!! John
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Posted by thatboy37 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:27 AM

 more pics im a little out of order of posting them

i was suppose to place the man on the pier after these photos up top. but i didnt put them in order until after i posted the first pics for you guys. the pic that are next should have came right after the man on the pier. sorry for the misplacement. now we shall continue

there is no power going to the track yet just a nice picture of the three trains waiting on the next piece of track to be laid. all those engines are mth non-powered 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Saturday, December 23, 2006 8:38 AM

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Keep up the good work.  Keep posting pictures.

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I have the same K-Line fishing bridge and I really like how you are working it into the layout.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:19 AM
Keep up the good work.  Keep posting pictures.

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Posted by thatboy37 on Friday, December 22, 2006 9:16 PM
well i will try to draw up what its going to look like. i'm just freelancing the whole thing. as i think of something new to add i will put it in as i go along the way. as i post the pics its actually following the course of the layout as it goes around the table. the room is a total of 731 square feet the table top takes up roughly 500 square feet give or take a few feet. the bottom level will have 4 trains running at 1 time possibly 1 of the 4 going up to the second level. which in turn all 4 trains on the bottom level can go to the second level. i plan to add level 2 when i get all of my switches from ross to complete the first level. ross told me that i could only order 2 switches at a time so this has kind of slowed me down a little but i have 89 pics to show you in the mean time. the bottom level has 2-72 degree switches, 14 reg degree switches, and two 8 yard track sets to make my yard. when i come in the yard you can go from mainline 1 to mainline 4 and vice versa. hope this helps in visualizing what it going to look like. on the serious tip i dont have a plan. just freelancing as i said earlier
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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, December 22, 2006 8:54 PM

REGGIE looks great your fisherman.  I would leave it like it is and just have a water look around the piers, maybe put a row boat and a guy in it fishin.  Keep up the good work.

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Posted by Demon09 on Friday, December 22, 2006 5:13 PM

I see you have the ballast tamper out there preparing the new tracks for some train running!

Nice work Reggie!

Can I make a special request for tomorrow's picture posts?  Do you have a picture of an overall track plan, how big is this layout going to be?  Any special features or yards you are putting in?  I'd love to see the overall idea of it, this has got me very intrigued....

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Posted by HopperSJ on Friday, December 22, 2006 4:21 PM
Thanks for the update Reggie. I was seriously going to post a "where's Reggie" thread. The last I heard was that you were dumping your fastrack for gargraves. Bold move. I was looking to see how you were progressing. So again, thanks for the update! (my layout building has been on hold until after Christmas, so I have been living vicariously through you.Wink [;)])
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Posted by RR Redneck on Friday, December 22, 2006 10:07 AM
That GarGraves track is lookin good pardner.

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Posted by thatboy37 on Friday, December 22, 2006 9:41 AM

i showed some of these earlier but i want to strat you guys off fresh from the beginning. this is the first curve as you enter the room. 

the first to ride the rails

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 22, 2006 6:29 AM
Nice pics!

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After you have copied the files to your computer, any pics you have taken Portrait instead of Landscape:  RIGHT CLICK - Choose Rotate Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise.  This will rotate the picture and maintain the proper orientation.
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:57 PM
That is great.  I've got one of those K-Line ones and I will cut out, frame around and lower benchwork supports to get mine in. 

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Posted by RR Redneck on Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:54 PM
Looks great.

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sorry but end of the line.
Posted by thatboy37 on Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:09 PM

i will start with the do over of the man on the peir. nothing spectacular but i just took pics as i was going. i dont know how to do the scenery so thats one reason i havent done anything to it yet. any ideas would help. hope you like. sorry if you have to turn your computer sideways to view just the way i held the camera to try and get a good shot. dont worry about the fastrack it was used as a template

 

 

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