Daddy adbuses my radio flyer wagon, he throws rocks, dirt, huge bolders, bends my shaft on it (I have to fix, with daddy's tourch), scratches my paint (now it looks like he took it to that war over there and drove it through sniper alley) and now the wheels are falling off and up in the air!!!!
Bad Daddy!!!! It's not a M-1A Abrams!
Toadie
Your little red wagon
gives a whole new meaning to the words "Wheels Up". Looking good sir!
Tom Trigg
She says its too buggy, always an excuse LOL
Man it is looking reeeeeally good! Your garden is coming together nicely with the liberal use of rocks and the strategically placed flora! Yours is already a very photogenic pike and you're barely out of the gate! Thanks, and keep the photos coming as you progress!
Al
It has been a while since i posted any updates. I got a few more things done, although I have slowed down some. Mainly due to rainy/cold May. I was able to get an outlet by my layout to supply power to my water pump. I added few more plants and built a small pond in the back corner of my layout.
New addition pond. The stream is a dry stream bed. Acts as an overflow for the pond.
Power outlet and throttle. I burried the wire from the throttle to the power supply located in my house.
View of layout. Things are starting to grow and spread
Another view
Oh I see you don't want her to mess it up
Well you did alot of work and ate dirt and sweat for long time in a short time! It looks grande! Love the dry bed to, was a must and added to over all coolness to the peaks!!!!
How is your daughter taking in all this? She got the bug yet? You know Christmas is just around the corner for her!!!!!
Hey, get the wife a train to....never know RCS units in them and bada bing bada boom whole family got there own.
Then you need way more track!!!
Shes keeping the bench warm for me.
Wifeypoo helping?
Toadpoo
I had a little time yesterday before work so I put my wall in on the back end of the RR. I just have to have to get some nice plants (ground cover) for top of wall. Something that will hang down nice. After getting over an inch of rain everything held up great, no washouts.
Dry streambed coming off the Mtn.
Part of my wall I built.
Snowshoe - your garden RR looks terrific! Great progress since starting from a bare patch of ground! Love the grades and curves and scenery! Thanks for the progrsss pix!
AL
Thanks, I did soak the balast a bunch of times. Plus we have had some heavy rain and everything held up great. My roadbed is solid. The stuff from my local quarry works great. No clorox yet but very soon.
SNOWSHOE wrote:So far I am having a blast. It feels good to have a hobby at home.
Snowsneekers, looks good man, with that being said I would have it at my house but have to have a DEN to work in.....I do most my work at night or when every ones gone.
You soaked that ballast yet gently? Or tried some very little clorx in water?
Toad
Well Shoe,
That's looking pretty good now......Just one Question ????
Having fun YET ???? Oh yeah......And hopefully she'll come around too.
Byron C.
The sun finally came out. I was able to get some planting done. My line is starting to come to life.
Bears are out of hibernation. Mom had a cub over the winter.
Got to run some trains. Cant wait to start weathering my trains and kitbashing. Not till winter. Also added my throttle house. I put it on top of the ledges and will make some stirs or a ladder for acess.
Tunnel entrance. Also playing around with dead pine branches and using them as dead trees in my forested mt.
My creek. Put some lemon tyme along the edges. Will be some time till it covers. I also planted some small cedars to the left. Picture came blurry.
Well I got the cribbing and trestles in. They came out pretty good for my first attempt at making anything from wood. The only thing i could do different is make the legs on the trestle more boxy looking. We had some heavy rain yesterday and my RR held up nice. No erosion and thats with no plants down. Things are getting green now.
This is the latest. I started taking nice moss/lichen covered rocks and put them into the mountai. (The rocks to the left of the tunnel in the dirt) I have a lot more rocks to use. this is just the start.
Trestle and cribbing. I might end up using more squared legs. This will work fornow. It is more for show rather than support.
View of part of my RR. To the right of the tunnel I am putting more cribbing and then extending the moutain to make a cut before the train enters the tunnel. Also going to make some wooden portals for the tunnel. I need plans though.
ANother view
I finished my cribbing and trestles. Looks pretty good for my first real wood project. I did some more work on my Mountains. I found some nice rocks covered with moss and lichen around my property. I put them throughout the mountain. Came really nice. I also ran my trains again today. My Bachmann Big hauler runs great except for one spot on the track where the front wheels jumps. Looks like a high spot. I tried to play with it but had no luck. I might try weighing the wheels down some. If no luck then does anyone have any other advice?
Tomorrow i am going to get another load of top soil so I can finish my mt. I would post pictures but I forgot my camera at work.
WTG guy, looks great! Wife say you crazy yet? Or it keeps you out of her hair?
Toadster
I think I solved the leaky creek proble. Thanks toad and Brian. I got all the track down and started to level it and balast it. Its too bad I have to go to work this afternoon. could have had all the track balasted. oh well tomorrow. I also stained my wood for the cribbing and trestle. After Balasting I will work on the trestle. here are some pictures so far.
Where the trestle will go.
altterrain wrote: expanding foam urethane. The yellow stuff you can get at the home depot is fine. -Brian
expanding foam urethane. The yellow stuff you can get at the home depot is fine.
-Brian
Great Foam? Talk about expanding...lol
Toadster[/quote>>
Same stuff they sell as "waterfall foam" without the black coloring but only one third the price. The black color isn't usually UV resistant anyway.
Looking forward to the results of the changes you made, Shawn. Hopefully it will fix the leakage.
The dirt mixed in with the rock is the problem. Plantings will probably aggrevate it. My stream is rock only. Every spring I wash it out a couple of times to keep the dirt down to a minimum.
If you want to keep the dirt, I would set the rocks at the top edge of the liner with expanding foam urethane. The yellow stuff you can get at the home depot is fine. It will create a barrier to keep the water from being siphoned out. Let it cure over night then pull or cut off the excess.
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