Michael, I have a sister in Sarasota, a golfing BIL partner in Port Charlotte, and friends in Fort Myers. All on the west coast. Are you anywhere near any of these spots?
Rich
Alton Junction
Rick, I feel with you! I've always been envious of guys with a basement empire and now I have one as well (not a basement but still...).
I've tried N, then H0, then N, then H0, and I've come back to N finally accepting that this is my scale.
And you're wrong, I'm still working full time doing R&D for two companies so all I have available is my spare time after work and on weekends.
I'm happy to have you here watching my humble efforts and if you ever make it to Florida please stop by for a visit!
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Good Lord! How have I managed to miss this thread until now?
First, Onewolf, now this guy.
Michael, I hate you for several reasons, but don't take it personal because I also hate good golfers since I am a hacker-like handicap of 19.
Here are my reasons for despising you, in order.
1. Your work is magnificent.
2. You had the guts to tear out the old and build the new.
3. For reasons of space, you were brave enough to drop HO for N.
OK, now I hate myself.
I assume that you are retired with too much time and money.
I am retired with too much time, but I lack the skill and drive to do what you are doing.
To make myself feel even worse, I will continue to follow this thread to its inevitable conclusion.
I've added risers to the branch line subroadbed in this area:
I've glued the sidewalls in place:
Before I can start 'hiding' my tunnel track it needs to be tested. I powered the track with a few feeder wires and ran a small steamer back and forth to make sure there are no kinks or other issues:
Water Level Route michaelrose55 I wish it was that easy... no, the H0 will have to go! Are you sure?
michaelrose55 I wish it was that easy... no, the H0 will have to go!
Are you sure?
Don't tempt me !
michaelrose55I wish it was that easy... no, the H0 will have to go!
Mike
rrinker Just add a rail down the middle and double the HO staging tracks into twice as many N scale tracks. --Randy
Just add a rail down the middle and double the HO staging tracks into twice as many N scale tracks.
--Randy
I wish it was that easy... no, the H0 will have to go!
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Just in case
Snicker....
Modeling an HO gauge freelance version of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the Utah Railway around 1957 in a world where Pirates from the Great Salt Lake founded Ogden, UT.
- Photo album of layout construction -
I've laid more track and arrived at the west staging area:
As you can see the old H0 staging yard is still there:
Just in case...
With my 'real' work getting in the way I've only managed to lay about 10' of main line track today:
I have started to lay track on the newly painted roadbed:
It took about 30 minutes to paint the newly installed roadbed. Now I have to wait for the paint to dry before I can install track.
I've glued down about 45' of roadbed this morning. Not bad!
I have connected to the west staging yard. This will be the longest tunnel of the whole layout.
SouthPenn Why not put the track on the wood first, then slide the wood into place?
Why not put the track on the wood first, then slide the wood into place?
That would be too easy !
It's always fun if you have to work underneath existing track work... I needed a return loop for the mainline and the only logical place was beneath the return loop of the east staging yard. It will be even more fun laying track here!
hon30critter Hi Michael: How thick is your subroadbed? I assume it is plywood. Thanks Dave
Hi Michael:
How thick is your subroadbed? I assume it is plywood.
Thanks
Dave
Dave, it's 1/2" birch plywood that I buy from Lowe's: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Top-Choice-Blondewood-1-2-in-Birch-Plywood-Application-as-4-x-8/50121137
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
There were several missing pieces of subroadbed in this corner that I cut out today:
I removed all the roadbed pieces (about 100), copied the numbers to the plywood, took the plywood sheets outside and started cutting...
Hey Michael
You accomplish more when you don't have time than I do when I do.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
I didn't have much time for the railroad the last two days, but I accomplished at least a little bit. I added roadbed for the part of the branch line that runs in the background in this area:
I numbered all roadbed pieces:
I started cutting supports:
I added more roadbed along the back wall of the layout room. I really love those long straight runs of the mainline!
I'm laying out the roadbed along the back wall of the room:
michaelrose55 fender777 This layout is so long I would need Binoculars to follow those little N gauge trains around. To give you an idea, a freight train will take about one hour for a complete trip around the main line 1 hour ' that is amazing. My Ho will take about 3 min. If I did not have so much money and all my kits and people ect in HO ' I would have loved to done N scale. But one has to be happy with what they got.
fender777 This layout is so long I would need Binoculars to follow those little N gauge trains around.
To give you an idea, a freight train will take about one hour for a complete trip around the main line
1 hour ' that is amazing. My Ho will take about 3 min. If I did not have so much money and all my kits and people ect in HO ' I would have loved to done N scale. But one has to be happy with what they got.