Half the mainline made it all the way through the Gustavsburg station:
A 40" radius looks nice in N scale:
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
As I'm using a tighter center to center distance than usual in N scale I have to cut many turnouts to make them fit:
I've glued down and painted/sealed the rest of the roadbed.
The turntable/roundhouse area:
The mainline along the edge of the Georgetown peninsula with 6 additional switch machine openings drilled:
This afternoon I drilled holes for 29 switch machines, glued down a lot of roadbed, and painted it as well:
I started this morning by cutting out the opening for the turntable and the openings for the inspection pits inside the roundhouse.
I've laid all the hidden track and arrived at Gustavsburg:
This afternoon I started to lay track. The mainline is now connected to the leftover staging yard from the previous G&AM:
I took a few minutes of my lunch break to paint and seal the roadbed. Now it's ready for track!
I need to lay the hidden track that leads to the staging yard first before I do anything else at the front of the bench work. I started early this morning and glued down the roadbed:
I've had a busy afternoon and added another 30 feet or so of subroadbed:
I have reached the eastern staging area:
One of our dogs woke me up early today so what could I do after the dog did it's business? I went to the layout and did some work !
It's always a good moment when the first piece of plywood goes up in it's final position:
I'm still jet lagged and a little slow but I managed to cut out some subroadbed:
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Just a short note: we made it back home, and work on the G&AM will continue tomorrow ​.
I made it around the next corner almost into the Georgetown passenger station. That will take a lot of CAD work next.
There will be no news for the next week or so because we're visiting Germany. I hope you all can cope...
I made it around the curve and into the Georgetown peninsula:
Gustavsburg is slowly taking shape. Plenty of different pieces of roadbed were needed for this but it's all coming together!
mbinsewi Maybe I missed something in your earlier threads and layouts, but is that road bed something you lay out and print? And does it stay in place, with the tracks layed directly on it? And what is the bed made from? So many questions . You sure have a patient wife, and an obviously huge budget. I think by now, my family would've done an "intervention", and I be safely put away! . I love to watch the progress on these huge builds. Mike.
Maybe I missed something in your earlier threads and layouts, but is that road bed something you lay out and print? And does it stay in place, with the tracks layed directly on it? And what is the bed made from? So many questions .
You sure have a patient wife, and an obviously huge budget. I think by now, my family would've done an "intervention", and I be safely put away! .
I love to watch the progress on these huge builds.
Mike.
Mike,
The roadbed is made of taskboard. I have my own laser engraver/cutter so making it is easy. It will get glued down, painted, and then the track gets glued on top. The advantage is that I can produce roadbed with the exact dimensions and radius that I need and that the engraved lines help with installing track exactly where it belongs.
As to the patience of my wife, she's a saint!
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hon30critter Hi Michael: I'm guessing again, but I suspect you won't need two levels of roadbed for N scale? Dave
Hi Michael:
I'm guessing again, but I suspect you won't need two levels of roadbed for N scale?
Dave
No, one is enough for N scale. Saves time and money !
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
After several hours most of the pieces for the Gustavsburg station have been produced:
I'm sitting at my CAD PC designing the roadbed for the Gustavsburg station while my laser is producing standard roadbed elements:
I've made the roadbed parts for the nice 40' curve coming out of the tunnel. There will be a small ditch/stream that runs from behind the roundhouse to the fascia so a small bridge is needed. I decided on a stone arch bridge and started by making the inner core.
I started making roadbed and pinning it to the plywood:
I just took an after lunch break and got me some new plywood. Next will be making N scale roadbed again...
michaelrose55 Today I asked my wife to help me and clean the floor of the railroad room for me:
Today I asked my wife to help me and clean the floor of the railroad room for me:
I'm not that brave.... She asks me why I keep my train room much cleaner than I keep our house.
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 -
SouthPenn Have you ever posted pictures of your original N scale layout.?
Have you ever posted pictures of your original N scale layout.?
Not here but you can look at it at the MRH forum: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/14886