This is about where my progress would come to a halt for at least a few weeks - there's staging, a town with a yard, and another town. So I'd be running trains instead of building more, at least for a while.
But it is getting real - I talked to a contractor yesterday about getting a quote to (re)finish my basement.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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fender777That is going to be one nice yard. Also this place is dead. I guess not many come here anymore.
I have a tendency to collect projects. And not finish them. So when I saw that happening here, I sorta drop out.
I "bought" the European layout. And now it's been replaced. The OP's gotta do what he's gotta do. But I don't have to stay on.
Ed
I'm currently trying to determine how to cut the plywood subroadbed for the Georgetown passenger station. I've temporally placed the old station building to help me visualize the whole thing.
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Before I start cutting plywood at Georgetwon I wanted to make sure that the transition into the Allen Mountain peninsula works and looks correct so I made some more roadbed and pinned it down. Everything looks ok to me so tomorrow I will be running my saw a lot...
I've fired up my saw and started cutting:
This is how it looks this afternoon:
I've added the subroadbed for the industries in the harbor area:
Started to add risers to the Georgetown passenger station:
I did some early morning work and added the second half of the Georgetown station. I put risers under the harbor tracks as well:
Before I can continue with the main line I have to get the branch line put in as long as it's easy to get to it.
That wood glue in some of the pictures... are you using that to lay your track? I'm waiting for one more order to come in before I start laying track and I'm hemming and hawing over the adhesive to use.
krupa That wood glue in some of the pictures... are you using that to lay your track? I'm waiting for one more order to come in before I start laying track and I'm hemming and hawing over the adhesive to use.
Yes, that's what I use. I've been using it for years and it holds the track well.
I had planned to cut out subroadbed today but it was raining so I couldn't work outside. So, change of plans: I glued down all the roadbed of the Georgetown passenger station (and drilling holes for 34 switch machines as well).
Luckily there is no rain today so I could cut out more subroadbed and add risers as well. Now both the branch line and the main line run well into the Allen Mountain peninsula.
I glued down roadbed on the new part of the main line, branch line, and in the harbor area:
Next I painted and sealed all the roadbed, including the Georgetown passenger station:
Finally I finished laying out and pinning down the roadbed for the Allen Mountain peninsula, including the big 3 track main line curve that leads to the rest of the layout:
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michaelrose55 Before I can continue with the main line I have to get the branch line put in as long as it's easy to get to it.
I'm impressed by your fast progress. How will you add scenery around the branch line? According to your plan the center of your peninsula at the backdrop is about 3' away from both aisles.
Andreas
UES Nscaler michaelrose55 Before I can continue with the main line I have to get the branch line put in as long as it's easy to get to it. I'm impressed by your fast progress. How will you add scenery around the branch line? According to your plan the center of your peninsulas at the backdrop are about 3' away from both aisles. Andreas
I'm impressed by your fast progress. How will you add scenery around the branch line? According to your plan the center of your peninsulas at the backdrop are about 3' away from both aisles.
I've never had problems working on scenery at 3', I've done it before.
It was raining yesterday afternoon and there's more rain coming today so I had no choice but to do all my cutting this morning. I started at 8:30 and at 11:00 I had all the plywood and all the supports cut. Now I will take my wife to Orlando for some shopping and food and start assembling all this when I'm back in the afternoon.
I added risers to the so far unnamed branch line station:
Added the main line at the front of the peninsula:
The back side of the peninsula and both loops are done as well:
I glued down all the main line roadbed:
I've glued down the branch line roadbed as well. I believe I've had a nice and productive model railroad weekend!
Painted all the new roadbed:
I've laid enough track to connect the mainline to the Georgetown passenger station. Because of the many turnouts involved this will go a bit slower than normal.
SO, 2 days instead of 1?
BTW, what brand/color is that paint you are using, it looks like it would be a good match to paint under the grey ballast I will be using.
rrinker SO, 2 days instead of 1? BTW, what brand/color is that paint you are using, it looks like it would be a good match to paint under the grey ballast I will be using. --Randy
Business got in the way yesterday. Happens sometimes...
The paint is something Lowe's mixed for me, I can look tomorrow and see if there's a way to identify the color. Don't remember how I picked it, have been using it for the last 5 layouts or so.
And yes, it works very well under grey ballast!
My wife really is the best! She surprised me with a dozen new freight cars for my birthday! She even wrapped every single one and it all looked so nice that I had to take a picture before unwrapping them:
And here are the cars, unwrapped:
As I'm not working today I can do some work on the layout. In the afternoon there will be a German model railroader and his family visiting so we'll have a lot of fun. A good way to celebrate your birthday!