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Good evening gang! I'll take a cold one Joe..and one for the house too please!
I got some pictures of the turntable bashing...So here goes.
In order to make the pit, I first removed my 1" pink board base and installed a plywood base between the benchwork supports, then cut a hole in the foam large enough to accommodate the turntable and bridge. The resulting pit in the foam, once the turntable is attached to the plywood, will make for a pit of about 4' (HO scale) in depth.
To start the turntable project, I removed the stock rails and sanded the cast plank detail from the deck. The idea here is to paint it dirty concrete gray and hopfully have it all blend together as a pit bottom. Then I took a length of rail, shaping a ring rail and gluing it to the very outside of the deck. At that point, I filled the grove for the rail with a bit of puddy, attached two wheelsets and "logs" as main support the bridge beams.
The bridge "morphed" as I worked out the details and turned out to be nothing more than a section of flextrack sandwiched between wood beams (cut from pine) and stripwood. Three heavy beams on the underside and scale 2x6 and 2x8 planking on the top.
That's as far as I've gotten so far...Still have a lot to do regarding the pit, some additional cribbing and side skirting on the bridge. More later!
One more round please, Joe.
"I see," said the blind man. So, the turntable's perimeter rail is attached to the rotating deck, and the whole thing moves together. That way, you don't have to worry about the alignment of the circular rail with the bogies.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
JB, nice job on the turntable project, and keep us posted on the progress.
How was everyone's Thanksgiving?
Only 29 days until Christmas now!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
hello everbody, i will have a pepsi and a round of whatever the house wants. (*lays visa platinum card on the bar*)
geting down toward 60 here with light rain, expectin fog later but i will be asleep by then. it was foggy when i got up for school this mornin. the lake lookd real scary in fog.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
In that case I'll have a Russian beer.
It's going to be a nice night and nice weather tomorrow, though a little damp tonight. Oh well, that'll keep the instince of fires down.
Evening everybody...Refreshments all around Joe, and get the birthday boy a little something extra. Actually anything he would like from the menu (I'll have one too) I'm a little hungry.
Just got home and I'll have to say safe and sound! The temp. is 28 here and that's get for late November...But it's raining! Everything is covered with ice! I was driving home at about 40 MPH, which I found out was a bit too fast, sliding through my turn from the highway. The intersection is new pavement and was way slipperier that the old pavement....Go figure. Anyway, I slowed it down even more for the remaining ten miles.
Not much new here in the Northwoods...Worked at the pool this morning, out in the barn (sorting and making room) this afternoon, then made dinner (chicken marinara, garlic bread and a salad) before heading back to the pool...With the Trainroom on hold for the day.
Close up the place for me boys.
Mornin', all. Yesterday it got up towards 60 here in Red Sox Nation. (No, wait, this time of year it's Patriots' Nation.) Here we are almost December and we've only had a couple of decent frosts. I even saw a mosquito yesterday. The temps are supposed to dip for the weekend, but I've been looking at the ski reports and most places can't even start to make snow yet.
I'm trying to be a Roads Scholar. So far, I've shied away from finishing up the scenery on my roads, but now it's time. The part I'm working on is uneven, running over carved pink foam hills, so I tried the Bob Grech method of using Durham's Water Putty as a base and smoothing it on with a cheap foam brush. (This appears to be a one-time use for the brush, by the way, and you only get about a half-hour of working time.) After that, I used a gray acrylic wash. Came out pretty good so far, but now I've got to work on the railroad grade crossings.
Ummm, those eggs look good. Could I have a plate, too, Joe? Thanks a bunch. And a refill on the coffee if you would.
Good Morning Everyone;
I'll have a coffee this morning if you please, just cream. Thanks. I get to go in to the office late this morning. However, I must first go to the doctor's and have a Prostrate Exam at 9:30. Not exactly looking forward to that. But then again at my age (51) this should be a yearly thing.
Any fans of the Trans Siberian Orchestra here? A bunch of us are going to their concert tomorrow night in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre.
Well I think I should get my butt in gear. Will check back later.
GUB
GUB wrote:....and have a Prostrate Exam .... get my butt in gear.
Unfortunately, you don't get your butt in gear at a Prostate Exam. It's the other way around.
What kind of paint are you adding to the putty? I do that with Gypsolite (brown acrylic) so I don't get that sparkly white look if I miss a spot or chip off a corner.
I've got a few old crossbucks, and then I'm thinking about one mechanical crossing gate where I have a busy intersection in town. That's a ways off yet, though.
Good day all...A cold one for me, Joe.
Just got home from the pool again after (filling, balancing chemistry & heating, after a drain-down and some repare over Thanksgiving week) a late night last night and an early morning this morning...But a short, early shift is on the slate this evening!!
Actually, I'm having the last of my Schell's Octoberfest as I write! Not that "store bought" brew is bad, but I really need to spend a day (soon if I want it ready for a scheduled Feburary celabration) boiling up a batch or two of August Meininger Ale!
Mr. Beasley, are you doing a paved road? I have to assume you are if you want a smooth finish. I have some of those to do too, so I'll have to give the water putty method a try. The roads I've done so far are dirt / gravel and all I've done is to lay down a "grade" with drywall mud and then cover them with real dirt, held in place with the tried and true, white glue and water.
I have, however, used Durham's for other household and shop projects with great success. Coloring it can be done with an acrylic paint and the "set up" time can be retarded with the addition of acidic acid (white vinegar) which I beleive is mentioned on their label. I don't remember how much vinegar I used, as it was a trial and error thing, but it really worked well when I needed a large ammount of putty, being troweled on a cement block wall to level it out before setting some tile. BTW, the tile has been in place for better than ten years...and all is solid! Must be some GOOD stuff!
Put a round down Joe, and on my tab please! Gotta' get busy with the daily chores. Latter....
Chris! Good timing with making the trip to Spencer! I still need to make the trip to check out the museum and the train shop too!
Jeff, nice beer mug there! And where do you get Russian brew around here?
Looks like you all been making forward progress on your layouts. It's been over 11 days since I did any work on mine.
We really don't want to be all the way back on page 2 do we? I didn't think so. So... I will offer to buy a round for the house considering the great news I got today. Bsack from the doctors and I have nothing to worry about (Prostrate wise). I'll have a glass of red wine. Thanks.
MisterBeasley wrote: Just touch-ups today on the layout. I'm using 1/8 inch square balsa sticks to make railroad-timber retaining walls. These make nice "borders" for the tank farms at the oil company, and I've got a couple of spots where I can use them to hide the boundry on a lift-off section.
Just touch-ups today on the layout. I'm using 1/8 inch square balsa sticks to make railroad-timber retaining walls. These make nice "borders" for the tank farms at the oil company, and I've got a couple of spots where I can use them to hide the boundry on a lift-off section.
MrB, I used basswood but it is a similar idea.
Jeffrey, How is your BP doing? Do they have your meds regulated yet?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
BAYOUMAN wrote:GOOD MORNING JEFF, THAT IS A VERY NICE STINE I'M LOOKING AT, WHAT IS IT, ED
gear-jammer wrote: MisterBeasley wrote: Just touch-ups today on the layout. I'm using 1/8 inch square balsa sticks to make railroad-timber retaining walls. These make nice "borders" for the tank farms at the oil company, and I've got a couple of spots where I can use them to hide the boundry on a lift-off section. MrB, I used basswood but it is a similar idea. Jeffrey, How is your BP doing? Do they have your meds regulated yet? Sue
Good afternoon...Set up the bar Joe, I'll take one of those last Octoberfest longnecks that you've got.
Jeffrey, my thoughts regarding doctors...They're doing their best, so just do as they say, pray a bit, hope for the best and it will turn out OK...We hope!
Thanks for the kudos guys, on the turntable bash, and yes I will keep you all posted as I progress. So far all I have additionally done to what you have seen and heard about is to do some detailing on the planking, but I hope to get out to the Trainroom again this afternoon. So far it's been working on the library and household chores!!
As for the articles that prompted the bash, just in case you are interested in reading them for yourself:
"Model Railroader" February 2002 "Build an Inexpensive Turntable" by Bob Foltz.
"Railroad Model Craftsman" April 2006 "Scratchbuild a Quarry Turntable by Trevor Marshell.
Well..Better get busy. Latter