Hi Everyone,
It has been a while since I posted. I have been back and forth between the main room and more bench work in the second room. Not much work done in the main room since working on the farm scene and getting it cleaned up for my open house, which by the way went very well.
However, quite a bit has been done on the layout out extension. I have completed the lower level (3Rail) and trains are running. I got a good start on the upper level (2Rail). The bench work is done and as you see in the pics I have begun to lay track. The roundhouse and turntable are in the correct place but it looks like I will need to cut into the homasote to install the turntable so that the whisker tracks leading into the round house are flush. This is interesting to me considering the turntable was made to sit on the surface. I assume this is because my turntable was a conversion from 3 Rail and it simply sits higher. There is a pic of the girder bridge awaiting installation of the piers you see. I actually will need to trim them down about a 1/4 of an inch.
Once I cut the track that goes inside the roundhouse, install the track in the yard, and install a lift bridge, I will hook up the NCE and get trains running. I'm hoping to get this done before Christmas.
Though the extension is in a smaller room I have some creative ideas that if I can pull it off, will give this part of the layout some character.
I actually have some footage of the extension build as well as other updates to the layout. I just need to get in the trenches and do some editing and get it posted. Stayed tuned for that but don't hold your breath, lol.
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
Dave
