Thanks Kazar.
Here is the first stages of the Coil Loading building that's 3mm styrene sheet my favourite for large structures. Thanks Roo.
The progress with the coil loading building is moving along slowly, next up is the gantry crane. I am pleased with the building so far it is all nice and square been doing it in the house on a small bench risky but it's to cold outside in the workshop I'm a wimp! 
Roo.
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Roo, you work is looking great! I would also bring my projects into the house to work on, but now that I have the train room behind the garage. I don't have that option per the CEO! LOL
Thanks Mike.
I have reached a point with the Coil loading crane where I don't want to go any further YET. I have finished the basic parts including the hook but no paint at the moment.
Today I am replacing a Turnout for once it's easy to get to this turnout is about 25 years old and is giving some trouble in the frog when little four wheelers run across it the SW's have no hesitation but the little critters do so I looked further and found the frog rails which are set in plastic are not always live. It will be ready for this weeks running session in fact it should be finished by tonight. (Tuesday). Anyway here are some photos of the crane.
If you look to the rear of the Coil loading shed across the aisle that's where I'm installing the new Turnout that's the Blooming Mill where ingots are rolled into semi finished shapes for further processing.
Take care. Roo.
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Looking good Roo! Is that overhead crane scratch built or is it a kit? Looks great!
Thanks again Mike. Yes that crane is scratch built almost everything else is as well, if I do find a kit suitable for the layout I usually bash it sometimes O Scale scratch building is easier than O scale Kit building just my opinion now if the manufacturers built all the HO kits in O scale I might change my mind!
The photos are of the new turnout installed waiting for the Ballast crew all wired up and working. I removed the Blooming Mill building while I was working there. 
Roo.
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Looks good Roo, I really like the scratch build idea, cause it makes you use your imagination and is cheaper! LOL
Nice work Nev, and ready for the running session just as you said. The coil loading facility and the crane are coming along nicely.
Well Friday has come and gone another great day of running trains.
I've moved out of my little area today and taken some photos of the action around Bay Ridge, Waterside, Valley Forge and then back to Republic Steel.
All the photos are new and taken while we were operating the layout nothing was staged for the photos. The bloke facing the camera in one of the photos is Bruce who works with me on the Railroad the other bloke Big John is in another photo with his back to the camera he is a great operator and good friend. The first photo shows Bay Ridge in a temporary mode where we stage trains this will be developed in the near future with othere tracks added and a passenger station.
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Roo, you and your crew put the FUN into model railroading!
Dan Weinhold
Oh man. Now I'm going to need more coil cars. Maybe even somewhere for them to go?
Love the look of the RR. Your switches looked like the Peco ones I had in HO scale. So I had to go look them up. I saw 2 codes of rails for them.
Things are moving along smoothly. The plaster is still damp but then it has been raining all the morning and we are in winter time. So far it has been about 100 minutes. The important thing about a job like this is to have everything ready and more throw in anything you think you will need even a couple of good wood chisels you can sharpen them after the panic is over I am showing you some tools I use and after the theatricals there is a photo of where I am at now of course I don't have to mention the feeders that shopukld have been soldered in at the start and of course the track paving has to be painted and the Turnout paved over I wait till the rest is done then take my time for the turnout when I am at a more relaxed state and my Blood pressure is back to normal. This is also the time to smooth over any Gouges or mistakes hopefully there are not many. I have a portable Vac cleaner somewhere amongst the tools I am using that is handy don't let the missus see you using it. The beanie is not necessary as you are going flat out for an hour and soon warm I just forgot to take it off the heater is not on I don't want the plaster to dry to quick.. Roo.
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OK. The track is cleaned and free of plaster the next stage was to place the Coil Loading building over the Plaster or concrete slab to see how it sits.
There is a couple of small High spots detected once these are leveled out and the building sits level the next stage is to carve the ends of the track for the wheel stops and if I feel like it patch a couple of potholes, after that its painting but not right this minute it is still damp maybe tomorrow morning. The whole thing has taken about three hours apart from the turnout. I know there are other ways of paving track and I have tried them all over the years but I still come back to the old Plaster of Paris hard to teach an old dog new tricks I guess or maybe this is just the best way! Ha Ha. Good job for a wet Sunday. Roo.
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Great work Roo. Working with plaster is stressful no doubt. Just trying to get the mix right before it sets is enough in itself. 
Looking forward to the finished product.
Bob
Roo, great work with the plaster. looks really nice.
-Tom
Roo, the paving looks great! You look like you might be having a little to much fun playing in the mud, but that's ok. Having fun is what its all about!
Can't wait to see the next post.
Roo,
You did such a nice plaster job, you should go into that business!
My mother's Godfather was a professional plasterer and his work was outstanding.
He made a very good living at it.
I believe you should contract out as I'm sure the boy's here could use your talents! 
Kazar, I don't think so It's not a job I like doing but the results are nice.
Photo Caption. "I guess the trolley is a bit small"
More photos soon, have to prepare the layout for Thursday 's running session Friday is out this week no power all day, go for a drive in the hills.
Thanks guys. Roo.
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I don't work on the Railroad layout all the time there are other things I do.
When the termites got into my shed and timber including all my treasured jigs dating back 35 years I tossed the lot down the dump I cried that day and had the Termite man spray and treat everything including the house, workshop, shed, everything, took him a full day after that crisis I don't keep any timber at home except the odd piece if I need to build something I buy what I need on the day before the project. Today I rebuilt one of my jigs out of scrap pieces it's for industrial stairways it makes me happy to see this again this time I will keep it in a safe termite free place. Great hobby if you can get through these things without falling down! . Roo.
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Nice looking Jig Roo! I need to make some someday, now I know where to look for ideas!
Thanks Mike.
When the time comes I can give you the size's of the stairs I use and how to cut the plastic floors. Your welcome mate. Roo.
Hi Everyone.
Today we had another great operations day here are some photos and even one of the "Boss studying the train orders looking a bit confused Ha Ha !
The layout has been operating for many years now in different themes the railroad track plan has changed during this time but not the actual baseboard space one day I will try and trace a timeline and see how old the layout actually is, there is still some original track on the present layout we have certainly had our money's worth over the years and expect a few more years yet. never had plans to rip it all out and sit around playing snakes and ladders for the rest of my life! All the photos you see here were taken today during the session. The last photo is looking down on the BOF (Basic Oxygen Furnace) The staging area where that Skinny bloke is (Bruce) is not yet finished will be soon. It's not a prize winning layout but is very reliable it's very rare excluding operator's mistakes do we have any problems. Roo.
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Roo, looking good.
Dan Weinhold
That is very impressive Roo, I love those massive structures.
Roo, really nice signage.
-Tom
I like it!
I found this old pic of the plant in Buffalo
Roo posted:I have painted the signs and the "EVA" sign I am working on is for the Blast Furnace named after one of my Grand daughters who is quite volatile sometimes !
The large Republic Steel sign is for the roof of the Rolling Mill Roo.
Roo, if I missed the reason why sorry, but why did you choose Republic Steel?
Ron
Hi,
Came across your blog by accident (am modelling the Newcastle Steel Mill (Australia)) and love your work. Mine unfortunately is humble HO scale (hope I wont be booted off the site!) but love what you are doing, and would love to see it in person some time
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Photo of my mill attached for interest
Cheers
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Beautiful work.
Dick
Gary.
Do you live in WA or NSW?
If you live in Perth or visit from the east you are welcome to drop in and have a look I'll even give you a train to run. It is O scale so don't expect anything like you HO blokes can build I have severe space limitations. Let me know. Roo.
PRRronbh posted:Roo posted:I have painted the signs and the "EVA" sign I am working on is for the Blast Furnace named after one of my Grand daughters who is quite volatile sometimes !
The large Republic Steel sign is for the roof of the Rolling Mill Roo.
Roo, if I missed the reason why sorry, but why did you choose Republic Steel?
Ron
Ron.
It's got nothing to do with the original Republic Steel or American politics! I just like the word "Republic" I think it sounds like a good American word. I've modelled American Railroads for almost 50 years and when I decided to build a Steel mill I thought Republic Steel sounded better than the other Steel mill names or a fictitious name that I could have thought up myself.
Being a Ford man all my life I should have gone for Ford or River Rouge Steel but no I liked Republic that's the reason I chose it. Roo.
Roo posted:Gary.
Do you live in WA or NSW?
If you live in Perth or visit from the east you are welcome to drop in and have a look I'll even give you a train to run. It is O scale so don't expect anything like you HO blokes can build I have severe space limitations. Let me know. Roo.
Hi Roo,
Thanks for getting back so quickly. Unfortunately I live in NSW (Southern Highlands)- long way from Perth! In fact I haven't been there for quite a few years, though used to go there often about 15 years ago for work. But hopefully will visit again some time in the not too distant future.
You would be most welcome here of course if you are over East at any time. We live in Burradoo, next to Bowral, about 1 1/2 hours (by car) or 2 hours (by train) south of Sydney.
Incidentally, if you are interested in more info on my layout the website is www.newcastle-modelrail.com. There are some articles there, including one on how I model my steelworks. I'm also doing another article at the moment for the US NMRA Steel Mill Modellers Group. So I was excited to see another Aussie modelling a steel mill - as far as I know, there aren't too many who do.
Cheers
Garry
Hi Garry.
There is not many Steel Mill modellers over in West Australia BUT believe it or not there are a couple more in sadly (for me) HO scale. I am a member of the NMRA steel group only joined a few months ago can you get back copies of their journal ?
Your layout and website is impressive very nice and of course your layout is wonderful, there is a HO section at OGR where you can post, I have only one place on the internet where I post about my Railroad and that's here on the OGR forum so if you want to keep informed on what I get up to look here and the structures threads. In O scale you have to scratch build almost everything for a Steel Mill which is not that hard just time consuming as we run the layout every week so I work in between building and operating and of course keeping the layout in good shape. Take care. Roo.
Roo posted:Hi Everyone.
Today we had another great operations day here are some photos and even one of the "Boss studying the train orders looking a bit confused Ha Ha !
The layout has been operating for many years now in different themes the railroad track plan has changed during this time but not the actual baseboard space one day I will try and trace a timeline and see how old the layout actually is, there is still some original track on the present layout we have certainly had our money's worth over the years and expect a few more years yet. never had plans to rip it all out and sit around playing snakes and ladders for the rest of my life! All the photos you see here were taken today during the session. The last photo is looking down on the BOF (Basic Oxygen Furnace) The staging area where that Skinny bloke is (Bruce) is not yet finished will be soon. It's not a prize winning layout but is very reliable it's very rare excluding operator's mistakes do we have any problems.
You are way too modest Roo. You have a beautiful layout! One of the best on the Forum IMHO. 
It's too bad you decided to build it in the middle of the Pacific Ocean though. Many of us would love to see it in person I'm sure.
Bob
Bob. Thank you very much for those very kind words. Roo.
Roo posted:,
Roo,
These overviews of the layout clearly show how impressive it is.
MELGAR
Roo posted:Gary.
Do you live in WA or NSW?
If you live in Perth or visit from the east you are welcome to drop in and have a look I'll even give you a train to run. It is O scale so don't expect anything like you HO blokes can build I have severe space limitations. Let me know. Roo.
Hi Roo,
Thanks for that - will let you know if I plan to head over to Perth. Incidentally, would also like to contact the HO steel mill modellers in Perth you mentioned - do you have their email addresses? - and also I wonder if you might send me your email address, as I come across material from time to time which might be of interest to your steel mill modelling efforts, which I could notify you about, such as the "Muster Point" site for the BHP Steelworks in Newcastle, on which are now posted hundreds of excellent photos of the plant by people who worked there, and which are invaluable for modelling purposes.
Not sure how you could get back copies of the Steel Mill Modellers Group Journal "The Mill" from the US, but you could try contacting the editor, Don Dunn, don_csx@hotmail.com. Cheers Garry
Hi Gary, and anyone else, apart from here (OGR Forum) and my personal email it's the only place you can contact me not being rude and I welcome messages but don't always expect a quick reply, I'm busy building, I come on here when I'm waiting for glue to dry!
Contact me on neville-1234@bigpond.com
Roo.
Hi Everyone.
I have just spent the afternoon making up some trucks for a 16 wheeler K-Line flatcar. I used MTH trucks with metal Weaver wheelsets talk about a combination! The Weaver wheelsets I was ready to scrap they were in the Weaver truck frames and it's almost impossible to get them out they are riveted then the idea came that I could use them in the MTH frames so I junked the Weaver frames used the wheelsets but first I had to re guage every set they just won't run through my finer scale Marcway frog turnouts without "bumping" now they do very smooth, a horrible fiddly job but they work fine now I could have used Intermountain wheelsets but thought no I'll try and use the Weaver first and save some dollars. Of course the K-Line flatty hasn't arrived yet, next week it's in Singapore at the moment next stop Perth.
And the other job today was to put up some signs.
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Roo the signs came out exceptionally well. Can't wait to see the 16 wheel flat when it's done
Roo, things sure are looks good at the mill! I also cant wait to see the 16 wheel flat car~!
Roo, look forward to each addition to your thread. Your work is amazing. The signage really came out great. Looking forward to the flat cars.
Tom
New project!! I have the Flu at the moment so I have plenty of time to plan things.
While waiting for Bruce to catch up with the wiring at bay Ridge and I am waiting for the flatcar to arrive I have decided to get together some items for a Boiler House and a substation two separate buildings but on one board.
Over the years I have been collecting items for a medium (I won't say large !) electrical substation I have collected items from all over the world... well mainly in the UK and the USA I think the time has come to start a plan or should I say start planning, (I should have paid more attention to my English teacher at school) my writing and spelling is atrocious sometimes. Anyway who needs education to build a model railroad not me I just dive in and hope for the best. 
so even with the flu I hurried down to the hardware store this morning before it got busy and bought a board and some pine for a frame tried not to breathe on anybody came home and dropped into bed for a while to recover now I'm up at the computer. The exciting thing about this latest project (which will be rail served with two tracks) is it will be portable as in a large diaroma which will be great for the model railway show next year I might enter it and see if I can win a free hot dog or something it has to be portable because it is in an aisle and must be removed if we have a derailment somewhere over near the BOF. The photo shows where the new board will go it will be larger than the one there now it will extend out further toward the camera this would be another wonderful "How To" project on a separate thread but I will keep it here. Keep looking, I will be better soon and get stuck into it again. I had to come back and edit this the boiler house will be on this module as well with a spur for coal hoppers as well as the substation and a new photo this area can be controlled with a contoller already in place as this is the other side of the blast furnace. Look at the photos maybe it would be easier for you guys to visit me and I can explain it better! 
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Roo posted:Look at the photos maybe it would be easier for you guys to visit me and I can explain it better!
Ok Neville!
Roo, you have a great idea and its nice to see how you go about making it come to life! I will be watching as you go along cause everything you do looks so wonderful! I hope you feel better soon!
Roo posted:Photo Caption. "I guess the trolley is a bit small"
Now that's just hilarious!
Where is your Falcon parked?
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Thanks Mike.
Tough car BobbyD ! I like it! Reminds me of the old days.
OK. Lets see how the Boiler house is going. It's together and all the windows and door!!!! wait, as I'm typing this there is one more door section to be cut out at the front a small door or maybe an office needs to go there that is the opposite end to where the smokestack goes, yes, I think a small office/amenities room for the staff would make everyone happy. Roo.
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Roo, its looking good! cant wait to see your next post!
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Hi Roo.
What a great railroad you have down there! Really nice work. Enjoy following along with your posts here on the forum.
I'd like to ask you about those black ore cars. Who made them? Are they the old Atlas 3-rail ore cars?
If you did a 3-rail to 2-rail conversion on them, can you give me any details on how you did it? I'd like to do some for the little 2-rail layout that I'm putting together, and I've never converted anything before.
Thank you, Jim
Thanks for the call Jim I have about 30 of those little Atlas Ore cars and all modified for 2-Rail with Kadee couplers I will snap some photos for you in the next couple of days I'm flat out like a lizard drinking getting the layout ready for Friday's session at the moment.
On a completely different matter the new Boiler house is progressing fine see the structure section on how I built it. Here it is installed for Friday's session the new turnout is installed and wired up everything works and ready to go, maybe finish the Boiler house next week if the rain holds off. Roo.
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EBT Jim posted:Roo posted:
Hi Roo.
What a great railroad you have down there! Really nice work. Enjoy following along with your posts here on the forum.
I'd like to ask you about those black ore cars. Who made them? Are they the old Atlas 3-rail ore cars?
If you did a 3-rail to 2-rail conversion on them, can you give me any details on how you did it? I'd like to do some for the little 2-rail layout that I'm putting together, and I've never converted anything before.
Thank you, Jim
Thanks Jim for your kind comments.
Yes, the Ore cars are the old Atlas cars from the 70's I love them at one stage I had about 50 of them I now use about 30 on the layout in rakes of 10.
To change them to a good running 2-rail car is not hard more hard on your wallet than on the bench.
I take them apart and toss the trucks and couplers which leaves a hole to be filled where the truck screws on (my finger is pointing at the hole!) this is filled with a piece of wood dowel. I then use Weaver trucks with Intermountain wheelsets and Kadee couplers to save money you could use plastic wheels and set up the cars with draw bars in sets of three to save on couplers I go all out and use Kadees on all the cars here are some photos I hope this helps. As a postscript. I have seen blokes use the original trucks by turning down the flange on the original wheels also some blokes use Athearn trucks instead of the Weaver I had a lot of Weaver trucks so I used them when I screw the truck to the wood dowel I drill a small hole in the centre of the dowel and use a small metal screw (2g X 12mm I think!) with a washer under the head also some firm once made plastic plugs instead of using dowel but these as far as I know are long gone a bit of lead shot in the bottom of the hopper for weight and 3mm MDF with woodlands scenic ore glued on the top, so your running full one way and empty the other, lots of ways to do these things my way is only one of many ways. Hope I haven't confused you and instead helps you get started. Take care. Roo.
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Hi everyone.
This photo shows the new unfinished Boiler House in Place sandwiched between the BOF and the Blast Furnace, imagine what this will look like with an electrical substation in front of it and everything painted and weathered one day. I'm not finished yet, plenty more to come I've got road cranes, railroad cranes, plenty of figures, details, even a garage/workshop for the Road cranes coming up and maybe a fire station if I can fit it in all sorts of things in preparation and we run every Friday this week it's Thursday can't make it Friday but your invited I provide lunch...... Roo.
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Roo, Fantastic ! Looking forward to all the other updates to come. This is a Master Class in modeling.
Thank you for starting this thread and letting us see your work. Enjoy the Operating sessions, well deserved break.
Tom
I can recommend the lunch and the layout. :>
cheers
Bob
Hi Bob ! Good to hear from you mate. Margaret was only saying last night have you heard from Bob lately I said I must give him a call.
And thanks Tom for your kind words.
For those who can't attend today here is the initial set out and some of the cars for the start of today's activities. I've even turned the heaters on in the room (it is winter here!) Well the boys should be arriving soon better get back to the room see you all later. Roo.
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Roo, If you don't mind how do you use the set out list you posted?
Thanks,
Tom
Fantastic to see this evolve Roo, keep it up!
We had a great day yesterday running the layout, today it's work day . I am fitting some clearance poles on the far end of Republic Steel "Yard" I say "Yard" because it's only three tracks it does it's job in the limited space I have there and the sharp curves have never been a problem. To cut down on some of the trains we are running we have decided to run fewer trains with more cars so I wanted to see how many Coke and Ore hoppers those tracks could fit something I should have done a long time ago but never got around to it. So with the axcess hatches removed I can get right up to the far end of the layout here are some photos of areas you don't really see anymore but I know they are there! Roo. Tom, I haven't forgotten you!
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Very inspirational for those of us with memories of eastern US steel mill railroading. Great format also for running lots of trains within our necessarily confined spaces. If you haven't already seen it, the Allen Keller series of model railroading videos and DVD's has a wonderful one on the late Dean Freytag's steel mill oriented HO model railroad. Well worth the time to track down a copy because of its explanation of steel making and the connection with railroading even though Mr. Freytag's railroad was HO.
Roo, I am glad you had a good time yesterday! Your layout is just amazing and love all the pictures you post of it! Thanks and have a great work day along with a wonderful weekend!
Hi Tom and other members.
The Initial set out list is what it says. There are eleven (11) areas where cars are staged before we start running trains these cars are the only cars on the layout that are used initially any other cars not on the list are removed from the layout. When we start running trains each operator has a switch list for today's activities the set out sheet has done it's job and is discarded the operator then only uses the switch lists which starts off with the already staged cars.
To give you an example lets go to the Blast Furnace the first name on the list keeping in mind that the cars on the list are marked either full or empty.
The Blast furnace has four hot metal cars two 16 wheelers and two 12 wheelers plus four spacer cars.
The Slag cars are listed as six cars.
The furnace Ash hoppers are 2 cars and the furnace spill cars are 2 cars.
These cars these cars are staged on their tracks and will be moved around the layout according to the switch list like the hot metal cars go from the furnace to the BOF full of Iron and return empty this process will be repeated four times during the day in the meantime there are many other moves happening as well like 46 moves occur during a full session just in the Republic Steel district alone and there are three other districts which is why you need three dedicated operators!
It is easier to watch than write but you asked how the Set Out sheet is used and I have told you please don't ask me how the switch lists work that would take a lot of work to much for here ! Believe it or not we really enjoy this and wouldn't have it any other way. Roo.
Thanks BobbyD, Bill, Tom, and Mike and Bill thanks for the word on the DVD I might look it up I have two of Dean Freytags books on steel Mill modelling.
I will try and get some photos together of the trains we use and how we make them up into a consist where the originate and their destination soon busy at the moment but here is a photo of one Hot Metal train we use I just snapped it quickly it has an old hopper car at each end one next to the Engine and one at the end sometimes we put one in the centre to space the load out if they are going over bridges (they are heavy cars when full!) and of course to keep heat off the engine and caboose this train you see does not need all that as it's an in plant move from the Blast Furnace to the BOF so no caboose and no bridges to go over. I wish I had time to weather the cars better maybe one day....
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We had a good running session today lots of action, laughs/talk, and a nice lunch, there are only three in our group we had fun how it should be with O scale trains. All photos taken today. Lots of work still ahead but I like to keep the trains running and we have a good operation plan we work to that's more important to us than finishing the layout. I'll get there one day. That's a MTH interlocking tower a nice model I have pulled it apart once might repaint it and weather it I somehow knew I should have built it myself but it fills the gap at the moment. I have some figures and more details for inside as well. Roo.
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Roo, We're there virtually !! many thanks for todays session pictures.
Tom
Thanks Tom your welcome anytime, maybe I should snap a photo of our lunch as well! Ha Ha.
At the moment I am sorting out some figures to use around the layout and then if I have time I will clean up that mess on the bench it's a disgrace.
Of course I have to remember that today is Fathers day in Australia and though Margaret and myself don't believe in birthdays and titles the kids do and it could be chaos later on today, it's 7-40am at the moment on a beautiful Sunday Morning here in Perth, West Aussie after a night of rain. . Roo.
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Roo, Happy Fathers Day, thanks for the additional pictures of figures for your mill area.
Tom
Happy Father's Day Roo!
Strange how your holiday is different from here in the US which we celebrate in June.
Love the photos and story of your Op sessions. If you could post a video one day I'm sure we'd all love to see your beautiful layout in action.
Bob
Tom and Bob thank you for your kind words.
I'm going away for a couple of weeks walking in the bush so I thought I would post this latest UNFINISHED project before I hit the trail I would have liked to post the finished product but am running out of time it's the Station at Valley Forge it's above ground because of the Lionel cars we run I must admit I wish I could finish it before I go but can't the canopy looks like it's leaning over to one side it's not just the angle of the photo.
I had to modify the track again! must be three times in this section to make it all look right this time I think I have it. The trains run in rakes of three the second motor car is still being built very time consuming to change them to 2-Rail, in fact a nightmare. Thanks again guys.
Roo.
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Roo, Thanks for the update. Station looking great, looking forward to seeing it done. Maybe when you get back I will ask about conversion from 3 rail to 2 rail. Right now I have a small 3 rail switching layout. There is possibility of getting much larger space in the future. I am thinking that maybe I should go 2 rail. Either way I would have to get all new track. But this can wait.
Enjoy your walk in the bush, what exactly do you do for those weeks?
Be safe!
Tom
Great updates, enjoy the walk!
Roo, enjoy your time away. Be careful out there, we don't want a repeat of last year. You've got work to do when you get back.
Ha Ha Thanks you guys for looking after me !
I'm sorry I can't show you some better modelling at the moment to busy preparing my gear and we are running the trains today (Thursday) as I am not leaving till Saturday and did not want to run the trains so close to leaving so it's this Thursday for trains and a day off on Friday. I had some Non-Train people visit me yesterday and they were amazed at the trains they said it's a real shame it can't be made into a public display that would be impossible as you have to walk through the house to get to the trains and there is very little space in the room for endless visitors it's really only suitable for 4-5 operators that don't need to move around all the time, but that doesn't stop me having visitors and any Forum members would always be welcome if you happen to be visiting Perth, I would make you welcome. Thanks again. Roo.
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Roo, Great picture. Safe walk about.
Tom
Hi Roo,
Love your latest work, fantastic modelling - don't know how you do it so quickly - and great to see you having op sessions as well.
You (and the rest of the group) might find the attached article of interest - it should be published in "The Mill" - the journal for the Steel Mill Modellers Group.
Roo, Glad you are back safe and sound! Now back to the gritty steel mill
Tom
