I successfully restored my model of a Tankar gas station, after taking one day off to sulk, and read this huge book on western ghost towns picked up at Indy O scale show. Two days of work after that and l managed to even duplicate the Inselbrick l had to strip off walls. Didn't find duplicates of all signs, but substituted. Read can before you spray! Now l have a RightOnTrack Models grain elevatorkit in front of me, and am mulling over how to bash it, maybe with a higher tower?
Since I'm hosting our train club in less than 2 weeks I really can't start any new big projects. One item that has been bugging me is just seeing the green foam board where landscaping, water, and roads will eventually go. So even though it will eventually be covered up it visually helps visitors see what I'm envisioning. So I found some old paint and got the water areas painted tonight. Over the next few days I'll do street and landscape areas.
Quick and dirty water, Bryan! I like it. It really made a difference as a stand in until you get time to do some of your great modeling on the water scene!
TedW posted:Well, I at least looked at mine...
This is what I saw.
lWell done. I love it night scenes they are illuminating😎
LUVINDEMTRAINS, Be careful, Brian has every road name in the U.S., Probably the WORLD! LOL
NECRAILS, its never to start on scenery! I have seen people rip out stuff they have had for years and redo it!
Mark, if I were you I would just roll that nice blue cart into the new train room when ready!
Bryan, looks good to me! No matter what the guys will love your layout! But if you wanted to have a little fun you could put a small boat in the water with Paul in it! LOL
Bryan, I have found model railroaders are some of the most imaginative people. They can see things before they are finished. Tell your guests that there is water under the bridge, and they will see it. Give them a fishing pole and watch what they pull from the water.
The layout is beautiful. Remember that deadlines are self-imposed. There is always the next open house. It's not procrastination, it's creative reflection.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
mike g. posted:LUVINDEMTRAINS, Be careful, Brian has every road name in the U.S., Probably the WORLD! LOL
NECRAILS, its never to start on scenery!
Mark, if I were you I would just roll that nice blue cart into the new train room when ready!
Bryan, looks good to me! No matter what the guys will love your layout! But if you wanted to have a little fun you could put a small boat in the water with Paul in it! LOL
Actually under water sleeping with the fishes lol
Bryan in Ohio posted:mike g. posted:LUVINDEMTRAINS, Be careful, Brian has every road name in the U.S., Probably the WORLD! LOL
NECRAILS, its never to start on scenery!
Mark, if I were you I would just roll that nice blue cart into the new train room when ready!
Bryan, looks good to me! No matter what the guys will love your layout! But if you wanted to have a little fun you could put a small boat in the water with Paul in it! LOL
Actually under water sleeping with the fishes lol
It must just be a blast when you 2 get together! What great friends!
Mike, good idea about the blue cart! It may become a fixture!
colorado hirailer posted:I successfully restored my model of a Tankar gas station, after taking one day off to sulk, and read this huge book on western ghost towns picked up at Indy O scale show. Two days of work after that and l managed to even duplicate the Inselbrick l had to strip off walls. Didn't find duplicates of all signs, but substituted. Read can before you spray! Now l have a RightOnTrack Models grain elevatorkit in front of me, and am mulling over how to bash it, maybe with a higher tower?
I was speachless when I read that. No jokes or consoling words would have cut through the gloom. Glad to hear it panned out well after all.
Test before you spray, don't just read. And let the test dry too. I've gotten gloss in cans marked flat and flat in cans marked gloss, and clear in a black can (or was it silver?) as well. I.e., from Rusty, to Duplicolor, and Krylon, nobody's paint is immune to packaging mistakes....test it.
Will run trains for ice cream... 
Brian, Nice CP engines! The cartoon could be captioned, go to town building, and plan later! 
Is Izzy's tummy too full of ice cream she needs a nap?
Hanging another Millhouse TT from T nuts, screw down the Homasote yard and cementous spackling of the divots and feathered edge. One of my branchline end of run engine spinners. It's been a long trek up the mountain. Labor and management interruptions! (work n' wife)
Tom,
"Another" Millhouse Turntable!!!! Wow, very impressive indeed! That is great you can put in a turntable at the top of the mountain as well. Please show us some photographs when you think construction is at a point when you can do so!!
Mark, My "mountain" is only 20" above the base level. The challenge was to find enough footprint for the ROW to get that rise without a helix and to try to hold a .87% grade. Kinda funkie in spots but there are no RR police in my place.
Overall photos are awhile off. The RR is presently the Homasote & Cinderblock RR
I’m with you Tom on that! Still 20” is quite a rise. Mine will only be about 8”
necrails posted:After finding multiple reasons to avoid trying this, after years of bare wood in some cases populated with track,, and after finding every other project known to model railroading known to humankind, I have begun adding scenic materials to the layout. Not buildings but turf, brush, trees, etc. Why I didn't do this sooner will remain a mystery. The results while probably not as professional as some of the layouts we see in OGR are immediate and essentially make the layout something new for me. Now I can't stop.
The nature of those that model railroad as a hobby is to derive pleasure from it. Hit on one aspect that's particularly fun and it may look as if we're ignoring others on purpose. That tiny fear of the unknown processes can make us appear stuck. But as long as we're doing something related to the hobby, things as menial as cleaning up, we are making progress. Heck, being here online in this forum, you can learn so much it's time spent wisely. Some day I hope to become proficient in signals and implementing them on the layout...then there's prototypical running adaptation, and on and on. I gave up deadlines and goals for fun, therapy and reality escape. It justifies for me the effort expended, even when the efforts are most challenging. Congratulations on taking the important next step!
Bruce
Mark Boyce posted:The cartoon could be captioned, go to town building, and plan later!
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Hey! That's my creedo! Can't believe somebody used my track plan too.😉
Bruce
Here’s some Y3 action.
Jack118711 posted:Here’s some Y3 action.
Sweet!!! Love big steam.
Who doesn’t!? Lol. Random question. Does anyone know what the minimum curve is for a atlas O scale PS low side hopper? I ran it on O-60 but the wheels rub pretty badly on parts of the underframe.
Really great engine, Jack!
Nice, Jack. Glad you finally got to run it. Even the sound set seems acurate, if my tin ear fidelity when listening to Winston O Link recordings is any indication. I'd better forget about finding one at the train show tomorrow, which is very unlikely and couldn't afford it if there was.
Bruce
Mark Boyce posted:Really great engine, Jack!
Thank you!
brwebster posted:Nice, Jack. Glad you finally got to run it. Even the sound set seems acurate, if my tin ear fidelity when listening to Winston O Link recordings is any indication. I'd better forget about finding one at the train show tomorrow, which is very unlikely and couldn't afford it if there was.
Bruce
I normally couldn’t afford something like this as well but got lucky and bought it for dealership cost. Good things come to those who wait! I’m sure you’ll get lucky in due time :-)
Good deal, Jack!!
Mark Boyce posted:Good deal, Jack!!
I enjoy your enthusiasm!!
Bruce, there’s also a protosound 1 version they made that’s not too expensive. BUT if you run DCS then I’d definitely save up for the PS3 one.
Got some more landscaping done tonight
mike g. posted:LUVINDEMTRAINS, Be careful, Brian has every road name in the U.S., Probably the WORLD! LOL
NECRAILS, its never to start on scenery!
Mark, if I were you I would just roll that nice blue cart into the new train room when ready!
Bryan, looks good to me! No matter what the guys will love your layout! But if you wanted to have a little fun you could put a small boat in the water with Paul in it! LOL
Mike,
I thought about that as soon as I submitted the response. I said, uh oh! It's all good Brian but tame the beast.
Dave
Yesterday I decided to some cleaning / organizing under the layout. A few months back I took some engines for service to Mr. Muffins. I was looking for the engine boxes and of course found every one but the ones I was looking for (thanks Murphy's law). I decided to relocate the engine boxes from under the layout to the attic of the house. With a little help, I moved over 30 MTH, Atlas and Lionel engine boxes from the basement to the attic. I then celebrated that by running trains for over an hour last night with 7 trains running and me walking from room to room with my iPad using the MTH WiFi. THAT was a lot of fun.
Lee, your landscaping is looking very nice! Keep up the great work!
I got two more terminal blocks powered from the transformer. I thought when I did that I would get enough power and continuity to run an engine over the bridge onto the island portion of the layout. It doesn't look as if that is going to work. So I plan to come up and over the opening over the bridge with wires. Going to use PVC pipe to enclose them. And since I am going to have to do this I might as well run extra wire to the island for possibly accessories and DC. This is my weekend project...................Paul
Paul, sounds like a good weekend project!
jbmccormick posted:Yesterday I decided to some cleaning / organizing under the layout. A few months back I took some engines for service to Mr. Muffins. I was looking for the engine boxes and of course found every one but the ones I was looking for (thanks Murphy's law). I decided to relocate the engine boxes from under the layout to the attic of the house. With a little help, I moved over 30 MTH, Atlas and Lionel engine boxes from the basement to the attic. I then celebrated that by running trains for over an hour last night with 7 trains running and me walking from room to room with my iPad using the MTH WiFi. THAT was a lot of fun.
Here is what I did with my engine boxes so I could find them if I need to ship one out. Of course you can see I don't have anywhere near 30. They make a nice little view block of boxes for ceramic buildings as well.
Here are all the rolling stock boxes in the closet under the basement stairs. They will go under the new layout once construction allows. At 62, I'm tired of crawling in here.
Great collection Mark! But I do have to ask one question! Is your layout going to have room for all those engines and rolling stock?
Mike, the layout shown with the boxes is the Christmas layout, which I hope to redesign this year. The Christmas trains Polar Express, North Pole Central, and Hallmark Toymaker are stored behind the MTH boxes. I can run 2 engines on the Ceiling Central Railroad, and the rest on the new to be built layout. Yes we were discussing engine storage on my layout plan-build topic back in the spring. I think we are good, except for the Premier F7 and F3 ABA units. MTH has them tethered together which I find difficult to setup. I do plan to upgrade the PS1 set to PS3 with separate boards in both powered A units, so then the tethers will go away. That is the MTH recommended method. The plan doesn't show engine storage tracks I hope to put in when building. I do have trouble holding onto some of them, and plan to have engines not in use on the layout somewhere. The tracks may end up in the hidden lower level in the upper left. It looks like I wouldn't have good access, but actually I will with the planned roll-out section. The other place could be in the lower right. The yard in the middle is intended for switching cars on and off the layout. I hope to start cleaning out the space in the family room after all my and my dad's leaves are cleaned up, then start real construction right after Christmas. I have to be realistic, as I would like to start sooner.
Mark, at least you have them neatly under the tables. Mine are all over the place with no organization. I was going to go to Menards to get my PVC but I found a gift card for Lowes I had forgot I bought sometime back. So I got all my pipe, fittings and hardware to do the project. I was going to use 1/2 inch pipe but then decided to go with the 3/4 inch figuring it would be easier to get the wires thropugh the elbows. After I make Chili I'll start working on it. Pic .....Paul
Thank you, Paul! I’m a bit OCD. I had to mellow to survive since my wife and older daughter just drop stuff anywhere. Who said men are all messy and women are neat? LOL
Yes, always use larger inside diameter conduit than you think you need. I don’t know how long a run you have, but if it is any length at all leave a pull string in the conduit and tie it off at both ends. If you need more wires later you will be glad you did. In that note, we always pull spares whether it is copper or fiber optics. You may want to do that too.
Chili!!!!! That would have me spending the afternoon in the bathroom instead of the train room!!!! LOL
Mark that is a good thought. I am planning ahead by running 4 wires through the pipe. One for power, one for ground, one for accessories and one for DC..................Paul
briansilvermustang posted:
Will run trains for ice cream...
Yo ZEKE!
Keeping busy, finally got the relay panel built for the 5 signal heads on the signal bridge and installed individual plugs for each head. As the layout plan has changed due to the planned expansion, I re-did the main line under the bridge, haven't bent any gargraves track in a while, forgot how well it makes easements, (transition curve). Will probably go back and do a little more weathering on the signal bridge, but for now I need to run the DC power for the relays, and the signal wires for the insulated blocks. 
Chris, That is a nice looking little relay panel. The signal bridge looks great as does the scene around it!!!!
Mark, Thanks. Got more complicated than I thought, like most projects. Since I purchased the do it yourself 3 light LED signal heads, I ended up needing two relays for each head, the first one to detect track presence, then the 2nd one with built in timer delay to control the Yellow to Red change... In spite of all my "testing the LED's" as I was building this thing, I must have damaged one of the green LED's, not sure when, but what a pain in the ____ to get it off the mast, opened up and replaced..... Anyway, glad it's done.
Really want to start laying more track. My last to do was re-configure the main line on the upper level, had to remove a return loop switch under the signal bridge and bend the mainline
On to Promontory !
So much hard work!
Chris, I certainly do know what you mean about being more complicated than I first thought. Yes, I can see replacing one that was damaged took some effort! Now you can be happy with the end results.
Mark, Just scrolled back and saw your latest "track plan". Looks very good, a good long main line but not an entire layout of "track" with no open areas for scenery, industries etc....
paul 2 posted:Mark, at least you have them neatly under the tables. Mine are all over the place with no organization. I was going to go to Menards to get my PVC but I found a gift card for Lowes I had forgot I bought sometime back. So I got all my pipe, fittings and hardware to do the project. I was going to use 1/2 inch pipe but then decided to go with the 3/4 inch figuring it would be easier to get the wires thropugh the elbows. After I make Chili I'll start working on it. Pic .....Paul
Hey Paul- one of these will bend the pipe quite well, it's a PVC bending blanket ...
I have one and I like Chili......should be out to Ohio by morning
Bob
chris a posted:Mark, Thanks. Got more complicated than I thought, like most projects. Since I purchased the do it yourself 3 light LED signal heads, I ended up needing two relays for each head, the first one to detect track presence, then the 2nd one with built in timer delay to control the Yellow to Red change... In spite of all my "testing the LED's" as I was building this thing, I must have damaged one of the green LED's, not sure when, but what a pain in the ____ to get it off the mast, opened up and replaced..... Anyway, glad it's done.
Really want to start laying more track. My last to do was re-configure the main line on the upper level, had to remove a return loop switch under the signal bridge and bend the mainline
On to Promontory !
Nice panel Chris. Who made the relay boards?
Bob
Done a little more to the layout this afternoon. Put in a side road in and I got some more done on my F3 NYC this morning I made the pilot stationary enjoy the pics
chris a posted:Mark, Just scrolled back and saw your latest "track plan". Looks very good, a good long main line but not an entire layout of "track" with no open areas for scenery, industries etc....
Thank you, Chris!
Lee, Nice progress and the NYC F3 looks and runs great!
Found a 4.5 V wallwart for my Menards Hummer. Maybe I can replace the 5.5v one after dinner.
I hear Chili is on the menu.....
Bob, I bought them both on ebay, here is a link to the ones with the 1 to 10 sec. timers...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-SH...p2057872.m2749.l2649
If I were to do this again, I think I would use the old school type ice cube relays 12 VDC for the first bank of relays (without timer delay).... The SPDT relay modules I bought 2 years ago are like the link below also available on ebay...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Cha...;hash=item3d5b46e298
Chris, you do great work. I am moving close to where you live so you can do that for me. Mark and Bob the Chili turned out really good. Had a second bowl. Made enough to last a few days. I may not get down to work on the layout tonight LOL Pics..............Paul
Paul, looks like you have a good amount of work ahead! Just for thought, if you ite a cotton ball to a string and use your wife's vacuum you can suck it right threw the pipe!
Chris, things are looking nice, One question why not use a group of relays? I have a few that are 5 per board!
Lee, you are moving fast! But it sure looks good!
Paul, you know if I lived close to you I would be there for dinner! Oh and trains of course!
Mike, you are always welcome here. My plan for the PVC is to do a section at a time. Feed the wires through the first section then feed the wires through the second section and glue them together and then so on till I have it alll the way through to under the island table............Paul
Paul, Yes Mike’s way is a good one, but yours will work too! Always more than one way to do it
Looking for suggestions for a Spray Gun System for painting and weathering my cars. I scanned this thread, but can't find the recommendation that was made. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
paul 2 posted:Mike, you are always welcome here. My plan for the PVC is to do a section at a time. Feed the wires through the first section then feed the wires through the second section and glue them together and then so on till I have it alll the way through to under the island table............Paul
Paul, that will work, but be careful, if you get to much glue it can melt the wire covering!
John, There may be other recommendations, but I mentioned buying this one off of Amazon made by "Point Zero"..... It's only gone up $6.00 since I bought mine a year ago.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Paul, I would work for the Chili, looks pretty darn good. I just came up from the basement, and realized it was getting late for "dinner" !!
Mike, The 5 pack on one board should work fine, I had purchased individuals some time back, long before I realized I was going to embark on this 5 signal bridge.
Cancel my remark above, about using the ice cube relays for the first bank of relays, the one's I used are fine. For some reason on the test bench the intensity of the Green LED's was changing and getting brighter when I activated any one of the blocks... Now that it's on the layout, that problem is completely gone.
I think my $5.00 HO - DC transformer that I picked up at a train show for doing bench work projects has voltage control issues. I have a real nice Post War Lionel (HO) DC Transformer on the layout that is powering all my signals, relays and LED building lights through some local inexpensive regulated power supply circuit boards to vary the building lights. It works great, and there is no change in the light intensity on my new signal bridge. Need to throw that $5.00 thing away and get another one that I know works.
Mike, as I feed the wires through each section I will run a small bead of glue on the section that will slide into the elbows and unions. That way as I push it in the glue will work out instead of into the pipe.......Paul
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Chris, Thank you for the recommendation of the Point Zero Air Brush. I ordered it with some cleaner and cleaning brushes. My air brush from college was ruined when I failed to clean it promptly after use.
My paints for re-numbering some Atlas O Union Pacific Hoppers are also on the way. I have decals for the re-numbering of 20 of the 22 Trainman 70-Ton Open Hoppers.
My shipments from Atheron Scenics of flexible and rigid PRR Walls and Fillers arrived this week. My winter projects are shaping up for a busy time.
Today I repaired some of my damaged concrete drive, hoping to postpone the inevitable new driveway. It has worked in the past, but I was younger then. Several of the bags from Home Depot had solidified concrete corners, already rock hard. Tomorrow I will return the unusable cement and ask for a refund. Contractors return cement all the time. I got three bags that got wet before they were returned to stock.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Working on this grain elevator. Inquired if this mfr. was going to offer his HO water mill kit in O....he is...
John Rowlen, Ironic you should mention that experience. I was thinking after responding, to suggest that you plan to clean it thoroughly after each use. The acrylic paints are great for keeping noxious fumes from building up, but they do leave residue inside the airbrush. I bought one of those nice glass cleaning jars with a bracket that acts as a holder, but when I am done using it, I always pull the needle, and the nozzle end and soak everything in Simple Green for 30 minutes, then rinse it and let it dry while apart. Got myself in trouble one time when I just flushed the airbrush cleaner through through the cup, and thought it would be ok till the next day then when I picked it up it definitely wasn't spraying as well as before.... Took it apart cleaned and it was back to normal... After that I just decided it was worth taking the 5 minutes to take out the major parts, soak, them and then I don't have any issues to deal with.
chris a posted:Bob, I bought them both on ebay, here is a link to the ones with the 1 to 10 sec. timers...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-SH...p2057872.m2749.l2649
If I were to do this again, I think I would use the old school type ice cube relays 12 VDC for the first bank of relays (without timer delay).... The SPDT relay modules I bought 2 years ago are like the link below also available on ebay...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Cha...;hash=item3d5b46e298
Thanks Chris.
I used a AC relay for my grade crossing signals. I have some dwarf signals that I built and I'm looking for a better way to control them.
Mark Boyce posted:jbmccormick posted:Yesterday I decided to some cleaning / organizing under the layout. A few months back I took some engines for service to Mr. Muffins. I was looking for the engine boxes and of course found every one but the ones I was looking for (thanks Murphy's law). I decided to relocate the engine boxes from under the layout to the attic of the house. With a little help, I moved over 30 MTH, Atlas and Lionel engine boxes from the basement to the attic. I then celebrated that by running trains for over an hour last night with 7 trains running and me walking from room to room with my iPad using the MTH WiFi. THAT was a lot of fun.
Here is what I did with my engine boxes so I could find them if I need to ship one out. Of course you can see I don't have anywhere near 30. They make a nice little view block of boxes for ceramic buildings as well.
Here are all the rolling stock boxes in the closet under the basement stairs. They will go under the new layout once construction allows. At 62, I'm tired of crawling in here.
Mark,
That is one reason they were moved to the attic. Getting under the layout isn't the easiest. I still have another 10-15 to find but thats for another day.
Extremely busy day yesterday, however, I still found 5 minutes to run trains. Seeing 3 trains and trolly running on the layout simultaneously is always a satisfying sight to behold!!
JBMcCormick, I know what you mean about under the layout. I am planning on using a roll out dolly. I’m thinking of putting casters on plywood platforms that I can roll out.
Mark Boyce posted:JBMcCormick, I know what you mean about under the layout. I am planning on using a roll out dolly. I’m thinking of putting casters on plywood platforms that I can roll out.
I used furniture dollies from the big box store. Less expensive than buying castors of the same quality.
Nice Matt! You can also get them at Harbor freight!
Matt, Yes that is just it. Also, besides the cost savings, those make half the work already done for you! I suppose the person who wants display shelves under the layout could put them on the front and still put a handle on the top front.
mike g. posted:Paul, looks like you have a good amount of work ahead! Just for thought, if you ite a cotton ball to a string and use your wife's vacuum you can suck it right threw the pipe!
Chris, things are looking nice, One question why not use a group of relays? I have a few that are 5 per board!
Lee, you are moving fast! But it sure looks good!
Mike thanks!
It seems like years trying to get this layout going. Thanks to you guys for the inspiration I’ve got a lot more done than I thought I could.
Ran trains for 30 minutes today and actually saw smoke come out of my Lionel J class .... which made me ...
....
While trains were running I let my imagination go and mentally conceived a scene for the next Team Track Tuesday.
All in all ... I had great fun!!
Matt, Nice job with the dollies. I was thinking about doing the plywood platforms with casters, but your photos look like you came up with a great design there. thanks for taking the photos and posting them.
lee drennen posted:mike g. posted:Paul, looks like you have a good amount of work ahead! Just for thought, if you ite a cotton ball to a string and use your wife's vacuum you can suck it right threw the pipe!
Chris, things are looking nice, One question why not use a group of relays? I have a few that are 5 per board!
Lee, you are moving fast! But it sure looks good!
Mike thanks!
It seems like years trying to get this layout going. Thanks to you guys for the inspiration I’ve got a lot more done than I thought I could.
Lee, your more then welcome, I also get a great amount of inspiration from this forum! I like to give credit where it is rated!
Mark Boyce posted:Matt, Yes that is just it. Also, besides the cost savings, those make half the work already done for you! I suppose the person who wants display shelves under the layout could put them on the front and still put a handle on the top front.
There are many options for any layout. I may paint the fronts black like a tunnel with a white headlight on one & a red taillight on the other. For me I just roll them out when I want to work under the layout. I made a creeper from one of the dollies & it rolls very smoothly. Mine are 3’ x 6’ & required 2 dollies each. I still wish I made the layout 4’ High instead of 3’.
Yes, there are all kinds of things you could do with them!! Excellent!!
Hey Matt, any way you could show a picture of your creeper you built?
Mike always thinks of the questions I never think to ask!
LOL Mark, not always, but I know I am going to need something for the drop connections! Among anything else that might come up!
Good for you Mike! Yes that one is a good question I will need a bit more help too! We have come to the right place!!
My project is going to extend into the beginning of the week. I was goping to use speaker wire for onme of my wires but when I ran to Home Depot to get double faced taped I stopped in the Electrical department and they had 14 gauge stranded wire in blue so I picked some up. When I got back home I started to line up everything to start working. But it took a number of tries to fish the wire up behind the backdrop. I may of made it easy on myself by doing just a couple of wires at a time but I was greedy and did all 5 at once which is why it took so long but I got them pulled through and enough to go ll the way to the island table. But in the morning I'll have to run to Lowes to get a flat blade bit so I can drill holes through the cross braces for the wires. With a little bit of luck I think I can finish this off tomorrow. Pics....................Paul
It's all good Paul! Its just a work in progress, no time frame, no dead line, just you own pace! Just enjoy the time!
One of the guys who helped me with the electrical stuff on my layout borrowed all my scenery adhesive from micro mark a while back. That means I can't really do any scenery improvements at all, until I get some more.
I'm not complaining, accusing him of anything, or thinking he's a freeloader. When he helped me on the initial assembly of the bench work on my layout, he donated quite a bit of modeling supplies to that effort.
There is a all day op session event for local charity, run by the local Club. Two groups of attendees are going to come to my house in 2 weeks, and run trains. For the last couple of days, I've been cleaning track. I was hoping to have had a op session before now, to test out some new Switch lists I had worked up, in anticipation of that. But, summer being what it was in this part of the country, nobody wanted to run trains. Maybe I can get a guy or two out to the house this week after work, to run one train through to see whether it works.
So, I don't have much to report on, no real photos to speak of.
Going to let the glue dry over night. (Cyanoacrylate with gap filler). Tomorrow is the start of deer hunting season in Michigan. Archery Season only, no fire arms. This will slow down this process, will be out of the man cave for part of the day.
Gary
Looks good Gary! Happy hunting!
mike g. posted:Hey Matt, any way you could show a picture of your creeper you built?
Yes.
The one at the bottom is the movers dolly with an ancient creeper with old wheels removed mounted on it. The other two storage racks had pillows on them as a joke for a friend, if he needed a place to stay.
Looks great, Matt!
Good joke for your friend! LOL
Gary, the people are looking great! I hope you don't have to many to do!
Thanks Matt, I guess I am going to have to make a trip to Harbor Freight to pick a movers dolly! LOL
p51 posted:One of the guys who helped me with the electrical stuff on my layout borrowed all my scenery adhesive from micro mark a while back. That means I can't really do any scenery improvements at all, until I get some more.
I'm not complaining, accusing him of anything, or thinking he's a freeloader. When he helped me on the initial assembly of the bench work on my layout, he donated quite a bit of modeling supplies to that effort.
There is a all day op session event for local charity, run by the local Club. Two groups of attendees are going to come to my house in 2 weeks, and run trains. For the last couple of days, I've been cleaning track. I was hoping to have had a op session before now, to test out some new Switch lists I had worked up, in anticipation of that. But, summer being what it was in this part of the country, nobody wanted to run trains. Maybe I can get a guy or two out to the house this week after work, to run one train through to see whether it works.
So, I don't have much to report on, no real photos to speak of.
Lee, If I lived closer I would be over all the time! But then again I guess its lucky for you I am not that close to you! LOL
paul 2 posted:My project is going to extend into the beginning of the week. I was goping to use speaker wire for onme of my wires but when I ran to Home Depot to get double faced taped I stopped in the Electrical department and they had 14 gauge stranded wire in blue so I picked some up. When I got back home I started to line up everything to start working. But it took a number of tries to fish the wire up behind the backdrop. I may of made it easy on myself by doing just a couple of wires at a time but I was greedy and did all 5 at once which is why it took so long but I got them pulled through and enough to go ll the way to the island table. But in the morning I'll have to run to Lowes to get a flat blade bit so I can drill holes through the cross braces for the wires. With a little bit of luck I think I can finish this off tomorrow. Pics....................Paul
It's probably not helping that you are having the shakes going through York badge withdrawal. Don't worry buddy as long as you are nice tomorrow night at Al's I will return your badge to you.
Elliot, sometimes it is good to take a breather. Gives you a chance to look over what you did so far to make sure you don't want to make any small changes before you get it all done. Bryan, thank you for taking care of my badge for me. So kind of you. I will be taking nice pills for tomorrow evening to be nice to you. Also Shirley is making me a nice script to read nice things from to say to you in case the pills don't kick in on time. Got to head to Lowe's to get some bits so I can finish the wiring project...,....Paul
mike g. posted:Hey Ed, if I am not mistaken you also added the pallets that are fallen over! Looks good either way!
Hey Mike, you've got a keen eye! Thanks. I'm playing with the scene...I think I need a few more folks for sure.
Back from Lowes this morning. I decided to splurge and go one step better then just flat blade bits. I bought this three pack of three different sizes which were the sizes I needed anyways. And while there I pick up a pack of cutting blades for doing gar graves and sandpaper which I was nursing my last sheet that had holers in it. So this afternoon so far I have gotten the wire and PVC pipe all the way to the furnace. Now I just have to make up a pipe coming down and a pipe to go through the back of the table. From there the wires will go to block terminals on the front making it ready to at least start wiring power and ground to all the different areas of the island. Pics............Paul
trainroomgary posted:Started to install seated figures in a RailKing, Amtrak Passenger Coach Car.
Going to let the glue dry over night. (Cyanoacrylate with gap filler). Tomorrow is the start of deer hunting season in Michigan. Archery Season only, no fire arms. This will slow down this process, will be out of the man cave for part of the day.
Gary
Gary, looking good! You may want to consider one or two standing people if they'll fit. Also, remember, the pointy end of the arrow points away from you....
Ed, Thinks for thinking of me! I am sure there will be others to chime in. But it its your layout so make it as you like it! LOL
Look at you go Paul, your just like me, I use any project to buy new tools! It's like Christmas when I start a new project! The wife doesn't like it when I am buying, but she sure loves the end results!
The wire job is looking very nice! Next thing you know you will be running trains across the bridge in no time!
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