What did you do on your layout today?

Can you post photos and explain how you apply the plaster cloth and if you are making your own, how you do it.

 

Thanks

 

Jim Miller

Finalized the plans for scenery around our Railway Express Transfer Warehouse and ordered some supplies. Made bases for two Woodland Scenic buildings so they match the bases on the MTH buildings. Cut Masonite to use as streets.

I started applying Roberts Brick Mortar on my new MTH Heartbreak Hotel.  Started building a new Clever Model's structure, just waiting for my lights to show up from China. Started scenicing a yard area on the layout.  I am going to work on another Clever Models Structure tonight and probably weather the Hotel and a Lionelville structure.

 

Stared at it, daydreamed, coughed 23 times, ran out of Kleenex, returned downstairs for more meds and water and to continue rassling the recliner. 

 

So, the answer is I did nothing to the layout. But I will catchup.

[there is no bacteria on this post---cough, cough].

 

 

Some mighty good looking work shown up above.

I put together a dummy K-line MP-15 today.

Last Tuesday a friend showed up at my layout with 2 K-line Alco FA's and 2 K-line EMD MP-15's. Only 1 FA would run. By the end of the day I improved the Alco FA that would run. Replaced the E unit in one of the MP-15's with one that I had, Installed the trucks from the damaged MP-15(broken shell) on to the second FA. Just like the 1 to 1 scale railroads we had to do some cutting on EMD trucks to get them under the Alco FA.

For my repair work my friend gave me the MP-15 frame and the broken shell.

Today installed Lionel dummy trucks under the MP-15 frame and added my good non-damaged K-line shell to make a new dummy engine. The engine will go to the paint shop in the near future. For now it looks like "Johnny Cash" built it. 

All I did on today on my portable O-gauge layout was look at it because I am working on some N-scale projects right now.

 

I got the painting and track completed over the last few weeks. The weather is going to be great this weekend and I have three days off, so I will get a good start on the scenery starting tomorrow.

I hooked some power to my on30 logging line and then stapled all lose wires that needed it. Hooked up a small building with some LEDs .

Blacked out the center rail on 15 ft of track. Put new traction tires on both stream engines. Ran all three trains for half an hour.

Making a switch control panel out if oak. It will control 16 turnouts. Indicator lights will be tiny LEDs. Keeping it very small so it tends to blend in with the layout front. I  have Legacy control of the switches also. These are just for fun.  Using different color LEDs to represent different areas for turnouts; such as yards, crossovers, coaling area. Routes will light with different LED colors which I'm hoping my mind will recognize after using for awhile which patterns set which routes. Time will tell. Just blew first try by drilling one hole out of place. I'm staining and sanding second attempt now.

 A start on the things you don't want to do. Primer on homasote for the new layout. Not done but progress! Terry

I'm still working on my two elevated 072 loops. Trying to catch my dream of a layout like the 1934 Lionel Showroom Layout.

Extended one of the locomotive service tracks by four inches.

Still working on the plaster roundhouse...slow but coming along. Interesting thread.

I like the beer garden.

 

I ran trains.  My 5 year old wanted to run trains.  He likes them but is more interested in the "guys" on the layout.  It was entertaining as I have a nice bridge and he is more interested in the guy fishing by it than the 5 engines running around him.

 

John

Got out my old Lionel 2056 engine from 1952 and ran it for the first time in 30 years. Started right up and ran like it did all those years ago.

I have my first postwar Lionel FA loco serviced and operational, except the E-unit needs more work for automatic reversing. AT&SF 212, runs nice and the horn works.

Started to take the layout down! Looking at moving and need to clean out the train room. I'm planning on setting up at least an 8x8 so I can run something while the process moves forward.

I put a TV and comfy chair in the room so my wife can be with me evenings while I work on the layout.

 

I’m trying to finish my engine service area. This weekend, I hope to add some handrails and ground cover around the water spout. I may not get the whole service area done since I can’t seem to find a suitable product for sand. All part of the fun!

 

 

 

 

I am looking at re-arranging the setup of my buildings inside the wye.  In my head it would have looked really good but after the buildings are set in place it looks way too crowded.