Nice progress! Peter, looking back at your TW kit, would you mind sharing your painting technique?
Don
Peter you and Tom make a great team! I hope when we get to wherever we land that I find someone close that likes wiring! LOL
@dmestan posted:Nice progress! Peter, looking back at your TW kit, would you mind sharing your painting technique?
Don
Sure……but, which one?
I did five….…
Rock Island Freight House
Cameron Freight Transfer
New Haven Signal Tower
Three Stall Engine House
Transfer Table Office
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Sure……but, which one?
I did five….…
Rock Island Freight House
Cameron Freight Transfer
New Haven Signal Tower
Three Stall Engine House
Transfer Table Office
Peter
The most recent one above - 3 stall house?
@dmestan posted:The most recent one above - 3 stall house?
Will do…….check back tomorrow. I’ll organize some pics.
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:
Have a greatand safe weekend, folks!
Peter
hi Peter, Starting to look like a bee hive under the layout! How are you planning to throw the switches? I ended up putting the buttons for the switches on the side of the layout near each switch, so I could walk around the layout and switch them when the train apporaches.
Layout looks super! Best, Dave
@DL Brunette posted:hi Peter, Starting to look like a bee hive under the layout! How are you planning to throw the switches? I ended up putting the buttons for the switches on the side of the layout near each switch, so I could walk around the layout and switch them when the train apporaches.
Layout looks super! Best, Dave
All switches except one are within 24-30" of the edge. Most are 12-18". The one that is 36" away is reachable with a single plastic stepstool. The switch motors have push button activation.
In addition, the D2500 switch motors are TMCC-ready with a data wire. I am waiting for the Base3 to come out. No sense hooking up to the Legacy Base just in time to change.....
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Will do…….check back tomorrow. I’ll organize some pics.
Peter
Here we go......
You need good/sharp tools to remove this lit from the forms. It's easy. Just a lot of work to do.
The base.......3 kinds of gray: medium, lighter, lighter; then, dry brushing with an off white (I like Antique White Parchment)
Metallic siver spray.
Overspray of red rust.
Flat yellow for 2" at the bases.
Assembly. A dirty off white on the wall interiors.
Start taping. A good month to buy 3M stock. You will use a lot and push up the stock price by the month's end.....
Wait for a good day. I belive it was upper 50s, lower 60s....with a slight wind....
A flat red.....
Paint the lintels separate.....one of the light/medium grays. The roof is texted flat black with chalked gray overspray.....
I trust this will help. The instructions for their large kits are very detailed. Go to the TW Trainworx store page and where each kit is listed and described, the instructions are downloadable.
Peter
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Mike Reagan does a great video describing the contruction and painting of their Rock Island Freight House kit. Many of his techniques are/were applicable to this kit. I highly recommend it.
Peter
@dmestan posted:The most recent one above - 3 stall house?
Just curious.....what that what you were looking for?
Peter
Another week gone by and a lot going on......Yesterday, we had another big wiring session led by none other than Gilly@N&W (Tom) and others from the RC3R crew......
The Main Loops are 90% wired.
The switch motors are 90% wired.
The electrically isolated sidings (eight of them), are all wired.
Next on the list: the wiring of circuits for lights and accessories and then building of the station platform.
After that, more building kits.
....and, we did have time to see a train......
Power on the engine yard lead.....
Power on a Transfer Table siding.......
Power on the Transfer Table......
Power in the Engine House.......
Thanks to Tom and the group, I am moving forward!
Have a great and safe weekend, everyone!
Peter
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The work looks great, Peter! With a crew like that, how could you go wrong?
@Putnam Division posted:Just curious.....what that what you were looking for?
Peter
Yes thanks for the great tutorial! Sorry for the late response, I got busy last week and did not check in.
Don
@dmestan posted:Yes thanks for the great tutorial! Sorry for the late response, I got busy last week and did not check in.
Don
No problem!
Just wanted to be sure you got what you wanted.....
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Another week gone by and a lot going on......Yesterday, we had another big wiring session led by none other than Gilly@N&W (Tom) and others from the RC3R crew......
The Main Loops are 90% wired.
The switch motors are 90% wired.
The electrically isolated sidings (eight of them), are all wired.
Next on the list: the wiring of circuits for lights and accessories and then building of the station platform.
After that, more building kits.
....and, we did have time to see a train......
Power on the engine yard lead.....
Power on a Transfer Table siding.......
Power on the Transfer Table......
Power in the Engine House.......
Thanks to Tom and the group, I am moving forward!
Have a great and safe weekend, everyone!
Peter
That engine house is AWESOME!! WOW!!!
Beautiful work Peter!
Peter, amazing just amazing work, especially the engine house! May add that kit to my addition! Thanks for the detailed stepwise instructions! Very helpful!
Mike
@Putnam Division- Peter beautiful granddaughter and a very happy birthday. Thanks for posting great pictures.
Best Wishes
Don
Looks like a Marx! That is quite a sight. Really enjoy the updates. Best, Dave
I have always considered my 1958 F3 New Haven freight set as my 1st set. However, there are some frames on an 8mm video film of me playing with the exat set Christmas, 56. No one could ever tell me what happened to that set.......
April 2007, I picked it up at York....
Peter
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Peter, the engine house is looking great with all of the details and colors. Your wiring is paying off, it will make for an easier time to add circuits or troubleshooting down the road. Your approach is logical and organized, nicely done.
Andy
@Steamfan77 posted:Peter, the engine house is looking great with all of the details and colors. Your wiring is paying off, it will make for an easier time to add circuits or troubleshooting down the road. Your approach is logical and organized, nicely done.
Andy
Thank you, Andy.
It seems to go so slow.....but, I am pleased. I am just about ready for another update, probably later this week.
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:I trust this will help. The instructions for their large kits are very detailed. Go to the TW Trainworx store page and where each kit is listed and described, the instructions are downloadable.
Peter
Nice tutorial, great work, beautiful end-result. 👌
@Putnam Division posted:Another week gone by and a lot going on......Yesterday, we had another big wiring session led by none other than Gilly@N&W (Tom) and others from the RC3R crew......
The Main Loops are 90% wired.
The switch motors are 90% wired.
The electrically isolated sidings (eight of them), are all wired.
Next on the list: the wiring of circuits for lights and accessories and then building of the station platform.
After that, more building kits.
..snip...Thanks to Tom and the group, I am moving forward!Have a great and safe weekend, everyone!
Peter
WOW, nice progress Peter. You'll be "finished" in no time. 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:WOW, nice progress Peter. You'll be "finished" in no time.
Still waiting for some scenery to appear on another layout around here.........
@RSJB18 posted:Still waiting for some scenery to appear on another layout around here.........
As soon as the cast of 100's shows up to work on it, it'll happen. 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:WOW, nice progress Peter. You'll be "finished" in no time.
I hope......the problem is, that there is too much fun in being retired.......not enough time to do the things I want to do!
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:I hope......the problem is, that there is too much fun in being retired.......not enough time to do the things I want to do!
Peter
Yep, been feeling like that for at least 15 years!
Peter, I think something done well and maybe slower is better than sloppy and quick. Worth the wait in my opinion. Look forward to the update.
Andy
Peter, Andy has a good point. I’ve been working on my layout for 7 years, and I just started my first little spot of scenery last month.
I see I am in good company saying retirement doesn’t give me time for much fun. Taking care of ma-in-law has been the most exhausting! 😉
I have always loved animated/operating cars and accessories…….and, even with my attention to realism, I cannot give them up. Consequently, they will be present on the layout, including some non scale ones……
Right along the front of the layout, on a spur, I will have a group of my favorites, with the possibility that some can be switched out from time to time.
First, I ran 14 gauge four conductor wire from my PostWar ZW (accessory and light transformer) to 4 nodes under the layout. Two for lights (to be done at a later date) and two for accessories.
Then, I moved to the accessory area. The Culvert twins are command controlled, so power set up was simple.
The Oil Drum Loader, the Forklift Unloader and the Barrel Loader each use a #90 Controller……..and the black wire signifies that I am activating them by completing the ground connection.
The Barrel loader requires two power rails to allow the Operating Barrel car to work in tandem. However, the Barrel car gets its ground through its wheels and power through the operating shoes. Hence, the wire is red.
However, there is another issue.......my last layout was Atlas....and I have 5 sets of Atlas control rails (similar to Lionel Super O control rails). However, the tie spacing on Ross is not the same (see below).
So, I made little inserts from Gargraves ties and glued them between the Ross ties.
For the Barrel Car, you have to wire the rails like on OTC contactor.The Barrel Car (and a few of the late 50s others, get their ground through their wheels.
Another unloading site added and another in progress....at these sites, one of the rails will be grounded....
All of the milk cars and the 3361 log dump car, as well as the MTH Dump cars that I own, require that one of the rails to be grounded. In addition, there is enough spacing on the following set of rails that a barrel car will also work.
The next one will be for milk cars....
Have a great and safe week, everyone!
Peter
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Can't see any of the photos Peter.
@RSJB18 posted:Can't see any of the photos Peter.
Yikes.....this seems to be a common issue this weekend....heck.....I didn't do anything different!
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Yikes.....this seems to be a common issue this weekend....heck.....I didn't do anything different!
Peter
Yep- I had the same problem yesterday. I started a thread to the Forum mods so that they can look into it.
@RSJB18 posted:Yep- I had the same problem yesterday. I started a thread to the Forum mods so that they can look into it.
Reposted and I can see the pics, at least on my computer....
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Reposted and I can see the pics, at least on my computer....
Peter
I see them now too.
Love the operating accessories too.
Peter looks like a fun time at your place! I think it's a wonderful idea.
Nice job on setting up the accessories, Peter!
Fun times ahead Peter. Looks great.
Very nice work-around, Peter!
Don't worry about the non-scale accessories. I'm pretty sure there will be scale giraffe cars at April York.
George
