John
Nice brickwork. At the bottom of the bricks, I add a thin concrete foundation layer, which suggests a deeper concrete foundation supporting the bricks.
Actually, I put a foundation layer beneath all of my structures.
That looks very sharp, John!
John Great work ! You got to love the 3D printer!
I now realize how far over my head I am with this project. I have a EXTEREMLY Strong tendancy to get distracted by every small or large detail as I am working on one "phase" of the layout. My goal was to get track laid down and powered up to run a single engine to see some progress. So I started at the atlas bridge and getting the bridge abutment aligned for safe travel. Then I went and started to paint/weather abutment while printing some trestles for the second mainline. Then the elevated trestles and trusses etc. needed painted and weathered.
I can see that I am trying to finish a section of the layout, which delays the track work and powering things up. My gut tells me I am working towards ... Yeah, my point is, I havn't a finished plan to build to! Or even a picture in my head. To illustrate this, I was working on the decent of one of the mainlines from the atlas bridge. Well the trestles took me to 2" of the table top, so then the cookie cutter was brought up. Now I need an abutment for the track to transition from elevated girder to raised hill! Whoops, there goes my focus again, lacking a plan to work towards. Any and all advice is needed! Thanks
@AlanRail posted:John
Nice brickwork. At the bottom of the bricks, I add a thin concrete foundation layer, which suggests a deeper concrete foundation supporting the bricks.
Actually, I put a foundation layer beneath all of my structures.
Thanks for the great suggestion, yes a prime rule of building is a sturdy level foundation to build upon. Thanks Alan for the needed reminder.
@Mark Boyce posted:That looks very sharp, John!
Thanks Mark and Mike, yes the 3D printer has become a blessing and a thorn. It distracts me from working on the layout and working on 3d projects. lol my own achilles heal, lack of focus.
John, I can identify with your dilemma. The best advice I can give is to take heart, you recognize you get distracted looking towards an end goal. As I say of myself, I put the cart before the horse." I have run out of table when I thought the plan looked good on paper. Sometimes, I have to tear out what I just put in. Other times, I decide to live with the mistake and continue on. I think a lot of us have similar experiences.
John don't be hard on yourself I find if you don't have someone there to keep you on track it is so easy to veer away onto other projects! Heck I even see that at the local train club here near my new home! It happens to almost everyone I know or talke to!
Mark & Mike,
Thanks for the supportive words of encouragement, now to get back to doing something... LOL I'll forge ahead on the goal of completing track elevations and connecting. Next step is to identify power blocks, isolate and provide controlled power. So basically finish roadbed, trestles, lay track again, and provide power. Those are the goals! Sorry for being repetitive, I have a better chance of remembering that way.
