UPDATED: Latest RRTrack Plan with Scenery

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Originally posted by Patrick H:
Gary,

Glad to see you posting. Looks Great!!!Just awesome.

Thanks Patrick, your posts of your layout continue to inspire me. That's the value of this forum.

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Originally posted by Ingeniero No1:
Gary,

You sure have done a lot of good work - nice progress!

Keep us posted.

Alex

Thanks Alex, I appreciate the kind words, especially coming from you.

Gary...your layout is coming along fantastically!! Just wanted you to know that after seeing your modular arch bridges, I decided to go ahead with a project for my layout that I had been thinking about for over a year...placed my order with Jim last night!!

Alan

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Originally posted by leavingtracks:
Gary...your layout is coming along fantastically!! Just wanted you to know that after seeing your modular arch bridges, I decided to go ahead with a project for my layout that I had been thinking about for over a year...placed my order with Jim last night!!

Alan

Thanks Alan, I have really enjoyed looking at your layout, especially the "L". I will be adding and "L" later, using Jim's stuff (BridgeBoss).

You will love the modular arch bridge. Mine ended up over 10' long leading from a 48" Arch up to the MTH **** Gate bridge. Didn't realize until last week at York that this is prototypical of the real bridge. Carl Schandelmeier, a good friend, even found pictures of the real bridge and gave them to me. It was a pure accident that I used Jim's modular arch bridge for this purpose but excited that I did. The bridge is wonderful, you will be happy. Jim is a great guy to work with.

If I ever get the chance to visit my aunts in florida, would like to come by and lend a helping hand. they live over by titusville area.

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Originally posted by DL&W Pete:
If I ever get the chance to visit my aunts in florida, would like to come by and lend a helping hand. they live over by titusville area.

Hope you can visit your aunts soon, could really use and would definitely appreciate the help.

Source/link and detail photos of the modular arch bridges possible? Your thoughts of why to go all the way to 1/4" when milling the 1/2 Homosote? tt

Hi Tom.
Give me a call or email me for more info about the Modular Arch bridge.

tks, jim r from bridgeboss.com

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Originally posted by Tom Tee:
Source/link and detail photos of the modular arch bridges possible? Your thoughts of why to go all the way to 1/4" when milling the 1/2 Homosote? tt

Hey Gary....got my modular arches from Jim and posted this on both the 3-rail and Scenery forums. Didn't know if you saw the results but take a look.... Jim cut out additional pieces that I added to the bridge in order to allow me to cover the fascia of the layout and mount the bridge below the fascia so that I didn't have to cut out an area to fit the bridge into the plan...worked like a charm!!
Thanks,
Alan

Yes I saw this a few days ago. They turned out fantastic. Your concept to hide the bench work that you worked out with Jim is great! I love to recommend Jim to anyone, he is such a great guy to work with and his product is fantastic. I know you have worked with him before, but there are a lot of people that could benefit from Jim and his work.

In fact I need to talk with him about some straight supports that will go along with the modular arch bridge leading up to my **** Gate bridge. I was going to use mountain between the modular arch bridge and the bridge itself but not after seeing pictures of the real bridge. I was told that arch bridges precede the straight supports right at the real bridge. It was pure accident but I guess I was being prototypical and didn't know it.

Thanks for posting pictures of your layout. I enjoy seeing them each time. Would love to see it in person, but don't get to Arkansas much. In fact I have only been there once in my life. But if you ever get to Florida let me know.

Thanks Gary....

Yep, I have worked with Jim a lot and thus he has put his "stamp" on my layout. My favorite being the large train shed. He has a winner group of products and best of all he is willing to customize at a reasonable price that most everyone can afford.

By the way, we have a number of folks that have moved up from your part of the country to retire here in Mountain Home...can't figure out why since you live in a beautiful area!! In any case, you are welcome anytime to visit and be our guests! You may want to consider joining up with our fledgling Mid-America 3-Railer group. We are just getting started...I am behind on getting our website up and going because life has gotten in the way but hopefully sometime I will have a few days in a row to get it done. Anyway, our plan is for the group to get together just a few times per year centered around any member that would like to host a day event at their home or town. I think our next get together may be in February at "Ingeniero No1", Alex's home during the Great American Train Expo in St. Louis. Think about considering it....

Thanks,
Alan

Just finished the Christmas Village, track ballasting, lighting and of course snow. This was my first attempt at permanent scenery. I was originally from Indiana and the hardest part in moving to central Florida was not seeing snow at Christmas time. So, I had to have a Christmas Village on the train layout. Hope you enjoy

























Taking the rest of the year off but already looking forward to starting the New Year off with adding scenery.

For those of you following this thread. I had a chance yesterday to see it in "action", and as a noobie, and having done about 98% of my research on this site because we don't have a club in the area... this was nothing short of AWESOME!.

As I told Gary upon entering the room... "Oh wow...and I mumbled a few other words of excitement under my breath ! This is the makings of what looks to be an outstanding layout! It is MUCH bigger, and dynamic than can be experienced in photos. I had no idea how much was actually going on with it until I saw it first hand. With 3 levels of track it has much to gaze at.

My original trip to see the layout was to purchase some pieces of scaletrax from Gary, but I quickly forgot about that as he explained the working of the layout to me and my family. We all had a great time, and I look forward to following the progress of the layout here... like I told Gary it is hard to believe that this he is only a year into the project. A LOT has been done in a year.

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Originally posted by Gunguyandtrainson:
For those of you following this thread. I had a chance yesterday to see it in "action", and as a noobie, and having done about 98% of my research on this site because we don't have a club in the area... this was nothing short of AWESOME!.

As I told Gary upon entering the room... "Oh wow...and I mumbled a few other words of excitement under my breath ! This is the makings of what looks to be an outstanding layout! It is MUCH bigger, and dynamic than can be experienced in photos. I had no idea how much was actually going on with it until I saw it first hand. With 3 levels of track it has much to gaze at.

My original trip to see the layout was to purchase some pieces of scaletrax from Gary, but I quickly forgot about that as he explained the working of the layout to me and my family. We all had a great time, and I look forward to following the progress of the layout here... like I told Gary it is hard to believe that this he is only a year into the project. A LOT has been done in a year.

Thanks Brian for the kind words. It was a pleasure having you, your wife and son over to see the layout. And thanks for taking some of my left over flex track off my hands. You are more than welcome to come back anytime you are in the area.

Hi Gary.
Our trip to florida has been rescheduled from early April to the 4th of July week this year. Hopfully i can make it over your way at that time to see your terrific layout.

jim r from bridgeboss.com

Any updates on your layout Gary?

Will be doing an update soon.  Had grandson for three weeks and had to take him and pick him up from school. 35 miles each way 140 miles per day.  Not good with the high gas prices.  But Mother was working, or so she says, bringing the new Disney Cruise ship to USA from Germany.  Tough work assignment.

 

Gary your train room layout plan and layout are really

beautiful. Great work.

 

Thanks, Alex

Hi Gary, I just now saw your recent videos posted last month-- WOW, great stuff.

 

I saw a few of your freinds at York in April, Hope you and your family are doing well. They told me of some of your recent experiences and i was a bit concerned for you.

I will contact you by email direct.

 

jim r

Gary,

 

My grandson and I are looking forward to seeing you and your progress on the layout. I will give you a call when we get to Florida. We are looking to visit on the evening of June 9.

 

Looking forward to your visit Bill and meeting your grandson.  I am hoping that my grandson will be with me that day / evening.

Thank you for your kind words.  Wouldn't have been possible without some great assistance from the guys here at the OGR Forum.  There are so many inspirational layouts that are represented here on the Forum and seeing posts of their progress keeps me moving forward.  Looking forward to starting the scenery in July.

Gary....just saw the updates and really enjoyed the videos.  You have made some wonderful progress!!  Lots of action going on....a train watchers paradise for sure..

 

Alan

Alan. My family will be in florida (ST Pete BEACH) the week of july 4th and im planing a short trip over to visit Gary that week to see his layout and discuss the addition of my EL to his layout.

 

jim r from bridgeboss.com

Hey Jim sent you an email and haven't heard back?  Did you make it to Florida?  If so, I am so sorry I missed you.  Did your plans get changed?

 

Gary.

  This new addition of the ELevated Subway bridge system look great. Let me know of anything else you might need to progress.

 

tks.

jim r

Thanks Jim for getting my elevated supports done so quickly.  All arrived safely. 

 

Here is the latest pictures of the supports I made for the elevated plywood to support the downtown area.

Since I haven't posted in over a year I though I would add some pictures of the preliminary scenery I have been working on.  Still not my favorite thing to do, but learning as I go.  Mainly what not to do.

Almost forgot, thanks to Al and Dennis I also completed the Turntable, Roundhouse area.  Been done for over a year and thought I had updated for them.

Thanks Jim:

You did a fantastic job working with me on the supports.  It took a few back and fourths to get all of the sizes correct and I will want to thank you for your patience and great work.  I love how the "EL" turned out.  You are the Best!!!

 

Had to wait on the EZ Streets to come in to finalize the placement of the "EL" but much of the work is now completed.  I also had to order in several MTH buildings to make sure that space and placement was not going to be a problem.  Here are the latest pictures and will add more soon.  This is the last two significant pieces to my layout that I have planned at this point.  I have waited until now to start finalizing the scenery.  But with this work effort completed I believe I am ready to dive head first into finishing up the scenery.  Hopefully will be running electric to all of the buildings in the next couple of weeks.  I will be using Computer Power Supplies (12V) and buss lines running around the entire upper level to supply the power.

 

Hope everyone enjoys.