moved, raised and back to level again.....
before
tearing corner out.....
moved center peninsula over apprx. 24" to the right, raised it 6 "......
passed inspection......
new plan, penciled in areas are the walk ways......the left wall above the doorway will be cut out for the 1st addition to the room. 084 min. radii curves
a coal train on the upper deck......
slot car track on this level....
hopefully get them cleaned up and running tonight.......
Paul- no end to your talents huh? Kinda sounds like what I do around my house Guess we know why you get so much time to work on the trains.
Ted- Amazing work. The ice looks great! 
I finished up the diesel sand tower and put it in place last night. Took the opportunity to use it for a post on Team Track Tuesday. Check it out here
https://ogrforum.com/...32#75199724037433132
briansilvermustang posted:looks really good Ted !! GREAT JOB
Ted, I agree with Brian! You captured the frozen waterfall effect just right! The snow looks really convincing too! Yes, bring on the icebreaker!!
Wonderful job there Ted, I get cold just looking at it!
Brian, you sure have done a lot in just 2 days, I hope the rest of it goes a smooth!
RSJ, your sanding tower turned out looking just great! I like the addition of all the workers in the area!
TedW posted:Ok, all done, walking away... Gotta stop somewhere. Done! Will add some icicle breakers for safety.
I like it Ted. We live in NH and are very familiar with snow & ice. Some great ice walls at the Ledges in Conway & Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mts. Snow on your leaf bare deciduous trees is spot on. Nothing worse than having leafed out trees mixed with snowy pines. That does occur when we get an early October snowfall but it's rare. Good job!
new revision......added video simulation of trackplan......
over 500' main line.....new addition in red....
briansilvermustang posted:
new revision......added video simulation of trackplan......
over 500' main line.....new addition in red....
Dang, Brian. Where can I get a CNC machine to make my track drawings? 
TEDW, you did it perfect. No reason to mess with Mother Nature anymore. Is it real or is it Memorex LOL. Brian following your posts is amazing how much you are accomplishing each day............Paul
Much appreciation to all for the likes and nice comments. Gives all of us/me motivation to forge ahead and try something new next time it presents. Thx. Ted
mike g. posted:Wonderful job there Ted, I get cold just looking at it!
Brian, you sure have done a lot in just 2 days, I hope the rest of it goes a smooth!
RSJ, your sanding tower turned out looking just great! I like the addition of all the workers in the area!
Thanks Mike- can't build a 1:48 scale world without good help
Bob
briansilvermustang posted:
new revision......added video simulation of trackplan......
over 500' main line.....new addition in red....
That's an ambitious plan Brian. Can't wait to see trains running.
Bob
I can't wait to see some trains running either, some long trains.... I am hopefully trying to get a couple hours a day working on it, plus I have some vacation days that I'm planning on using to get some more work done on it. Going to use fastrack to get things running, easier and quicker to work with, then going to go back and replace it with gargraves and roadbed after I like how things turn out...the fastrack will then be used on my upstairs Alaska themed layout.....I think I'll busy this winter.....
Went out and got my piece of mirror to experiment with. After putting the mirror up I have to fine tune the area next to it adding some pieces of sidewalk. So for now this area is on hold till my brick walls come from Scenic express so I guess later this afternoon I add more ground turf to areas of the layout that are already started. Pics.........Paul
that looks pretty cool Paul !
Excellent Paul! The mirror creates a nice feeling of distance. It disappears into the blue wall too.
Bob
Hi Paul: that mirror trick really works well doesn't it. But you have to disguise the sides and top of the mirror. On my layout I have some tall trees against the mirror and painted a few clouds on the top. There is a hole wide enuff for six tracks to pass through on the bottom, hidden by 1/2 of a bridge with a few vehicles on it.
You have that row of building fronts next to the mirror and that looks very good.
Paul F.
paul 2 posted:Went out and got my piece of mirror to experiment with. After putting the mirror up I have to fine tune the area next to it adding some pieces of sidewalk. So for now this area is on hold till my brick walls come from Scenic express so I guess later this afternoon I add more ground turf to areas of the layout that are already started. Pics.........Paul
Looks great Paul. Disguise that separation a little and it will be very convincing!
clem k posted:Actually I haven't worked on the trains all summer
I'm recuperating from an incident in the garage. That involved a ladder, paint scraper, unconscious, nervous neighbors, ambulance ride, stitches and told to take it easy
Clem
I've come to the conclusion ladders are a young guys game myself.
Glad you're ok.
p51 posted:Adriatic posted:
I immediately was remind of this character from "The Nightmare before Christmas":
Too funny, I was thinking about a light coloered band and pilgrams buckle down low around the crows nest like on a victorian witches hat.
I've never seen the whole movie in one sitting 
; just portions, snipits.
I couldn't come up with a four-eyes joke either 
..still kinda disappointed there 
Brian, I am almost overwhelmed by your layout in the works!!!
Paul, I like the mirror! From the first angle, it looks like the street goes on and on. You will get it right so it looks good from all angles.
paul 2 posted:Went out and got my piece of mirror to experiment with. After putting the mirror up I have to fine tune the area next to it adding some pieces of sidewalk. So for now this area is on hold till my brick walls come from Scenic express so I guess later this afternoon I add more ground turf to areas of the layout that are already started. Pics.........Paul
Paul, I think things turned out looking great! I love the depth it gives the street! It's so cool you have SEAHAWKS towels your doing in the laundry! I new you were a Seattle fan! LOL
MIKE G, thanks but I see I have to clean off the top of the dryer. LOL And those are not Seahawks towels just old micro fiber towels. I am a Packers fan since 1965. I have to blend in the mirror some more. .......Paul
I worked my fingers to the bones
actually, it was bloody easy.
Not to worry, he's surrounded by as much sunshine as I can manage ......without real Daylight..or sunlight
Adriatic posted:I worked my fingers to the bones
actually, it was bloody easy.
Not to worry, he's surrounded by as much sunshine as I can manage ......without real Daylight..or sunlight
You should enter TrainWorld's Halloween Layout Photo Contest! As much as I would like to win, you (and some others on here) are orders of magnitude above me!
Adriatic posted:I worked my fingers to the bones
actually, it was bloody easy.
Not to worry, he's surrounded by as much sunshine as I can manage ......without real Daylight..or sunlight
Why do vampires need cold medicine?
For their coffin. 
paul 2 posted:Went out and got my piece of mirror to experiment with. After putting the mirror up I have to fine tune the area next to it adding some pieces of sidewalk. So for now this area is on hold till my brick walls come from Scenic express so I guess later this afternoon I add more ground turf to areas of the layout that are already started. Pics.........Paul
Nice job with the mirror Paul. First time I saw the illusion used was by ERICS TRAINS in a Tunnel, the track disappeared into blackness. Once you populate the roadway and side walks, I'm sure you'll be happy.
Al Galli posted:I installed my Menards 2 building unit. Really good value. Now I need to figure a way to dim the lights a little
Hook one of these up in-between your voltage source and the building.
Or, one of these if your source voltage is DC. DC to DC voltage step down adjustment.
TedW posted:Al Galli posted:I installed my Menards 2 building unit. Really good value. Now I need to figure a way to dim the lights a little
Hook one of these up in-between your voltage source and the building.
Ted where do you get that. Are small LED lights dimable?
Al
Al Galli posted:TedW posted:Al Galli posted:I installed my Menards 2 building unit. Really good value. Now I need to figure a way to dim the lights a little
Hook one of these up in-between your voltage source and the building.
Ted where do you get that. Are small LED lights dimable?
Al
Yes they are dimmable. Menard’s power their buildings at 4.5 vdc. I step down to about 2.75vdc, which matches the WS buildings I have. They are available off the “bay” from Asia for a buck or so apiece. Shipping usually free, but may take 2-4 weeks to get. Search AC/DC to DC Buck Converter Step Down Module LM2596 Power Supply Output DC1.5-27V or dc to dc step down module.
EDIT: Others may have a more elegant solution with resistors/diodes, etc., but this works for me.
Those cranes are wonderful! If I did it over again, I'd be collecting construction models. At this point, that train, as they say, has left the station. Only one major hobby focus at a time.
RSJB18 postedWhy do vampires need cold medicine?
For their coffin.
This one threw me...I've had an empty container for the immunity medicine "Airborne" floating around the layouts junkpiles. You had me looking to see if was in a shot
John D. postedYou should enter TrainWorld's Halloween Layout Photo Contest! As much as I would like to win, you (and some others on here) are orders of magnitude above me!
"What can you make of this?......." A hat, a broach, a pterodactyl"
Thank you for the vote of confidence, and the heads up; but, you're safe.
I wanted to enter the contest just to see some others, but I don't do FB anymore, won't do FB again. I have joined two or three times, but never lasted more than week or so. Wading through F Req.s etc. and wrangling of it, the spammy-ness of it all;...it's too much "work" to be any fun for me. I also get dissapointed at the limitations it has began to present me as more businesses feel the need to only launch campains and info within FB exclusively; and my biggest hangup, if you aren't a member, you can't even read about it at random anymore. Same for Yahoo clubs. I won't ever join a site if I can't read within the site/group to decide to join.
Exclusion, exclusive; I'm too much a U.S. commoner to enjoy the words often. I won't even use a "club" store closed to non-member cash sales (no discount is fine) because they exclude. Not even those cards supplied for free by work got used.
In conclusion, I like inclusiveness, and my inclusion too, so thanks again..
Hit Sam's club today and while there picked up another shop light. And my package from Scenic Express came with the flex walls, a couple of tunnel portals and their extra long girder. I also got a embossed stone sheet to apply to the back of the walls at street level because there is no stone detail on the back. The long girder I'll be cutting to fit over the tracks on the front side and I think the portals will work when I cut them down and blend them in to the flex walls. So this weekend is wall time. Pics.............Paul
After experimenting with the addition of temporary ground planes it was time to do some major track design reworking. To refresh, here's what I began with. The 3 parallel lines on the grade just couldn't be wedged in without the inside circle ( 072) causing issues for larger locos. Another compromise that proved inconvenient was an 072 "Y" turnout positioned under the upper level at the left.
Here's the extent of disassembly involved in the rework. The previous track work position evident by the sprayed outline of ties. Even table top reworking was required.
By basically removing the inner circle and installing turnouts at either end the mainline shifted to the middle circle. This also broke up 1 long passing siding into 2 ample sized ones. A 3rd turnout originally positioned on the overpass was moved to the outer circle at the right, providing a longer spur. The "Y" was replaced with a regular GG RH#100 out in the open at the lower front.
The necessary redo really ended up providing several design improvements that greatly enhance operations. Now, back to wiring in ground planes for signal strength.
Bruce
Today I helped a friend finish wiring his miller engineering signs. Tomorrow he can plug them up. Should work okay. need time for epoxy to fully cure. now I'm home working on my own wiring so I can run trains. Having withdraws not running trains. That will be cured by tomorrow. Will take pictures and post I hope.
Finished up work on some Magooville town roads. Still some touch up to do.
Steve,
The Mayor has the streets in Magooville in great shape ready fr winter!
Thanks Mark. Winter? I'd better get those convertible's tops up!
I'd like to be the owner of the car wash in that town; hose cars look nice and freshly washed.!!!!
wednesday night after work.....
free paint, boy what an ugly color......
my Dad was having back surgery Thursday at 7:30 am and had to be there around 6:00. I knew I had to get up around 5:00, so I just stayed up all night working on the trains, time sure went by fast......
sure was tired thursday......Dad's surgery was went from 7:30 till a little after 2:00, then was in recovery for about another 1 hr and half.....everything went GOOD !!!
he said his therapy will be running trains and I have 2 weeks to get some trains running out here.....going back up to see him for a while, then back home to work on the trains...... I will have trains running for him to run when he's ready to come over....can't wait till he is here running trains !!!!!!!!!!!!!
tonight, the removable mountain insert in front of the electrical box, and some more painting.......
hopefully this weekend, I need to move the layout section seen here on the left to the garage door wall, then the train shelves get moved down to the floor. That wall will be cut out in spring for the new addition, giving me another 12'x30'.....For now I will just have a temporary 18" wide area above the moved shelves for the trains down this wall to get the trains running.......
also would like to get the hinged section in the doorway this weekend......
You sure work fast, Brian! I'm glad your Dad's surgery went alright, and he can come run trains with you soon!
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