What did you do on your layout today?

Been gone all day and so much is going on! All great work!

Berra, The retaining wall looks right out of books and movies!

Paul, its nice that you picked up so really nice stuff, but one wants to know do you have enough walls for all the flats?

Dave, don't knock your fence. its fits right in with your tin-plate layout, the newer fence of Bob's would look out of place.

While I am at it, once again Bob very nice fence!

Elliots space? They wife would probably pack up and leave me! LOL Plus I would have to get a couple of job to try and fill that space! I will stay small!

Brian I am with Matt, Nice CSX train! but then again it seams like you have nice trains everywhere!

Mitch, Make it happen and post pictures!

Keep up all the great work everyone!

Congratulations Mike for keeping straight what each person reported on today!  I would put the wrong project with some folks if I tried that many at one fell swoop!!  

Finally I am going to take down my 12x6 table layout and move it into a 17x11 room!!!   I'm going to take it all apart and do an around the room layout.  I really like the Gargraves and Ross stuff but I'm fairly deep into Fast Track.  And I don't have any shops of suppliers locally to get anything but that and or tubular track ..   Got to go take down a wall! LOL    

Jim 

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

John D. posted:

It's a shame that an O-Gauge version of that #70 isn't currently circling my layout in celebration.  Hopefully A&MRR didn't miss the boat completely and we'll soon see her and her sister #71 in the catalog again.

From what I hear, the paperwork at the A&M's end is straightened out and the ball is in Lionel's court... 

Mitch 

Lionel's not known for running the same tooling on MTOs more than once...and highly unlikely for just one road name.  Ball's in Lionels's court, but I just fear the play clock may have expired.  😕

Mark Boyce posted:

Congratulations Mike for keeping straight what each person reported on today!  I would put the wrong project with some folks if I tried that many at one fell swoop!!  

LOL Mark, it's kind of like being back in school. Take notes as you read along!! I don't want to leave anyone out cause they are all doing great work and they may not know it, but teaching at the same time!

carsntrains posted:

Finally I am going to take down my 12x6 table layout and move it into a 17x11 room!!!   I'm going to take it all apart and do an around the room layout.  I really like the Gargraves and Ross stuff but I'm fairly deep into Fast Track.  And I don't have any shops of suppliers locally to get anything but that and or tubular track ..   Got to go take down a wall! LOL    

Jim 

LOL I sure hope it's not a Bearing wall!

mike g. posted:

carsntrains posted:

Finally I am going to take down my 12x6 table layout and move it into a 17x11 room!!!   I'm going to take it all apart and do an around the room layout.  I really like the Gargraves and Ross stuff but I'm fairly deep into Fast Track.  And I don't have any shops of suppliers locally to get anything but that and or tubular track ..   Got to go take down a wall! LOL    

Jim 

LOL I sure hope it's not a Bearing wall!

Naaa Its just a small closet wall.   Got part of it out already.   Fixin to eat dinner and get back at it! 

Jim

Being so cold, I have noticed my transformer outputs are up. Normally I can highball at 100% throttle safely. Two have to lowered now

3° at 8am, 8.5° now.

For your enjoyment! Donavans Reef.

Decided to take the ole Wabash for a spin before taking down the layout.  

Good call!

carsntrains posted:

Decided to take the ole Wabash for a spin before taking down the layout.  

That's a very pretty steam engine.

carsntrains posted:

Decided to take the ole Wabash for a spin before taking down the layout.  

Very nice!!  Why are you taking the layout down?  Are you going to move or build another layout in the same place?

Well, I bumped into it on my way to work.

But tomorrow is another day!

Mark Boyce posted:

carsntrains posted:

Decided to take the ole Wabash for a spin before taking down the layout.  

Very nice!!  Why are you taking the layout down?  Are you going to move or build another layout in the same place?

Moving the layout into another room.    The 12x6 "tabletop" was temporary  I used to learn some things before trying to build a better layout.   Cutting that table in half and doing an "around the room" in a spare bedroom.  So a little work and I'll have 24 feet of bench work @ 3 ft wide.  

Sounds like a great plan to me!!  I like around the room layouts best!

Ran trains for about 30 minutes tonight.  Had BIG fun!!  

well I finally finished the siding under the upper level so I can park trains and cars awaiting to be picked up and run around the track. Did do some running not much to tired and my knees hurt from knealing on the concrete. Durn floor is hard. plan on a full day in the train room having fun. I got a phone call from Miller Engineering yesterday and they have fixed all my problems and shipped the back to me. I could not ask for a better company to do business with. What a great product.

Started to paint the flat structures.

Using Acrylic White Wash paint for the bricks and mortar.

Gary

Here in the woods of SENH, it was -7f on the 7th day in January @ 7AM!  Hope that the diesels turn over this morning!  We went to church last night when it was a warm 9f.  Yesterday it was -38f with -97f Wind Chill on top of Mt. WASHINGTON, north of us.

By the end of the week it'll be 40f, T-shirt weather!

trainroomgary posted:

Started to paint the flat structures.

Using Acrylic White Wash paint for the bricks and mortar.

Gary

Any chance you can make this into a tutorial for your technique, in the scenery area, of course. 

Thanks, and have fun!

mike g. posted:

For your enjoyment! Donavans Reef.

That's great Mike. I was looking for a clip on Youtube but only found a really poor quality one with no sound.

RSJB18 posted:

mike g. posted:

For your enjoyment! Donavans Reef.

That's great Mike. I was looking for a clip on Youtube but only found a really poor quality one with no sound.

I was at the grand daughters b-day yesterday all day! So I had time to watch the whole movie!

Train plans were derailed Saturday as I was a last minute chaperone for the grandsons at their Pinewood Derby car "build" session.  We had fun without electronics for a few hours and no fingers were lost to the bandsaw !  Later, I did manage to weather the rest of my track & switches - as the temp got above 55F in our detached garage (quick- spray then run away).  This afternoon will see some track being laid, it's fun to make progress !

Mo985 posted:

trainroomgary posted:

Started to paint the flat structures.

Using Acrylic White Wash paint for the bricks and mortar.

Gary

Any chance you can make this into a tutorial for your technique, in the scenery area, of course. 

Thanks, and have fun!

Hi Mo985:  Yes I am working on a new YT video about this project. Look for it as a two part video.  around February 8th and March 8th, 2018. On my YT Channel.

I do have this video below about the bricks already on YT. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5llwGqLjJs

Hope this helps: Gary

Yesterday I worked a bit on the ground turf and mounted the buildings. I think I am done with the flats on main street so I can start working on the street and lower area. Street wise I have to drill holes for the telephone poles. Decided to cut off the base on them. Today I am working on adding a switch to the mainline so I can enter the next freight yard from both ends. All I want to do has to wait till uncouple tracks and bumpers come in along with the cattails. I get those I can finish the freight yard and drainage ditch and move on to the next yard. After putting in the switch I'll go back and add bushes and trees around the Sauerkraut factory. Before I forget MIKE G, I have another long wall that will need buildings flats. LOL Once I clean up that area that is also where the next freight yard and industrial sidings are going. Pics.............Paul 

WOW Paul! Things were looking wonderful, till I got to the last picture! I guess you do have a little clean up ahead of you!

Well.   The wall is gone!  All traces of it!   Mess cleaned up!  Now its time to start the take down of 12x6 table in the front room. I just cant bring myself to take it apart : (

Jim 

Sorry Jim, But you know it's going to a better place! I have faith in you!

Making progress on the water car. Decals should go on tonight.

carsntrains posted:

Well.   The wall is gone!  All traces of it!   Mess cleaned up!  Now its time to start the take down of 12x6 table in the front room. I just cant bring myself to take it apart : (

Jim 

Short term pain for long term gain Jim. 

Bob

OK guys I got it taken down.  All trains, track, buildings, cars, people, foam. Got the two 2 foot extensions off of the base 6x8 table.  Got it marked to cut in two.    Need to run down to HD and get some 2x4 so I can fix the two 3x8 sections. And put two legs on each.  Been a busy Sunday!    

Jim 

Worked on putting the new switch. After pulling up the old track and cutting new track to go with the switch I penciled in my center lines and laid down some cork. I am hoping after dinner that the glue will be dry and I can paint the cork. Still pretty much in slow mode until my stuff comes, I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow. Once I work the switch area I went back to the Sauerkraut factory and put in some trees. Had a couple that I didn't put leaves on so I thought I would plant a couple of dead trees. That was the afternoon. Pics ........Paul

A quick suggestion regarding legs ( a repeat of an idea i posted here over 10 years ago) -- 2x4's are overkill for most model railroads. 2x3's work just fine. My local lumber yard rips 2x6's for me at no extra charge, and now i have 2x3's. Don't know if the big box stores will do this for you. I prefer straight dry wood so i patronize my local lumber yard opposed to the big box stores. 2x3's can be very cost effective as well.

paul 2 posted:

Worked on putting the new switch. After pulling up the old track and cutting new track to go with the switch I penciled in my center lines and laid down some cork. I am hoping after dinner that the glue will be dry and I can paint the cork. Still pretty much in slow mode until my stuff comes, I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow. Once I work the switch area I went back to the Sauerkraut factory and put in some trees. Had a couple that I didn't put leaves on so I thought I would plant a couple of dead trees. That was the afternoon. Pics ........Paul

 

Looking good Paul

Way to go Jim! You will be so happy when you start putting it back together!

Paul, Bob is right! looking good!

Brian, there you go again having so much fun!

Me I have been working on a special project, You will all know about it when the time comes!

The cold weather closed schools the last few days so I was able to get lots of wiring done on my amusement park area.  13 rides wired (plus 1 menards billboard) and each ride is on its own switch so I can turn on as many or few as I want.  Also switches are kid height so they can control each ride. 

Very cool Bryan! The kids are going to love it!