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Originally Posted by chessie1971:
Originally Posted by SJC: SJC like to see a video of your trains running and see your new signals working. Jeff!!!  

Very much needed train room cleaning was on the agenda this afternoon. If I have time tomorrow, I'd like to run a train or two. 

Hey Jeff....thanks for the kind words. Video isn't quite my thing but if I do run some trains or something, I'll try to take a few photos. Purchased a new camera last night and want to tool around with it a bit. 

We put down some additional plaster cloth then cleaned the track before we opened for visitors at 1... They started arriving by 12:30. The Mrs had double chocolate chip muffins and blueberry muffins as today's selection. We had a bunch of little people watching and munching muffins while a few 10-12 yer olds were running trains. Wonderful afternoon. 

Working on an extension chute to drop barrels from my Lionel barrel loader into a K-line wireless dump car. Placed staples into end of barrels so electro magnet on crane can lift dumped barrels back onto the barrel loader and repeat cycle. 

 

Almost complete. Really adds some totally hands off play value in a tight area. 

Originally Posted by Jeff Metz:

Working on an extension chute to drop barrels from my Lionel barrel loader into a K-line wireless dump car. Placed staples into end of barrels so electro magnet on crane can lift dumped barrels back onto the barrel loader and repeat cycle. 

 

Almost complete. Really adds some totally hands off play value in a tight area. 

Would like to see pic of extension on barrel loader when you complete.

Originally Posted by Balto:
Originally Posted by Jeff Metz:

Working on an extension chute to drop barrels from my Lionel barrel loader into a K-line wireless dump car. Placed staples into end of barrels so electro magnet on crane can lift dumped barrels back onto the barrel loader and repeat cycle. 

 

Almost complete. Really adds some totally hands off play value in a tight area. 

Would like to see pic of extension on barrel loader when you complete.

Balto, I took a small video before explaining what I needed to do and will make one when done and painted. I plan on posting both on a new thread. As always hit a few glitches so will take a bit longer than I hoped. Should be done in a day or too. 

Originally Posted by Jeff Metz:
Originally Posted by Balto:
Originally Posted by Jeff Metz:

Working on an extension chute to drop barrels from my Lionel barrel loader into a K-line wireless dump car. Placed staples into end of barrels so electro magnet on crane can lift dumped barrels back onto the barrel loader and repeat cycle. 

 

Almost complete. Really adds some totally hands off play value in a tight area. 

Would like to see pic of extension on barrel loader when you complete.

Balto, I took a small video before explaining what I needed to do and will make one when done and painted. I plan on posting both on a new thread. As always hit a few glitches so will take a bit longer than I hoped. Should be done in a day or too. 

Thank You

While the wife watched the Grammys or Oscars or whatever dumb award show I have no interest in I went down stairs to work on the layout.  I removed my access hatch and permanently attached my grist mill to it.  I ran some 3 inch bolts though some holes in the MTH building down though the wood on the hatch.  It holds really well now and I am able to open and close the hatch without removing any buildings from it.  

 

Pictures to be posted tomorrow. 

Another four feet (by two lanes) of that Atlas track filled in with "pavement" for my 'Streets country road.  This thing is a pain - having used flextrack (the road does fit the landscape well) the road doesn't have a dependable radius I can count on so I have to custom measure,  cut, trim and install each section.  Takes forever to make it look good.

so you are really doing active roads on the plan.  sounds great.  cant wait to see pics of this.  do a writeup for this!  sounds very cool!
Chris
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:

Another four feet (by two lanes) of that Atlas track filled in with "pavement" for my 'Streets country road.  This thing is a pain - having used flextrack (the road does fit the landscape well) the road doesn't have a dependable radius I can count on so I have to custom measure,  cut, trim and install each section.  Takes forever to make it look good.

 

Did you soak the wood before bending it?  Ive donethat with success before using 1/8" ply.  put the woodon a clamped jig an let it dry.  not sure if you can do tit with the materials you are using.  Originally Posted by Laidoffsick:

Working on the fascia boards still. One more piece to put in. Spackle, sand paint...repeat!

 

 

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We broke 3 of these pieces before we finally got one in there w/o breaking it. Just trying to make the radius too tight and they snapped. Had to loosen up the curve a little but this one should stay.... we HOPE!

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Finally got around to painting and weathering my tunnel portals. I'm a novice at best when it comes to scenery but a little floquil weathered concrete paint and some chalk made a huge difference over the grey plastic. Floquil paint goes on so nice I'm contemplating hand painting my fastrack rails.

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