I finally found some time to cut and glue some foamcore. Here are a few low resolution pictures of my progress. The result is rigid and light. Now to decide on some track and turnout options.

Here is the frame and top. I doubled the thickness for the sides and ends by laminating with Weldbond glue. Total length is 6' and width is 1'. The frame was assembled with hot glue. 

I've put my project on hold due to we are buying a home. So you know what that means. Packing up the trains and layout. The Good news is the new place will give me a bit more room. So hopefully I will finish this project by years end.

 Todays update is the first stage of assembling to Crane assembly.

My Work for Peruvian Layout in H0

Luis Alfonso Iturriaga Cendoya, Peruvian Modeller.

Just checking to see if this is visible on an iPad.

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Just a quick update on the recent work on the "Black n'  Blue" I had posted some pics in my last blog update of what I called "The Ridge" and over this weekend I managed to complete some more work on it and the result is shown below. I've included a couple of the "before" pics that were already shown just to show the evolution of the scene so far.... I love doing scenery!

Walthers Sperry Rail Service Car
DCC Install

I began by testing the car on a friends DC layout. It is a smooth running unit. I have the newer model where the drive is improved to a geared power truck.

I plan to keep this blog updated with the construction of my N scale layout, protolanced from the Arizona & California Railroad.  The layout is housed in a 9-fft x 20-ft finished room in the basement.  It will be double decked with the majority of the lower deck being staging, the exception being one siding for meets.  All of the action will happen on the upper deck with a classification yard and a branchline.  Track will be a mix of Micro Engineering code 40 and 55 with handbuilt switches.

I decided to post this as a separate blog entry from my ongoing updates because I am pretty happy with how it came out.  My two practice attempts on scraps definitely helped because now that I did the real thing I am keeping it. I'll post one photo here and the rest in a reply.

I seem to unwilling to follow the leader so my September Blog post is about using 1" thick foam for risers and sub-roadbed. Take a look and comment good, bad, and why. Rail Roadrunners of Yuma

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Things are slow during the summer here in Yuma, AZ.

Armchair   aka   Glen Wasson