Benchwork - Roadbed

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CR&N Construction - the base work

To create my benchwork, I used 3/4 inch birch plywood. 

I cut 22 inch "C" shaped pieces, and then notched them for cross pieces.  My cross pieces are also 3/4 inch plywood cut into 1.5 inch wide strips 56 inches long.  Wood glue and brads hold everything together.  The upper and lower shelves are 1/4 inch pine plywood, held down with sheetrock screws.  I glued 1 inch foam to the lower shelf.

Free-Mo Modular Construction Help

I've been looking to get into Free-Mo since I don't have any spare space for an actual layout. When I Google the topic I can't find much except for finished modules and standards. I'm looking for some guidance on how to build the framework. My plan was to just build a basic 5ft long single track module with maybe an industry or just scenery, something pretty basic to see how it all works together. I've read that foam is known to sag so it's best to lay the track on a plywood subroadbed, what is the best way to brace the subroadbed and still allow foam for scenery vs just a flat table top?

Gary Yurgil's picture

My Gorre & Daphetid Part 3: Cookie Cutter?

It’s now time to fish or cut bait.  One of the reasons it took me so long to get started is I didn’t know whether to start with a flat table top and use Woodland Scenics (WS) incline/decline risers or do what John Allen did and use an L-girder type of construction.  A third method was to start with a flat table top and do a Cookie Cutter (CC) approach.  Here is a picture of my table top where you can see that I used a 1/4 scale picture with 12 inch squares to draw the plan on the bench.  As I mentioned in my first blog, I liked the idea of a flat table top fo

Gary Yurgil's picture

My Gorre & Daphetid Part 2: Benchwork

I built my benchwork on the following plan from Model Railroader.  I also followed along with the YouTube video “Build a model train layout: Model railroad benchwork train table how to WGH”.  The following posts will detail my methods.

Liftgate for modules at shows

I would to hear from you that have been involved with the construction of lift-gate modules for shows. We display at the Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Jct. VT for 10 days the week before Labor Day. This a combined effort of the Northwestern Vermont Model RR and the Green MT div of the NMRA. Would like to hear about your experience and a possible and photo of your lift-gate or ones you have seen. The loop is the NWV and the stub on the end is Bellows Falls, VT  module of the Greenmountain Division of the NMRA. My goal is to build a lift-gate for this year.

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A&C Layout Update

Doing the article for MRH put some more motivation in me to get some work done on the layout. I've been spending a lot of time lately on getting cars and locomotives built, detailed and weathered. I'll be at the N Scale Convention in Salt Lake City in a few weeks displaying models and entering them in the contest. When I need a break from that, I've been working on backdrops and getting the Blythe Branch operational.

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Does anyone have an electric liftup that is simple

Has anyone made or done a electric lift up. Can you show a pic and tell us how this is possible. Is it reasonably cheap? Is there already a product out there etc.  Solving he doorway entrance to the train room.

Regards James 

 

SL2-M1

Joe, I have a couple of questions about your new module sections: 1. How are you going to do roadbed and track to isolate from the structure? 2. Have you done tests to see how it will sound? I really like the concept so far but am curious as to whether it will resonate badly. John Colley, Sonoma, CA

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And the Helix rises from the ground...

 

So today I managed to get the first full ring of the helix completed. It’s now in place and again I have checked it’s location relative to the fascia edge, and checked it’s position & alignment with the existing entry point & new exit point to staging.

 


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