Benchwork - Roadbed
Yard control panel made with Cricut
I finally completed the control panel for one of my yards. I am happy with the way it came out, but it was a pretty long journey, and I am sure that I could have used other techniques to make a control panel more quickly. But, I was intrigued by the thought of making the control panel out of styrene sheet and cutting out the various openings using a Cricut Explorer cutting machine.
spiking rail
Will spikes hold code 83 rail on cork road bed glued over pink 2" foam for turnouts ? Thanks
Finally, I have started getting out of the armchair...
Welcome to my BLOG ! I hope this is the first post of many, many more.
BACKGROUND
Having been a modeler for the last 25 years, I have surprisingly little to show for my accomplishments. I think that is because I have collected stuff at train shows and off of eBay with the thoughts and dreams of, "someday, I'll do this..." That qualifies me mostly as an armchair model railroader.
Sunset & North Eastern R.R. - extending the staging
Having finished with the routing software, I found that single line staging at both ends, although it seemed to be OK, wasn't going to work. I decided to make both staging to be double track. This involved the following:
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Purchasing 2 new switches
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Purchasing 2 extra switch motors
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Taking down the old track
Metal Benchwork
This particular idea of mine was born in an evolutionary manner while figuring out how I was going to construct the shelves for my double-deck layout.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/30266
I have been considering both 1) thick foam,.... and 2) sheet plywood for the subroadbed on the bottom deck.
Spackle Saturday
I think I just found what I dislike the most when building a layout. Today was Spackle the facia Saturday. 260 feet of sanding and spackling, and I am 2/3 done with coat #2 ( out of three ). I am white, the room is white, the dogs are white, and the wife wants to know why there is "smoke" coming from the basement. Despite my best rube-goldberg vacum set up that dust goes everywhere...!!!!
I just keep telling myself, you only have to do it once..........
Flex on Cork Louder than Plastic E-Z Track
I recently started a new layout. One of my goals in my new HO layout was to move away from plastic snap together Bachmann track to more realistic Code 83 flex track. As I'm more of an operations guy with limited skill set in preplanning design I loved E-Z Track as it was so easy to make changes. In my quest to be more realistic on my new layout I've spent more time planning as well as upgrading my benchwork and track. My current design is L girder topped with a 1/2" plywood base and then topped with a 1 1/2" thick pink plastic insulation sheathing.&
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