Benchwork - Roadbed
Layout Update - 12 December 2015: Union Station Yard Part 1
This is the update for 12 December 2015. The construction of the layout finally reached the Union Station (aka Kansas City Union Station) yard area in early December. I've left this area to the end because it will have the most complex construction piece, the engine facility in the middle of the east helix. Hopefully over the next couple of weeks, I can get a couple of tracks installed to join the layout from one end to the other. I am in the process of planning the design of the support structure for the engine facility that will be placed in the middle of the east helix.
My Layout (Yes My Layout!!) First Module Done (and review)
Thanks to Arizona Rock and Mineral my model railroad dream will become a reality. I am doing a product review on their ballast and ground cover which will be featured on my 2'x5' switching layout. Construction will begin Monday and I can't believe it is really happening!!!
The plan:
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First free-mo module
Hi, folks. This is my first time posting here, though I've been reading MRH on and off for a few years. I have been trying to get back into HO scale model railroading after being in the hobby as a kid and then a few years with a club as an adult. I think trying a Free-mo module makes sense. There are two clubs that are a day trip away. (I live on Long Island, so the NJ group and the Westchester group are not horribly far.) There might even be local interest if someone got something started.
Anyway, I have questions. Lots.
Out With The Old
Deconstruction is underway and the new railroad will hopefully lay track in early January! One tends to forget how many hidden screws were covered up by scenery, buildings, ballast etc. I am saving as much as possible, including the lumber, for re-use on the new layout. Plans are for a cantilevered wall mount with a 30 inch depth and 40 inches height from the floor by 27 feet in length.
My first module
This is my first module. The first tentative steps beyond just collecting.
This module is a mainline through a tunnel over a small bridge beside a stream in the mountains. Inspired by Pelle Soeborg. Hopefully it will look like a piece of the Canadian Rockies.
These are how it was looking a few week ago after I'd completed the first ground cover layers.
Progress on my shelf layout
Making some slow progress on my layout. Since my last post about how I recycled parts of my 20+ year old train table, I have finished the first part of the 8' by 2' benchwork. I added some 1" by 1" wood cleats to the joists so I could screw the plywood from below. I used 2 pieces of 2' by 4' birch plywood for the top.
Module / Section Alignemnt with T-nuts
Has anyone tried the method at the link below for aligning modules / sections with T-nuts?
Seems like a cost effective, ingenuitive way to do it, but I'm not sure how precise the alignment is (tolerance) for HO scale, when I'm drilling out the t-nuts myself.
Creating a grade on foam
I previously posted a topic about my track plan for suggestions from experienced modelers and thanks to there input I have more or less finalized my plan. I intend to use cork roadbed on 2" foam sheets for the layout and I am wondering what is the best method for creating the grades I desire. I know Ken Patterson demonstrated a laser level and scraping tool but I am not sure I want to invest in a tool like that.
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