Benchwork - Roadbed
Deep cuts in 2" foam bench top that is not reinforced with wood
As many of you know my new railroad will be using unreinforced 2" foam as the top surface for the benchwork. By that I mean the foam is glued directly to the benchwork frame without any supporting wood - see the picture below:
Another Step Toward Progress
My first Module! 30" x 8' table base made with 1"x3" Pine, 2"x2" legs and furring strip bracing. It stands at 48" and I'm 5'-8" so I think it's good. (Also in the photo a long neglected .60 Ultra Sport R/C Airplane and remnants of an older workbench)
Unique subroadbed idea instead of spline
As I continue my journey of choices...choices... and more choices leading up to starting construction, I continue to wrack my brain over how I want to do the roadbed. My old HO layout used plywood covered by 2" foam and built up from there. Building up the elevations was difficult at best to get uniform.
First Passenger for Trip Up the N-Scale Spline Helix
I've been laying track in one of the 10-track staging yards that are fed by the two spline helices that were built. The picture below shows Staging Yard A on the right side of the peninsula.
Cornhill & Atherton - Turntable Fun
Haven't posted for a while........
Just too busy "Working on the Railroad" so cyber time has been relegated.
Anyway, for those of you who remember I am following 'top down' building principles for a small double deck layout.The top deck track work is almost 100% complete and I just needed to build a turntable for Atherton engine terminal.
Here it is........close to completion:
Richlawn RR V2 - UPDATE - Tip: Benchwork ripcords to separate sections
I've designed my Richlawn Railroad V2 layout to be movable by constructing the bench work in sections. I was thinking the other day about if I had to move the layout how I would know where to cut through the scenery from the top in a manner to do the least amount of damage. The solution needed to be cheap, easy to install, and easy to use. Then I remembered something I got in the mail - an envelope with an easy open tear strip. I figured that I could make something like that for my layout.
Richlawn RR V2 - Benchwork (some of it) in the Room!
It's a banner day here for the Richlawn RR V2 as today I put three sections of the benchwork in the room and connected them together! At the rate I was progressing there were times when I thought that this day would never come.
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