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Buildings arrive on the Gila Springs & Mesquite
The La Grange engine service tracks and caboose track are starting to get some use.
View of La Grange with Tortilla Flats and Gila Springs in the back ground.
The other end of the La Grange Industrial Park yard.
Foam Subroadbed for N Scale
Looking for some advise on benchwork/subroadbed. I'm planning on an 18" deep N Scale shelf style around the walls layout. If I were doing HO, it would be easy, 1/2" plywood with 1/2" hoamsote. For N Scale, I think that foam is more than adequate. I plan on having brackets every 16" for the foam to rest on. Clearance (thinkness) is an issue as staging will be under the main layout. Here are the options I think I have.
Trees
Trees.
In am hoping that some one out there can tall me how to stop ground foam from sticking to the trees trunk.
The entire tree from top to bottom gets covered with spray adhesive and is then dusted with foam ( woodland scenics green blend T49 ). As I am not using furnace filter type material rather individual branches the trunk is very exposed. I have been able to brush off some of the foam but it still shows.
Any suggestions would be most welcome. Apologies for the bad quality pictures.
Thanks.
John.
TWO DOWN AND COUNTING
The GRANDE PACIFIC MODEL RR has seen its second eye of a hurricane. Isaac made it very slow pass on Wed morning. I am happy to say this time their was no damage. Gustave in 2008 took all of the new shingles off of roof. This is just another one of those things you have to plan for when building a place for your railroad. Building has now been hit by 125 mph winds. Isaac beat on us for over seven hours with winds of 60 to 70 mph gust. Visit www.grandepacificmodelrr.org and you will see the construction pictures of the building.
New MTH Grade Crossing Gate Syestem
Hey everyone, Now that we have recoverd from the Catzilla incident, I was wondering if anyone has installed the new Grade crossing Gates from MTH. Looks simple enough. Anyone using them or has any info about them? I was thinking of getting 2 sets as i have 2 protected crossings, but as with any thing new, I like to ask the members for any input before I go out and spend close to $400.00. Thanks Guys.
Mounting a ground throw onto a turnout
I want to mount a Caboose Industries ground throw onto a Walthers Code 83 turnout. Looking at the throw bar, there is a small vertical hole & a bump with a horizontal hole on either side of the rails. Looking at the ground throw, there is a bar with a vertical pin protuding down. If I remove the bump with the horizontal hole and enlarge the verital hole on the throw bar, it looks like I can mount the ground throw directly on the two long ties that suround the throw bar. Is this a good thing to do? Or will I be wasting a turnout and a ground throw?
Doug Maddox
Claiborne & Polk Military Railroad built 1941
I thought I would break out a new forum on the Claiborne & Polk Military Railroad. This railroad was built to to train soldiers who would man and operate railroads in Europe and Africa during WWII. The construction of the line started in 1941 and completed in 1942. Someone just might want to model this railroad.
If you have a collection of Micro-Trains Troop carriers and the recent release of the flatcars with the Army Tanks you might find this is the railroad for you. You would also need some of the Micro-Train military base wood structures.
a New begiNNiNg
I busted out the box of N Scale cars and track that was in a corner in the basement. I was going to mock up the latest iteration of Oconomowoc I had designed as a mini chain saw. Boy were my girls excited about the N Scale cars and track! (They weren't interested in the HO stuff at all....)
My wife asked why I didn't just do the layout in N Scale and put a loop of HO around the room up out of the way as to not waste the minimal HO pieces that I have. I had often contemplated making the switch, but never could justify it.
The Iowa Interstate's West End
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