Benchwork - Roadbed
....And That's When I Ran Out of Roadbed
Up there, circled in red, this afternoon. Needless to say I am now waaay behind the goal I set for Labour Day. Actual track-laying has been delayed by a lack of turnouts, as other priorities intervened this fall. C'est la vie. That's the Sudbury return loop, with the Webbwood Sub curving around towards the right wall. The helices will sit on on top of Sudbury and the whole thing will be enclosed.
Foam Roadbed
I have located some gray sound deadening foam roadbed on ebay that looks interesting..Any thoughts on it would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris
Free-moN: At Home and On The Road
As it seems my Free-moN modules have now become my "home layout", thought I'd start a new thread featuring the whole kit-n-keboodle rather than individual modules.
'Twas a busy weekend: on Saturday I set up all my modules in my garage to 1) troubleshoot, 2) see it if fit in my garage (a "California Basement") and 3) run trains!
Only took about a kabillion hours to get everything going, but once it did...!
A video:
A portable display layout.. part 5
You know that point where you get done to the point that the rest of it just seems to go into overdrive?
Yeah, normally me neither.
But this time... about two days ago I looked at the layout and pretty much went, hey, this is finished enough to show!
A portable display layout.. part 3
Okay, the "Portable Display Layout" now has a name - the Lone Hill Park RR.
Once I decided to build a portable layout like this, I also decided that I was going to use it to do a few things I've not done before - such as making a major terrain feature out of foam and Celluclay.
I've used Sculptomold before but have been told that Celluclay is superior - it does appear to be more fine grained a product. However, I've also discovered that at around 65-69deg F. it also takes forever to dry/cure.
Switch Machine Set Up for NCE-DCC Layout
Part I is about setting up and programing decoder to run switch machine on a NCE-DCC system. Use of terminal strip applies to all layouts DC- or DCC. Part II will deal with the physical part of the installation.
Reusing Cork Roadbed?
So I picked up an unfinished 4x8 layout from a guy today, full figure 8 plus sidings ect.
The entire thing is flex track (I'm thinking code 100) and on cork roadbed. Came with 20 cars and 2 engines, transformer, switch machine (old atlas table top type) and some scenery (mostly just extra ballast); all for $40!
I grabbed it just for the track, but when I got it home, I found out that neither the track nor the cork roadbed was glued down! just nailed! Score!
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