Weekend Update - 1-19-2009

[John]

Another week has gone by. Lets see what you have done. For me, putting in some under trable switch linkages.

[Puddington]

All but finished the Great Northern Dome "Lake View'.... (ran out of wire for ladders.....off to the Toronto LHS)



Here she is in service.............





I posted some construction shots and a description of the process at SRO...the link is here:
http://www.scalerailsonline.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4321

[Ntrainz1]

F150 utility truck. still have to add rear rail wheels


Bob.

[up1950s]

[TrainCat2]

Finally got a little free time to start the scenery base for my baseball display. Used a super fine sieve to get the smallest grains of actual clay from the local field.

[atsf_arizona]

Great shots, everybody!

SNFF 2009 01 18

Finished the wall next to the farmyard.  From last week:





This week:






A few more shots, been refreshing the scenery:







I must say, it's not the best, but it's satisfying and relaxing, and I'm thankful
that I'm able to do it and most of all, enjoy the process.

Eventually, will get around to doing update on the layout
web site:  http://home.comcast.net/~j.sing/Peavine_Layout_Overview.html

  Have a good week, all.

[tom mann]

I weathered one of these 8K tanks:

[Ian MacMillan]

I worked on my GP15-1's and laid a bunch of track in the lower helper town. I'll get some photos of the track up later.

[diezmon]

I'm laying asphalt and planting grass..




I did get to hit a sweet flea market and found some good bargains.   Everything is just too shiny for me though


Also finished up my first stir-stick load    I went a bit haywire on the weathering on the flat..  LOL

[Opie]

I started ballasting the inside of the track.

And kept on pushing around with subterrain work. This area will be home to a water tower, field, and a pond.

[John]

Opie, let me suggest that you rough in your scenery first. I usually leave ballast as the last thing in an area. This way you have a chance to fine tune your track, and make sure everything works first .. just a thought

[wm3798]

Yes, and following on John's suggestion, I encourage you to have a look at our Tutorials section.  There's a lot of really good information there that will help you cultivate your potential...  I especially offer this particular thread...

http://therailwire.net/smf/index.php/topic,15631.0.html

We're here to help!

Lee

[Frank Amato]

OK, I'm a little late, but I did get some work done this weekend.  I really should update my original thread - maybe next week!

Anyway, here are a few grab shots of my Delaware River bridge (I didn't set up fancy lights, so my apologies for the grab shots):





I have 6 "sides" assembled to this stage (for the 3 spans I will need), and I am now adding the diagonal bracing.  Traincat (Bob) could really knock this out of the park in brass, but I'd have to mortgage my house to afford it!

  Frank

[asciibaron]

you kitbashing this from the Walthers bridge?

[Frank Amato]

I am building from scratch.  The black girders are Central Valley, and the white pieces are Evergreen strip and sheet.  I used some Gold Medal "Z" bracing on the end girders.

On the east end, I will use an Atlas through girder over the PRR Bel-Del track, and a Micro Engineering deck girder.

This project literally sat in the closet for about 18 months, so it's good to get back in the saddle.

  Frank