Started......

Well i finally started work again. Todays work started with a complete rebuild of the bench work. It is now twice as strong. As well as new sheets of foam, i have started to map out the track on the one end of the layout.


Looking towards the yard and engine facility
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Looking towards the junction
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And a blurry overall shot, but you get the idea.
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Tommorow will be finishing the benchwork and gluing the foam down. As well as creating the risers for the elevated line at the rear.:wave:
 

Oroka

New Member
Looks good there, reminds me of my layout. Wood, blue foam, and tracks ;)

I like you menthod of figuring out your track layout.
 
And today we made more progress.

Put all the rough risers in to get an idea of spacing.
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A little further down showing the elevated line and some of the town.
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A shot looking away from the yards. The line to the right will be from staging, and follows a river bed in to town
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And one last shot showing the approach to town
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:wave:
 
And a little more progress.


This is the front edge of the layout along the main street of a small town.
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An overall shot of the yard area in this town. 2 engine service tracks and a few industries will be here.
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And one last one showing the town and yard area.
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Well I had a very productive saturday. And as of this post time I have completed the roadbed for the entire main line,and staging. Even got to test run the lower half:thumb:

A shot showing the branch lines approach along the river.
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The grade heading towards the overpass.
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The down grade shot with the town in view.
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First train Heading up the grade.
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Hopefully the honeydo listannounce1wont be too large tommorow, and i may have the main line finished, and Running
 

TrainNut

Ditat Deus
That looks like a pretty steep grade on the right hand side curving up and around behind the industries. Then it seems to flatten out for a while. Perhaps you could bite into the flat a little bit and lessen the grade? Then again, the photo could be deceiving.
EDIT: I also just went back and re-read your comments and see that was just roughed in. While you don't have another photo of the same area after the new incline foam it looks like you have already addressed that issue. Sorry... bogus comment.
 
Ya it is a 2% grade on the layout that line just goes up the hill, across the bridge and back down. Would like to have less. But im trying not to occupy the whole room:rolleyes:
 
I never even noticed that. That isnt the current plan hanging there. That was the previous attempt. But i will post a plan in the next few days.
 

Petervan

New Member
It looks pretty good so far. how large is the layout going to be? how many main lines are you going to have?
 
Its 3' wide at each end to allow for a wider radius, then narrows to 2' in the middle. The total layout is 12' long for now:rolleyes:. Single track main line, with one branch line/staging area.
 
Well were finally getting somewhere. Me and my assistant worked for 3 hours last night and came up with this.

Base Colors added.
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First coat of ground cover.
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The local MOW crew
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And a basic start, and some ballast
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Well i managed to make a little more progress today. Layed out the Mine track. Some of you may recognize the mine. It was one of Robins creations that was sent to me. I think it will fit well once some scenery goes in.

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Well thankfully in a way it rained today. Gave me some time to work on the layout. Mainly the mine area.

Starting to build up the hills.
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The upper part will be removable to allow access to the 2 tracks in the tunnels.
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An overall shot of the area being built up.
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And some land appears.
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More Land
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And a visit from another railroad passes over the EH&S tracks.
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Let there be light!

Well i finally got around to putting up the light fixtures i bought oh 5 months ago.......
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As well i managed to add some tunnel portals as well.

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More hopefully tommorow after some of the glue dries :)
 
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