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Can you get your hands on some templates for what you want, when you draw out your plan on the boards place the templates down and they will let you know how tight things are..Ron.. I will check around and see if I can come up with some if you don't have any luck..Ron..

Been hand laying my own track for years and now make my own switches. As T C says learn all you can and go slow. Be prepared to use the first five or so that you make as learning ones only. Don't get mad if they don't work, look at them to determine what errors that you made, make notes and...

got a the switches made that i wanted so now its time to wire what i have completed..will get at that tomorrow evening, sunday is busy with wife's birthday..Ron..

With the weather forcast of heavy rains (now 25 days of rain strait-couple of more days of rain and the record will be broken) and high winds will be planning a trip to the hobby shop to pick up some acc and see what is now. Will be spending some time on the layout, have 4 more switches to...

Harold, its a shame that your layout was not included in the 2006 issue, i have not purchased any of their mags for years, they keep going back to the same people and offer nothing new with their mentality of you have to be in the clique and have a monster layout or your not a "real...

Thats great to hear such good news that he is progressing to the point where he can come home. Our thoughts and prayers are still with you all ..Ron.

Sacrificed shorter radi for curves and remodeled the benchwork and layout to get rid of the dreaded duckunder, not for me anymore. Like HD states it was fine 20 years ago, but again that was 20 years ago not now..Ron..

Great pics, thanks for sharing.. we see the rail grinder out west occasionally too.. if you want to see a spetacular site find out where it is working when it just gets dark..quite the light and sparks show with everything running.. Ron..

Thanks everyone for the assistance..as most of it is on curves I think I will stay with the spike method ranther than glue. I have cork as roadbed on this spot, great idea of putting them in amongst the tie plates, will try a few without the pilot first to see how it goes. I don't think any...

With hand laying track for many years I have been away from flex track, with the latest look of flex track it now looks good. I will be handlaying the front tracks on the logging layout but five lengths of peco code 83 flex track that I will be putting down on the back of the layout where most...

In the process of building two and half switches.. one half you ask??? Putting in the siding and at one end putting a full switch then the half..the half use to go to a now abandoned spir line. The upper management concidered all costs and figured it would be cheaper to just cut the unsued...

As others have stated welcome !!!!!

Do you have any switches that you can photocopy? I don't know if the NMRA still puts out their templates or not, may have to order them. I found a site that sells switch making products and have gotten products as well as templates from them. If you search through their web site I am sure you...

Great idea..message sent, have a car that this would look great on...thanks Ron..

As others, not much on the weekend, spent mostly with family and friends..although had an afternoon to myself the other day, went down and on paper drew out a 2 ft X 16 inch town area. Goint to be busy this aft so hopefully tomorrow can get back working on the layout..Ron..

I would go the process of illimination way if it were me, take two pieces of flex track and a piece of plywood. tack one flex track on a strait line, off the end of this draw out curves using 18,22,24,26, 28 & 30 inch radi. Attach wires from your power source to the long flex track run the...

Good news about your father-in-law Tom, didn't get any railroading done over the weekend, still have the broken foot in the cast, daughter and husband we in for the weekend and had 15 people, the rest of the clan, over for Christmas dinner so spent most of the time socializing and having a great...

Con grats Gary and thanks for your valuable input, I am sure there are many others out there like me that have learned from you, thanks again.. Ron..

Great hearing from you Woodie, what kind of dcc is you aquire? Have a great Christmas and time off..Ron..

That looks like a lot of work for your first scratchbuilding project..I have done a lot of scratchbuilding for many years and I have learned to start on small projects and work your way up to this one. if you do not you may flustrated to the point of abandoning your project, and we do not want...