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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 22:27:16 GMT
Jeff, that is some excellent scenery! Can we see some more pictures?
Andy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 0:18:35 GMT
More relay work done today. After some help from Stan 2004 on THE OGR Forum, I wired the relay bank and tested it.
SUCCESS. Now all we have to do is reconnect 16-18 turnouts that we have been controlling with Touch Toggles. We planned for this and reconnection will be easy.
When we get it done, I will post some pictures of the completed project.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 0:23:36 GMT
Main loop up and running. Man was it awesome to smell that coal fired steamer scent!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 0:32:52 GMT
Jeff, That is great work. I see how you laid up the supports with what looks like cardstock. Do you buildup all of the scenes and then cover with a plaster cloth? Or just how did you do create the under side of your mountains? Keep posting!!
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 9, 2019 4:37:49 GMT
Main loop up and running. Man was it awesome to smell that coal fired steamer scent! Success!!! Congratulations RJ, the train runs great. There is nothing like the first run on your layout.
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Post by Pennsy484 on Nov 9, 2019 6:18:39 GMT
Jeff, That is great work. I see how you laid up the supports with what looks like cardstock. Do you buildup all of the scenes and then cover with a plaster cloth? Or just how did you do create the under side of your mountains? Keep posting!! There's a mishmash of techniques on the layout. What I settled on for many areas is crumpled paper covered with masking tape, then covered with CelluClay. Pink foam was used a lot for support. You can get it at Michael's (sometimes) or Amazon of course. Caution though, it does shrink so there are some tricks to it. On my removable sections the CelluClay on top actually bent the whole thing up at the ends (I had to cut them in the middle straighten out and patch it. But for more stable bases if the paper/masking tape form is flexible, not too dense, then I think the shrinking just compresses it. The stuff is very durable. I would use it again on another layout. I guess it might be too costly for a big layout, not sure how it compares with plaster (which I have grown to dislike).
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Post by ptc on Nov 9, 2019 11:27:47 GMT
Always a great feeling RJ to have the trians up and running. You have a wonderful space to build your railroad empire.
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Post by ptc on Nov 9, 2019 11:29:43 GMT
The new church from Menrads arriived this week, so today, I will start the installation of it on the layout. I was surprised just how big it is and also how impressive it lights. All LED's.
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Post by JKP on Nov 9, 2019 12:10:14 GMT
I did some fall cleaning this week, vacuuming and dusting around the layout-above, below and on the layout. Since it is in an unfinished part of the basement I get some extra webs and dust,
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 1:35:18 GMT
Jeff, That is great work. I see how you laid up the supports with what looks like cardstock. Do you buildup all of the scenes and then cover with a plaster cloth? Or just how did you do create the under side of your mountains? Keep posting!! There's a mishmash of techniques on the layout. What I settled on for many areas is crumpled paper covered with masking tape, then covered with CelluClay. Pink foam was used a lot for support. You can get it at Michael's (sometimes) or Amazon of course. Caution though, it does shrink so there are some tricks to it. On my removable sections the CelluClay on top actually bent the whole thing up at the ends (I had to cut them in the middle straighten out and patch it. But for more stable bases if the paper/masking tape form is flexible, not too dense, then I think the shrinking just compresses it. The stuff is very durable. I would use it again on another layout. I guess it might be too costly for a big layout, not sure how it compares with plaster (which I have grown to dislike). Thank you Jeff for the information. I had not heard of CelluClay. Looked it up on the internet and ordered some. I use dense (blue) Styrofoam from Home depot and plaster cloth from Amazon, with good success.
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Post by ptc on Nov 10, 2019 11:52:09 GMT
Cleared the area for the new Menards Church. Had to rip out sidewalks and accessories. Ran the wiring and then dry fit the church. Should finish this project today.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 10, 2019 13:18:41 GMT
Yesterday I managed to organize all the stuff I removed from the layout by placing them on other locations of the layout where I am not currently working. That is one of the pains of a large layout in a room to small to handle it, in that there is no place to put the dismantled items. Thus, I also started on the train closet making room to store those items I won't be using and freeing up more space on the layout to work on. It is also amazing the things you find when taking down and redoing a layout...lost tools and other items are located after years of being lost. I also found a few things I didnt even know I had. Today, I just finished placing two large walls that represent the Harlem Cut near to where they will be positioned just to get them out of the way. Finally tackled the train closet, and also started scrapping of Gorilla Glue residue that was used by mistake instead of foam tack glue. Just had a beer to recover, and in a few minutes will start working on boxing up some passenger cars that need to go into the train closet.
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Post by ptc on Nov 10, 2019 20:57:13 GMT
I finished the installation of the Menards Church this afternoon. Large an impressive building. The LED lighting effect is very wekk done. Has a rotating tree and the lights chnage color. Musical feature as well.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 21:01:14 GMT
Nice job Brian, that is probably the least expensive building you have on your layout when all the others are D56. Menards has truly made an impact in our world.
It looks terrific and fits right in with the skyline and adjacent buildings.
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Post by Adam on Nov 10, 2019 21:46:41 GMT
I finished the installation of the Menards Church this afternoon. Large an impressive building. The LED lighting effect is very wekk done. Has a rotating tree and the lights chnage color. Musical feature as well.
That’s beautiful Brian. Love it!
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