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Post by chipset35 on Nov 11, 2019 13:47:39 GMT
Last night, glued in the supports for Lionels GCT and its Harry Hieke base. Will try to get all the lighting for it working today.
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Post by Adam on Nov 11, 2019 14:32:21 GMT
As my wife can and will attest to, I spend the last couple of weeks ignoring many of my chores to work on a new upper level and raise loop. I was thinking about expanding out in another part of the basement, but after assessing how much free time I have, the looming college costs for the next 8+ years, I decided to instead enhance the current 8x5 layout to extend the fun of what I currently have. I got approving noises from the family when I showed them finished product to them. The oldest teen said "wicked" (means good in New England), the youngest helped make a park scene and the wife said WOW. The result is in the following video. Details are still rough, but it is a starting point for the next era of fun on the current layout. I love lots of moving trains and this design does not disappoint. Hope you like it! arypinski.smugmug.com/Choochoo/i-Qwv3p8X/ALay of the Land Top Level: This will be the village (on the right) and military base (on the left). This loosely mimics the quaint New England town that we live in. Next door to our town is a military training base in an area called Devens. My version of the town has a trolley (an MTH Bump-and-Go) that takes passengers from one end to the other. It also includes a little park that my youngest daughter made for the layout. It is decked out in some Christmas lights. Raised loop: This is currently running my little NH Switcher and some Lionel cars and one livestock (in blue) car that I 3D-Printed. Lower Level: The lower level includes a train station (on the left), a train Museum (on the right), a road (at the back) and, of course, two loops between which are a couple of turn out switches (which are at the back and can't be seen in the video) in case a train needs to move from one to the other. The inner loop also has a cross-over so I can turn trains around. Outer loop is running Williams F3-AA B&M a pulling set of Lionel Passenger Cars. Inner Loop is running Lionel RS3 B&M pulling some Lionel and Menards Boxcars.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 11, 2019 14:39:44 GMT
Is that an unopened Polar Express set i see in the lower left of the photo?
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Post by Adam on Nov 11, 2019 14:42:54 GMT
Is that an unopened Polar Express set i see in the lower left of the photo? Good eye! It is actually opened and the train is sitting on my Wall O' Trains. It will get playtime around the tree once we get it up later this month. It's really just the most basic Lionchief set, but works great. The remote, bell and other accessories are still in the box. The bell will go on the tree of course.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Nov 11, 2019 16:51:50 GMT
Woolworths moved into town today....
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 11, 2019 18:53:35 GMT
I am about to place Harry Hieke's GCT base on my layouts 2nd level and the Lionel GCT on top of it...Drumroll please.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Nov 11, 2019 19:03:55 GMT
I am about to place Harry Hieke's GCT base on my layouts 2nd level and the Lionel GCT on top of it...Drumroll please.
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Post by ptc on Nov 11, 2019 19:04:14 GMT
Adam, very impressive work. Yiou have accomplished a great deal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 1:06:56 GMT
Nice work Adam, lots of action there. Joe, haven't seen a Woolworths in years...nice.
Andy
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 12, 2019 21:38:25 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.
Brian, the church looks great on your layout.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 12, 2019 21:40:27 GMT
As my wife can and will attest to, I spend the last couple of weeks ignoring many of my chores to work on a new upper level and raise loop. I was thinking about expanding out in another part of the basement, but after assessing how much free time I have, the looming college costs for the next 8+ years, I decided to instead enhance the current 8x5 layout to extend the fun of what I currently have. I got approving noises from the family when I showed them finished product to them. The oldest teen said "wicked" (means good in New England), the youngest helped make a park scene and the wife said WOW. The result is in the following video. Details are still rough, but it is a starting point for the next era of fun on the current layout. I love lots of moving trains and this design does not disappoint. Hope you like it! arypinski.smugmug.com/Choochoo/i-Qwv3p8X/ALay of the Land Top Level: This will be the village (on the right) and military base (on the left). This loosely mimics the quaint New England town that we live in. Next door to our town is a military training base in an area called Devens. My version of the town has a trolley (an MTH Bump-and-Go) that takes passengers from one end to the other. It also includes a little park that my youngest daughter made for the layout. It is decked out in some Christmas lights. Raised loop: This is currently running my little NH Switcher and some Lionel cars and one livestock (in blue) car that I 3D-Printed. Lower Level: The lower level includes a train station (on the left), a train Museum (on the right), a road (at the back) and, of course, two loops between which are a couple of turn out switches (which are at the back and can't be seen in the video) in case a train needs to move from one to the other. The inner loop also has a cross-over so I can turn trains around. Outer loop is running Williams F3-AA B&M a pulling set of Lionel Passenger Cars. Inner Loop is running Lionel RS3 B&M pulling some Lionel and Menards Boxcars. Adam, you've made tremendous progress on your layout. It looks and runs great.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 12, 2019 21:44:23 GMT
I am about to place Harry Hieke's GCT base on my layouts 2nd level and the Lionel GCT on top of it...Drumroll please. Good luck with this Vince. Please post pictures when you get GCT mounted.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 12, 2019 22:00:04 GMT
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Post by josef on Nov 12, 2019 22:35:52 GMT
I did some maintenance on my Aerotrain locomotive. When I addressed it on my DCS remote it said that maintenance was needed. I lubed and oiled as required and the engine runs great. The remote still says that maintenance is needed. Does anyone know how to clear it? Since I was at the work bench I decided to add passengers to the cars. I'd bought some Lionel passengers a couple weeks ago and used 2 packs, 24 per pack. This is the results. That is one I have to get. Love that futuristic look.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 13, 2019 0:11:12 GMT
I did some maintenance on my Aerotrain locomotive. When I addressed it on my DCS remote it said that maintenance was needed. I lubed and oiled as required and the engine runs great. The remote still says that maintenance is needed. Does anyone know how to clear it? Since I was at the work bench I decided to add passengers to the cars. I'd bought some Lionel passengers a couple weeks ago and used 2 packs, 24 per pack. This is the results. That is one I have to get. Love that futuristic look. MTH is supposed to release new Railking Aerotrain sets and add on passenger cars very soon.
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