04-21-2010, 11:42 AM
building has been delayed while I waited for my CV plate girder bridge to arrive so I can lay the last section of track on the upper level. This last bit is the most involved as I need to work out how to install the bridge, the street underneath, the abutments and work around an very inconveniently placed support in the bench-work.... and figure out how this will affect my ability to pull the layout into 2 pieces when I eventually have to move it downstairs.... all of this because the layout plan changed to reduce the grade.
the one really niggling detail is that move to the new room in the basement may be coming soon and although I started the build with the intent of making the layout easily removable it would seem some lapses in judgment or memory have made this somewhat more challenging as I have inadvertently bridged joints and covered critical fasteners on the original framework in the process of modifying the plan..... so it could be tricky moving this thing.
the one really niggling detail is that move to the new room in the basement may be coming soon and although I started the build with the intent of making the layout easily removable it would seem some lapses in judgment or memory have made this somewhat more challenging as I have inadvertently bridged joints and covered critical fasteners on the original framework in the process of modifying the plan..... so it could be tricky moving this thing.