07-09-2011, 12:23 AM
Howdy y'all. I've been working on the railroad...
It's been a while since I've gotten a 'live-long day' to put towards the railroad, but I've had a few hours here and there, even consecutively! Managed to get the entire backdrop painted. One coat of Kilz primer and two coats of the same blue used in my youngest boy's room.
Up next was finalizing the grade up to Pinto and installing that section of benchwork. Next was the 'bridge' section joining the two halves of the room. WOW did I discover just how NOT straight our walls are. Bolting that section in place pulled the layout sides and shifted the whole layout a quarter to 3/8". A few taps with a hammer evened out the gaps.
Finally I glued in the joint blocks. Now I may not need to disassemble the layout sections anytime soon, but if I ever do, or whenever we move, I'll be able to reassemble without any lost sleep over track alignment. Spent some time plotting Andrews, rearranging turnouts slightly to make more room for an additional industry. Hopefully tomorrow I can lay roadbed and, if I'm really good, can lay track Sunday afternoon. Gotta make a trip to Radio Shack for wire, connectors, and parts for a static grass tool. My negative ion generator shipped from Australia on the 5th.
Galen
It's been a while since I've gotten a 'live-long day' to put towards the railroad, but I've had a few hours here and there, even consecutively! Managed to get the entire backdrop painted. One coat of Kilz primer and two coats of the same blue used in my youngest boy's room.
Up next was finalizing the grade up to Pinto and installing that section of benchwork. Next was the 'bridge' section joining the two halves of the room. WOW did I discover just how NOT straight our walls are. Bolting that section in place pulled the layout sides and shifted the whole layout a quarter to 3/8". A few taps with a hammer evened out the gaps.
Finally I glued in the joint blocks. Now I may not need to disassemble the layout sections anytime soon, but if I ever do, or whenever we move, I'll be able to reassemble without any lost sleep over track alignment. Spent some time plotting Andrews, rearranging turnouts slightly to make more room for an additional industry. Hopefully tomorrow I can lay roadbed and, if I'm really good, can lay track Sunday afternoon. Gotta make a trip to Radio Shack for wire, connectors, and parts for a static grass tool. My negative ion generator shipped from Australia on the 5th.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!