08-04-2011, 10:31 PM
Good news and bad news, I got accepted to the College i wanted (Jefferson School of Health Professions, Bio-sciences program), but its an intense year round (as in i'll still be there this time next year) program, so I'm not sure how long I'll be able to keep the modeling up. I plan to get the layout running perfect before September, so i can at least run things.
Well, the yard was finished a few days ago, and now the entire inner oval is flex track. Just need to get three more lengths of flex track to finish the 22" curves. This means that i can run trains on the inside loop. I haven't tested it yet, but it should work. If it doesn't, I'll start soldering wires to every section. I'll probably use this oppertunity to rewire the layout. If the track was bad, the wiring is literally everywhere. the only reason it is not a rats nest it because I had barely left any slack, so wires make dead-straight lines to the terminals on the track and the "Selector" panels from when the layout was Block wired for DC.
One of the big things that i don't know if I'll be able to replace is the large highway viaduct that I had originally spanned the layout with. I liked this viaduct, but it will NOT span the yard, the supports just can't fit without spacing them to far.
the Rix highways need support, as they will start wiggling apart if you don't adequately support them (every scale 50' or so). The way around this is to build a thicker viaduct, but that would require rebuilding, or just scratch building the whole thing. I'm not sure I'm in a good position to build such a structure just yet, but we'll see. I'm thinking about replacing some spots with modern bill boards, so that the view "across" the layout is still impeded. Otherwise, the gap between the Bralick building (big gray structure) and magic Pan is to great, and the other tracks obvious.
Well, the yard was finished a few days ago, and now the entire inner oval is flex track. Just need to get three more lengths of flex track to finish the 22" curves. This means that i can run trains on the inside loop. I haven't tested it yet, but it should work. If it doesn't, I'll start soldering wires to every section. I'll probably use this oppertunity to rewire the layout. If the track was bad, the wiring is literally everywhere. the only reason it is not a rats nest it because I had barely left any slack, so wires make dead-straight lines to the terminals on the track and the "Selector" panels from when the layout was Block wired for DC.
One of the big things that i don't know if I'll be able to replace is the large highway viaduct that I had originally spanned the layout with. I liked this viaduct, but it will NOT span the yard, the supports just can't fit without spacing them to far.
the Rix highways need support, as they will start wiggling apart if you don't adequately support them (every scale 50' or so). The way around this is to build a thicker viaduct, but that would require rebuilding, or just scratch building the whole thing. I'm not sure I'm in a good position to build such a structure just yet, but we'll see. I'm thinking about replacing some spots with modern bill boards, so that the view "across" the layout is still impeded. Otherwise, the gap between the Bralick building (big gray structure) and magic Pan is to great, and the other tracks obvious.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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