04-09-2023, 08:00 PM
Thanks Tom.
I finished laying the last section of the city industrial track:
It seems as though every time I start handlaying again I misplace the drill bit that I use to pre-drill the spikes. This time I got a extra bit and left it in the container with the spikes. (I may not be fast but I'm slow)
This was originally going to be a team track but it will be the Gern distributor's track instead.
After that bit of tracklaying, I turned back to the Narrow gauge logging line. With the outside perimeter boards in place, I extended the one track 7" to the edge of the layout. This will give me a it more room as well as an option for extending the layout in the future (every inch counts) I'll be spiking the rail down in the next day or so. After that I plan to add the fascia to the outside so I will be able to mount by control panel the wire the Logging branch back up. When I built this into the previous layout, it was straight DC. I don't find it necessary to wire it into the rest of the layout's DCC system.
The last big change this week was the acquisition of a better turntable. I found this on Ebay for 15$. This is a diamond Scale turntable that was salvaged from another modellers layout. It needs a bit of work but structurally and mechanically its an improvement over the Walthers Turntable I bought a few months ago.
I finished laying the last section of the city industrial track:
It seems as though every time I start handlaying again I misplace the drill bit that I use to pre-drill the spikes. This time I got a extra bit and left it in the container with the spikes. (I may not be fast but I'm slow)
This was originally going to be a team track but it will be the Gern distributor's track instead.
After that bit of tracklaying, I turned back to the Narrow gauge logging line. With the outside perimeter boards in place, I extended the one track 7" to the edge of the layout. This will give me a it more room as well as an option for extending the layout in the future (every inch counts) I'll be spiking the rail down in the next day or so. After that I plan to add the fascia to the outside so I will be able to mount by control panel the wire the Logging branch back up. When I built this into the previous layout, it was straight DC. I don't find it necessary to wire it into the rest of the layout's DCC system.
The last big change this week was the acquisition of a better turntable. I found this on Ebay for 15$. This is a diamond Scale turntable that was salvaged from another modellers layout. It needs a bit of work but structurally and mechanically its an improvement over the Walthers Turntable I bought a few months ago.