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MarkF
Engineer
USA
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 Posted - 08/21/2008 : 12:44:30 AM
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Originally posted by Harsco
Almost 3,000 miles away and he's STILL poking and prodding....sheez! LOL
Yup, here I am in wilderness of Washington State, on a houseboat, enjoying myself. However, I can't rest unless I keep an eye on your progress!  |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1101 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 06:33:13 AM
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Mark wasn't back more than ten minutes before he called and asked why I hadn't posted any pics of the finished product....here's a few after the trackwork was installed earlier this week by Steam and I:
Overall view of the area; the skyboards on the right are down since I apparently didn't leave enough room for both them AND the sidings that were put in (thanks, Steam!). I'll need to build a "lip" along the edge to set them on.
A close up shot of the future Harrisburg Pipe and Valve track complex. The building will be for outbound pipe shipmentsl the tracks going off to the right will be for inbound materials (hot iron, hot steel, casting sand, additives, etc. The two tracks not shown will lead to warehouse doors for shipments of castings in either box cars, flats, or <shutter> more gons:
Finally, a poor view showing how the main skyboard hides a two track Reading staging yard and the main switching lead for the Herr Street plant:
Between our devious minds, Steam and I hopefully came up with a challenging area for operators to switch; the run around track should see some work I think.... |
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2008 : 09:04:10 AM
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Rick,
This area is shaping up nicely. Is that central sky board just balancing there? How will you eventually secure it in place? |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1101 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 09:22:42 AM
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You're probably going to cringe at my answer Bruce, but I planned on it just sitting there, which was one of the main reasons I chose 2 inch foam instead of the 1 inch. If my friendly local gas company decides to make an issue of it blocking their view of the meter, I can simply take it off when they come to read it. To date it hasn't tipped over or cause a problem, although that could probably be easily fixed with a couple of wood dowels or bamboo skewers sticking up from the table top. I DO plan on attaching building fronts to it on the viewing side...not certain yet if that will affect the stability.
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23234 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 09:50:03 AM
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Rick,
You're right, I did cringe. I like the idea of wood dowels, maybe sticking up 6" or so. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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belg
Fireman
USA
4380 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 11:06:09 AM
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| Rick, if this is the end of the RR why not just add a small upright piece of wood on the end with a stop? Or a dowel into the end of the foam up high. Just a thought. The trackwork is really shaping up nicely, Pat |
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hunter48820
Fireman
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Posted - 08/24/2008 : 12:24:03 PM
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Hi Rick,
I really like the track design in this area. Just intricate enough to give a real life feel to the overall scene. Gotta love it!!
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Best, Andy Keeney
Look out for #1, but don't step in #2! |
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23234 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 2:59:20 PM
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Rick,
I was thinking while driving to the Garden State Division meeting today. You could take a piece of 1"x2" (or 2"x2"), and make a 'U channel" out of it by attaching a length of 3" wide plywood to it on both sides. You could then attach this to the end of the peninsula, and slide the foam divider into the channel.
I hope I am describing this right. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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Diamond Bill
New Hire
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2008 : 3:54:35 PM
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| Foam Board. The Board you have if you tried to cut it and then had to "break" the edge is called "Gator" Board. Usually expensive and hard to work with, but very strong. The surface is hard but subject to moisture. Artists use it for a variety of endeavers. Good luck with it. |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1101 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 4:56:53 PM
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Wow...I think that a new record for responses! LOL. Let me see....
Bruce: It's rolling around the back of my head about securing the backdrop...but since it will eventually have a dogleg shape when the other two pieces are attached (I plan on gluing them to the larger piece), that should further help the stability problem. I do like the channel idea though....hmmmmm
Pat: your thoughts mirrored mine....I'm still pondering what, if anything, will be needed.
Thanks, Andy....being the "final frontier", I wanted to make it as challenging as the space allowed. Steam actually talked me out of adding ANOTHER turnout to the crossing area (for a total of four), saying something about having to pack a lunch on that run...LOL
Bill...that sounds right; I had heard about Gator Board but never actually saw it....I guess the art supply store doesn't call it that. I will say this: it seems very stable and could be used for structures, abutments, etc. I have a fairly large coal bunker I need to scratchbuild for Commonwealth Coke and will maybe give this stuff a try.
Having gotten to the end of the "construction" phase, should I be moving this thread to another forum or starting a new one? |
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23234 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 6:02:02 PM
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Originally posted by Harsco
Having gotten to the end of the "construction" phase, should I be moving this thread to another forum or starting a new one?
Rick,
That is totally up to you. You could start a new thread in the "Layout Design / Operation Sig Forum" if you are going to primarily discuss operations, or you could just add that to this thread.
You might want to start a new thread on operations, and put a link to this thread in the opening post. As you add structures and scenery to the layout, you can add it to this thread, leaving the other thread strictly for operations.
As I said, totally up to you. However, it is not feasible to physically 'move' this entire thread elsewhere. That would likely give Mike C. 'the big one'.[:-shake] |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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hunter48820
Fireman
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Posted - 08/24/2008 : 9:02:16 PM
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Having gotten to the end of the "construction" phase, should I be moving this thread to another forum or starting a new one?
Hi Rick,
I decided that all my layout info is going to be maintained on the Nashville Road thread that I started so people can follow right along and not have to go searching.
I would think that scenery would still fall under construction. Not so sure about ops but that's were mine will be.
That was why I was hoping that they would have created a forum just for layouts where we could have everything relating to our own layout (if we wanted) in that one thread. People could follow it from conception and construction to operations and not have to go looking for info in different forums.
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Look out for #1, but don't step in #2! |
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MarkF
Engineer
USA
9276 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 01:54:32 AM
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Originally posted by Harsco
Having gotten to the end of the "construction" phase, should I be moving this thread to another forum or starting a new one?
End of the "construction phase"??? Says who! Ok, so maybe little or no more benchwork, and the majority of your trackwork is in, but you still have scenery and structures to do. You haven't shared most of your layout with these guys! How about some shots of the evolving area known as Lucknow? Remember the slag dump you need to build, scenic and LIGHT! We've only just begun my friend! |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1101 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 05:25:36 AM
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| My mistake...as long as Steam and tape measures are together in the same room, the construction phase may never be truly "over"....LOL |
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Steam Nut
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2008 : 07:32:18 AM
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| Oh, I hear a tape measure off in the distance! I do have an idea for two more tracks that I have been holding out on amd you already have the turnouts. |
Steam Lives! |
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Harrisburg Terminal Railroad (HTRR)
