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AVRR-PA Posted - 08/19/2010 : 09:51:03 AM
I'm ready to start actual benchwork construction on this project and I want to cover that in a thread separate from the "Rail-Marine Layout Plans" thread. So here goes...

Moving to a new window so I'll be able to edit.

Don
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Orionvp17 Posted - 03/27/2013 : 4:07:45 PM
You're welcome.

Pete
in Michigan
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/26/2013 : 2:31:12 PM
Thanks, Pete!
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/25/2013 : 6:41:52 PM
A few days ago, I decided it was time to get serious about perfecting all the soldered rail joints, especially the ones where I used home-made transition joiners. I really want the locomotive and rolling stock to run smoothly - I don't want it to look like I'm modeling the Allegheny Valley RR - they must issue Dramamine to the crews.

I decided I'd make some flags to help me keep track of where all the joints are and which ones have been worked on. I cropped toothpicks (so I wouldn't jam one through my hand) and added little bits of blue tape:





And here they are in place - ready for Round one:





My plan is to keep moving them landward as I do the joints until I eventually run out of rail.

Next, I started laying out tools. In particular, I got out the cordless Dremel and starting digging around in plastic bags and various comportments of two different Dremel cases, trying to find the right bits. At which point I decided I had been annoying myself with this nonsense for way too many years and it was time to come up with a better solution.

Fortunately, I remembered an article in "Shopnotes" from 10 years ago on building a rotary tool carrying case. Also fortunately, it was a cover article so it wasn't too hard to find.

And for the rest of the story, you'll have to go to Mike Chambers Craftsmen's Corner - because I just decided to do a separate thread rather than bury this in the rail-marine thread.

But to make a long story short - I did build the case and I'm ready to resume work on the layout.

Don
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/23/2013 : 6:34:39 PM
As planned, most of my attention has been on Vagel's trestle. But my own layout has not been totally neglected.

I did manage to install a ground throw on one of the two turnouts that don't have Tortoises. At first, it was really stiff. I trimmed and shimmed and shot it with silicone and it's working fine.

Also, I made two more of the recessed holders for the DPDT switches that control the Tortoises - that's the last of them.

[They aren't permanently mounted yet. That will require cutting a bunch of big messy holes in the fascia and generating lots of sawdust - and that can wait a while. They work fine in their temporary locations.]

I had a very nice Road Trip with Vagel to the Midwest NG Convention. It was a beautiful day for a drive. I loaded up on Hunterline stripwood, Kadee whisker couplers from Crusader Rail, and some Plastic Prep for the airbrushing activities. It was great to see Sam Swanson, his wife, and many other people that I don't get to see otherwise.

Tomorrow I'll be helping with the open house at Vagel's layout, as part of the RPM meet.

More later,

Don
Georgia Gulf Posted - 03/14/2013 : 5:41:46 PM
Don;Thanks for the links;will look through them all with glee.Still reckon its your fault but we can share the blame around.
Thanks again for your time.
Nick
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/14/2013 : 2:51:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Vagel Keller

Great to see you've been able to work through the electrical stuff without me, Don. And it was great to see you've started to play with trains on the layout.

Vagel




Hi, Vagel -- and I enjoyed giving you the $2 tour. Once I get things a bit more organized, the two of us can have an operating session. There's enough work in that yard to keep a two-person train crew busy.

Don
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/14/2013 : 2:49:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Georgia Gulf

Juist caught up with your build;inspirational;I;ve had thoughts of doing a rail-marine layout for years and you have finally pushed me over the edge.So thanks as long as I know who to blame.
Can't wait to see further progress.
Nick


Hi, Nick -- check out these sites, if you haven't already discovered them. Then you will have more people to blame for your rail-marine obsession.

An awesome resource on NY Harbor rail-marine:
http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html

The site I blame for my particular layout design:
http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/dlw25.html

In French but it doesn't matter:

http://teamtrack.xooit.com/t451-NEW-YORK-RAIL-MARINE-OPERATIONS.htm

In between making bents for Vagel's trestle, I'm trolling Google Images and Youtube for pictures that will help me get the colors right on the hull and deck of the barge.

Don
Vagel Keller Posted - 03/14/2013 : 1:52:47 PM
Great to see you've been able to work through the electrical stuff without me, Don. And it was great to see you've started to play with trains on the layout.

Vagel
Georgia Gulf Posted - 03/13/2013 : 4:54:22 PM
Juist caught up with your build;inspirational;I;ve had thoughts of doing a rail-marine layout for years and you have finally pushed me over the edge.So thanks as long as I know who to blame.
Can't wait to see further progress.
Nick
BandO Boy Posted - 03/13/2013 : 3:52:55 PM
Don - You've earned a break from carrying most of the load recently for consistent HO scale construction posts... looking forward to future work from both you and Vagel.
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/13/2013 : 1:07:08 PM
Hi, everyone --

As some of you know, I've been helping Vagel with his layout. Here's his thread:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22893&whichpage=89&SearchTerms=Blacklog

My current project is helping build an S-shaped trestle. We're under a bit of deadline pressure. The deck is almost done (except for that rather essential ingredient, track), the placeholder track has been removed, and so the narrow gauge cannot operate. The RPM meet is coming up in two weeks (less than, actually) and Vagel's layout will be open. I need to build a bunch of bents to support the trestle, ASAP.

So work on my rail-marine layout will be on hold for a couple of weeks, although I'll still be playing with it.

I'll post pccasionally to this thread about operating the layout, just so yunz don't forgt it - but most of my time will be spent cutting and gluing bridge timbers.

Quick, Jeeves - where is my chopper!

Don
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/12/2013 : 10:25:34 AM
quote:
Originally posted by nhguy

I like my Tuborg cold.

By "lousy runner' what do you mean Don? What's it doing or not doing? What model is it? Does it stall on the turnouts all the time? Bill



Hi, Bill -- I like my Tuborg anyway I can get it, but it was especially nice drinking it in Copenhagen, away back when.

I'll send you an e-mail about the BLI switcher.

Don
nhguy Posted - 03/11/2013 : 2:24:20 PM
I like my Tuborg cold.

By "lousy runner' what do you mean Don? What's it doing or not doing? What model is it? Does it stall on the turnouts all the time? Bill
AVRR-PA Posted - 03/11/2013 : 08:15:17 AM
Thanks for writing, Pete and George!

Working in all these different social media is too much for my brain. I'm on rr-line and I'm looking for the "Like" and "Share" buttons.

It is time to Prepare to Greet the New Day. Then I'm off to St. M's to be a hospital volunteer for a few hours.

Don
George D Posted - 03/10/2013 : 10:31:16 PM
Good to see you having fun playing with trains, Don.

It's going to be in the low 60's here in Tidewater Virginia tomorrow, so I'll be out on my bike too.

George

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