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Turnout fabrication is going full bore using a variety of goodied purchased from Fast Tracks: It's all fun ... some parts are just funner than others! Mark Chase Richmond VA Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad http://www.eastblueridge.com Country: USA | Posts: 1071 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 04/29/2007 :  8:28:49 PM     Congratulations Mark! I can understand your excitement at getting started. Wish I were at that point. Please keep us posted with more pictures. Country: USA | Posts: 17739 Larry Baker Fireman Posted - 04/29/2007 :  8:29:46 PM     The Fast Track stuff look very interesting. I will be following your topic closely. Country: USA | Posts: 1605 Peterpools Engineer Posted - 04/29/2007 :  8:40:31 PM       Mark Great to see you are starting to lay rail and using the Fast Track System too boot. Looking forward to watching the rail go down. I just finished doing all my hand laid track and the turnouts were done the same as you: Fast Tracks. Please post as often as you can. There are lots of members on the forum who went with hand laid track and everyone who joins the crowd, adds to our knowledge and skill at the craft. Peter Country: USA | Posts: 12335 Sodbuster Fireman Posted - 04/29/2007 :  9:15:13 PM     I wished fasttrax jig's existed when I started building switches. It would have made things so much easier when I was scratch building them. Oh well, the experience was worth the battle. Country: USA | Posts: 2284 quarryman Fireman Posted - 04/29/2007 :  9:36:08 PM       quote: Originally posted by Sodbuster I wished fasttrax jig's existed when I started building switches. Bob- Believe me, I hear you loud and clear. I handlaid turnouts on my previous layout without using Fast Tracks, and that is why I appreciate Fast Tracks fixtures so much. I never really developed a "knack" for building turnouts by hand ... something about the geometry of a reliable turnout completely evades me. I could go through the motions, and they looked OK, but each one was cursed to a greater or lesser extent by its own particular set of gremlins. Mark Chase Richmond VA Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad http://www.eastblueridge.com Country: USA | Posts: 1071 MinerFortyNiner Fireman Premium Member Posted - 04/29/2007 :  9:44:34 PM       Looking good Mark...wow, you have a tidy workbench! I can imagine your excitement, you've put a lot of effort into the preliminaries. Enjoy! Country: USA | Posts: 1994 elwoodblues Fireman Premium Member Posted - 04/29/2007 :  11:16:40 PM         Mark, I recognize most of the things on your workbench except for the 3-ring binder thingy , Whats with that? Seriously, glad to hear that you are getting started. You will like the Fast Track System, I swear by it, its a foolproof method of building turnouts. Much better than the old fashioned way. Looking forward to seeing some progress pics. Ron Newby General Manager Clearwater Valley Railway Co. http://www.cvry.ca Country: Canada | Posts: 4872 Just a fan Engine Wiper Posted - 04/30/2007 :  08:46:25 AM     Congrats Mark! Of course, running the trains is the funnest part...but first comes the track. Country: USA | Posts: 291 fsm1000 Engine Wiper Posted - 05/02/2007 :  01:52:00 AM       Yes track does help. I look forward to more pictures and info :) My old website is still here though not much in activity. I hope you enjoy it anyhow :) http://sites.google.com/site/fsm10002 Country: Canada | Posts: 299 quarryman Fireman Posted - 05/12/2007 :  9:43:37 PM       I fabricated the three #4 wye turnouts that make up Glade Junction on my layout. I used my home made piano jig to make strips of crossties. The completed turnouts were placed in position to determine where the PCB ties fell. I stained the ties and Homasote ebony. I then sanded almost all the dark stain off the tops of the ties, and rubbed a gray stain on them. This stain started out mainly Driftwood, but over time has been amended with Pickled White, Wood Grain stain and so many others that its lineage is a mystery. I mixed up about a quart of ballast from any likely finely milled rock materials I had around, which happened to be mostly limestone and slate. Limestone being very light, and slate being very dark, I am getting the dreaded "salt and peppah" look that I have read is to be avoided at all costs. At this early stage, I am not very concerned. I spooned on the ballast, smoothed it out with a foam brush, wet it with an alcohol/water mix, then glued it with a matte medium/WS scenic cement/water mix. Mark Chase Richmond VA Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad http://www.eastblueridge.com Country: USA | Posts: 1071 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 05/13/2007 :  10:01:54 AM     Mark, I like the color you achieved on your ties. They look great. Also like how you layed them unevenly. Country: USA | Posts: 17739 Sodbuster Fireman Posted - 05/13/2007 :  10:37:41 AM     Mark IMO it all looks good. Nice touch on the ties... Country: USA | Posts: 2284 Narrow Rick Engine Wiper Posted - 05/13/2007 :  4:42:16 PM     Mark the ties and ballast all look good. Keep sending pics! Rick "Always remember to never use absolutes." Country: USA | Posts: 357 quarryman Fireman Posted - 01/10/2008 :  1:14:14 PM       My track super, Cletus Bagby, is shown here ruminating over my suggestion for switch stands to be used on the P&EBR NJ International switchstands are advertised as being HO scale, but seem plenty big to me to be used on an On30 turnout. Cletus: Well, uh, they look kinda fancy. Me: They can be weathered, and a plain "Star" type indicator board can be substituted for the fancy headgear, if you find it so objectionable. Cletus: Well, uh, they look like they're made to throw the turnout. Me: I might be able to link them to the throwbar so that the Turtoise switch machine throws the switchstand, but I am not too concerned about whether the switchstand indicates the status of the points or not. Cletus: Well, uh, weren't you thinking about some other switchstands at one time? Me: Yes, I was considering Surry Models switchstands, but their web site seems to have disappeared and I do not know how to get in touch with them. Cletus: Well, uh, aren't these NJ switchstands kind of expensive? If you don't care if they even work or not, maybe it would be better to just scratchbuild'em. Me: Yes, they are expensive, and they may not give the run down rural narrow gauge impression I am looking for. Does anyone have any suggestions? Mark Chase Richmond VA Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad http://www.eastblueridge.com Country: USA | Posts: 1071 Jerry M Fireman Posted - 01/10/2008 :  1:46:14 PM     I'm enjoying watching your trackwork evolve here it's very interesting. All this talk of late about handlaying track is almost enough to get me thinking about it...well almost! Seriously Mark it looks great, keep on posting photos.As far as the salt an pepper an airbrush or stain can fix that in no time..... 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