D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
Time to resurrect this thread from last spring.
I had another thread going which focused on the grade crossing signal control. I finished replacing the Logic Rail Technology system with an Azatrax system. I've tested in on my kitchen counter tops and it all works fine. The light flash, the bell sounds while the gates lower and the gates work as designed and programmed.
Now, to finish the upgrades to the modules with some backdrop on the backdrop boards. I found an outfit online. He's up in Canada and the prices for his printed background was reasonable. I've applied them to my Masonite backdrops. I first used a spray tacky adhesive, but that just didn't hold well. The paper had pealed and rolled back from the edges overnight. I found Gorilla Spary adhesive and tried that. Much better.
To finish the look of the backdrop, I use telephone wire conduit along the top edge. It was available at Home Depot in a beige color and white. I use the white color for a more definite border. It is pretty tight to fit it over the top of the Masonite and I was concerned about it tearing or scuffing the paper of the backdrop. I figured I could slip it over a double thick Masonite and apply heat to it using a shrink wrap heat gun. It worked as I guessed it would and the conduit relaxed a bit so it would still grip the top of the Masonite without tearing the paper. I'll provide a picture of it next week when I have it all set up at the Richmond Science Museum Model train show.
I had another thread going which focused on the grade crossing signal control. I finished replacing the Logic Rail Technology system with an Azatrax system. I've tested in on my kitchen counter tops and it all works fine. The light flash, the bell sounds while the gates lower and the gates work as designed and programmed.
Now, to finish the upgrades to the modules with some backdrop on the backdrop boards. I found an outfit online. He's up in Canada and the prices for his printed background was reasonable. I've applied them to my Masonite backdrops. I first used a spray tacky adhesive, but that just didn't hold well. The paper had pealed and rolled back from the edges overnight. I found Gorilla Spary adhesive and tried that. Much better.
To finish the look of the backdrop, I use telephone wire conduit along the top edge. It was available at Home Depot in a beige color and white. I use the white color for a more definite border. It is pretty tight to fit it over the top of the Masonite and I was concerned about it tearing or scuffing the paper of the backdrop. I figured I could slip it over a double thick Masonite and apply heat to it using a shrink wrap heat gun. It worked as I guessed it would and the conduit relaxed a bit so it would still grip the top of the Masonite without tearing the paper. I'll provide a picture of it next week when I have it all set up at the Richmond Science Museum Model train show.
