flyboy2610
Loveably weird
(X Edit 5-6-2018 X: Thanks to Photoscrewit (being polite here) I lost most of the pics for this thread. I have them saved on my hard drive, so I plan to slowly go through and replace the pics. It may take a while, so be patient.)
Well, I guess I should start a build thread. Might help me stay motivated.
(Copied from another thread I posted in)
The Union Pacific Soggy Bottoms Subdivision is a protolanced line of the UP. Soggy Bottoms, Ne. is located on the Nebraska-Northern Colorado border, just up the line from the Denver-Cheyenne split. It is so named for the wetlands located about 5 miles outside of town. The town motto is "Welcome to Soggy Bottoms! We Luv to Pamper People!"
The town is a stopover and and division point for passenger and freight traffic. It is also a termination point for the Soggy Bottoms-Alliance local passenger train. There is a lot of traffic on this line, both passenger and freight. Ranchers from northern Colorado and western Nebraska ship a lot of livestock across these rails as well. The veranda turbines make regular non-stops from Ogden to Council Bluffs (gotta love those 22000 gallon bunker C fuel oil tenders!).
The town is known to be located in the middle of a space/time vortex, though, so periodically a modern diesel has been known to show up to startle the local populace.
The time frame is the somewhere sorta kinda halfway close to the mid-50's, give or take 5 years. (Except for when that space/time vortex acts up.)
Most of the work is still done by steam but the growlers are beginning to make their presence known as well. Eventually, North Platte and Denver will take over most of Soggy Bottoms responsibilities, but those days are still in the future. For now, the town is prosperous and thriving.
The track will be Atlas code 100. It's easy to work with and I can run all the loco's I have, including the old pizza cutter wheels. The turnouts will be Atlas for the #4's, and Peco Insulfrog's for the 6 and 8's. They will be thrown by Caboose Industries sprung ground throws.The real focus will be on switching and yard work, with one train at a time making the roundy-round. As for room orientation, the industrial area is to the south, the town on the north, the yard on the east, and the river/wetlands on the west.
So far, I have finished up the benchwork, and built the swing gate. The benches are 1x4 sides with 2x2 legs and cleats. None of the cross pieces have screws running into the side of them. The shelf boards are 1x4's, and the deck is 3/8 plywood.
Then I was ready to build the swing gate.
And that's when the headaches began. I knew that the swing portion could not be built as a square or rectangle. One side must be angled to allow for swinging without hitting the stationary portion. Getting the angle correct was trial and error. (Mostly error.) I learned that the side of the stationary portion that is next to the benchwork needs to be about twice as long as the short side that sits on the shelf. Otherwise when the gate swings, the corner of the swing portion will hit the stationary side.
I also learned that the cut angle on said long side must be in a straight line with the cut angle on the short side. That little wooden triangle you see in the previous pic was a real pain in the neck (among other bodily locations) to make!
I made shelves for both ends of the swing portion to rest on. These were made out of 1/2" plywood with a 2x2" cleat glued and screwed to it. The cleat was then screwed to the benchwork from the outside, and the plywood was screwed to the benchwork side from the bottom.
The upper edge of the shelf was given the router treatment with a 1/4" round over bit, and the same was done to the bottom of the 1x4's making up the swing portion. This helps things slide a bit smoother. I also installed a length of 1x4 along the side of each shelf to act a stop for the swing portion.
I installed a gate latch on the swing portion and drilled a hole into the benchwork for the latch. I couldn't use the metal keeper portion of the latch set because It would have interfered with the gate. I am going to try and find some metal tubing that will match the latch diameter and install that into the benchwork as I am concerned about the hole eventually getting wallowed out and allowing movement.
I used a piece of 1x4 as a backer for the hinge screws, to give them more to bite into.
The hing that I used has a bit of play in the pin, allowing the swing gate to drop when not on the shelf. So I attached another shelf for the gate to rest on when not in use.
I have some spots I want to hit with the sander, and then I can install the foam.
Well, I guess I should start a build thread. Might help me stay motivated.
(Copied from another thread I posted in)
The Union Pacific Soggy Bottoms Subdivision is a protolanced line of the UP. Soggy Bottoms, Ne. is located on the Nebraska-Northern Colorado border, just up the line from the Denver-Cheyenne split. It is so named for the wetlands located about 5 miles outside of town. The town motto is "Welcome to Soggy Bottoms! We Luv to Pamper People!"
The town is a stopover and and division point for passenger and freight traffic. It is also a termination point for the Soggy Bottoms-Alliance local passenger train. There is a lot of traffic on this line, both passenger and freight. Ranchers from northern Colorado and western Nebraska ship a lot of livestock across these rails as well. The veranda turbines make regular non-stops from Ogden to Council Bluffs (gotta love those 22000 gallon bunker C fuel oil tenders!).
The town is known to be located in the middle of a space/time vortex, though, so periodically a modern diesel has been known to show up to startle the local populace.
The time frame is the somewhere sorta kinda halfway close to the mid-50's, give or take 5 years. (Except for when that space/time vortex acts up.)
Most of the work is still done by steam but the growlers are beginning to make their presence known as well. Eventually, North Platte and Denver will take over most of Soggy Bottoms responsibilities, but those days are still in the future. For now, the town is prosperous and thriving.
The track will be Atlas code 100. It's easy to work with and I can run all the loco's I have, including the old pizza cutter wheels. The turnouts will be Atlas for the #4's, and Peco Insulfrog's for the 6 and 8's. They will be thrown by Caboose Industries sprung ground throws.The real focus will be on switching and yard work, with one train at a time making the roundy-round. As for room orientation, the industrial area is to the south, the town on the north, the yard on the east, and the river/wetlands on the west.
So far, I have finished up the benchwork, and built the swing gate. The benches are 1x4 sides with 2x2 legs and cleats. None of the cross pieces have screws running into the side of them. The shelf boards are 1x4's, and the deck is 3/8 plywood.
Then I was ready to build the swing gate.
And that's when the headaches began. I knew that the swing portion could not be built as a square or rectangle. One side must be angled to allow for swinging without hitting the stationary portion. Getting the angle correct was trial and error. (Mostly error.) I learned that the side of the stationary portion that is next to the benchwork needs to be about twice as long as the short side that sits on the shelf. Otherwise when the gate swings, the corner of the swing portion will hit the stationary side.
I also learned that the cut angle on said long side must be in a straight line with the cut angle on the short side. That little wooden triangle you see in the previous pic was a real pain in the neck (among other bodily locations) to make!
I made shelves for both ends of the swing portion to rest on. These were made out of 1/2" plywood with a 2x2" cleat glued and screwed to it. The cleat was then screwed to the benchwork from the outside, and the plywood was screwed to the benchwork side from the bottom.
The upper edge of the shelf was given the router treatment with a 1/4" round over bit, and the same was done to the bottom of the 1x4's making up the swing portion. This helps things slide a bit smoother. I also installed a length of 1x4 along the side of each shelf to act a stop for the swing portion.
I installed a gate latch on the swing portion and drilled a hole into the benchwork for the latch. I couldn't use the metal keeper portion of the latch set because It would have interfered with the gate. I am going to try and find some metal tubing that will match the latch diameter and install that into the benchwork as I am concerned about the hole eventually getting wallowed out and allowing movement.
I used a piece of 1x4 as a backer for the hinge screws, to give them more to bite into.
The hing that I used has a bit of play in the pin, allowing the swing gate to drop when not on the shelf. So I attached another shelf for the gate to rest on when not in use.
I have some spots I want to hit with the sander, and then I can install the foam.
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