What's happening on your layout?
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Rico
BN Modeller
Iām still laughing at that one!I send you a HO scale replica of my ex wife. Please dangle it from the beam
Mopac Junkie
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logandsawman
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I got all the furring strips glued in place in my new train shed. Also, all the electrical receptacles were attached to the walls.
The rafters, lights, and wiring will be going up this week and then the insulation goes on.
Dave LASM
The rafters, lights, and wiring will be going up this week and then the insulation goes on.
Dave LASM
Canalligator
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Last week, I built the benchwork of the first section of my roadās expansion. It sits separate from the original 5x11, so I also built the 24ā lift-out connector.
Iām in the process of wiring this section, including two small local turnout panels. When the turnouts that Iāve ordered arrive, I will lay the track.
Iām also waiting for circuit breakers for the first two electrical districts, and decoder & speaker for the next loco to be converted.
Iām in the process of wiring this section, including two small local turnout panels. When the turnouts that Iāve ordered arrive, I will lay the track.
Iām also waiting for circuit breakers for the first two electrical districts, and decoder & speaker for the next loco to be converted.
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Blackburn R-1 blackburn
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Hi Everybody, I am really enjoying watching your layouts grow. I was not sure how to joint this chat but maybe showing what is going on in my layout. It is ON30 and I decided to just try to create a lift bridge that was a full scene. It is a lot of fun to raise up and down.
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logandsawman
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I am curious how you lift it without kinking the track, in other words what is the detail around the hinge area?
Thanks, Dave
Kentuckyjed
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Finally got pictures of my layout. I still have a way to go. The last pictures with the buildings are for a mock up of how it should set. Still have to fasten and ballast track, landscape, add lighting and weather buildings, and run trains. I copied a similar layout from SMT Mainline who has a great Youtube channel. It is really close to what he did.
Mopac Junkie
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im digging your choice of buildings.
Kentuckyjed
Active Member
Thanks, They are old pieces mostly. I haven't made signs yet but I have the industry for alcohol going on with a winery, a brewery, and a distillery and you have to have an Icehouse to keep things cool and of course the Snatchem casket factory, Rico and Arlee Stations that I got back in the 70's on my first layout. The windmill is a take back from when I lived in the St Louis area and there was/is a restaurant/bar called The Bevo Mill (added pic) Trying to carve out things that were part of my life growing up between the St. Louis area and Kentucky.
Mopac Junkie
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i think i have 9 of the same buildings
Mopac Junkie
The Thread Killer
from the 70's i still have these that you have:
Casket company(now Hormel)
Brewery(Miller)
Pickle Plant(Heinz)
Rico Station
Arlee station
Atlas signal tower (found on every layout in the world)
Blacksmith shop
boatwrench
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Sadly, nothing. Spouse had ankle surgery operation late September so almost a full-time care giver. Still get out Tuesday afternoon to work on a friend's layout. While home sorting and cataloguing rolling stock that has been donated to a club separating the cars by couplers and wheels before pricing to sell. Plenty of BB and old roundhouse brown box.
Blackburn R-1 blackburn
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Hi Dave
I elevated the hinges on a small block (right side of the first picture). As I lift, it pulls the track away and up. Its a neat trick I learned from an old-timer. I then put plaster on it to disguise that the hinges were there. The brass hinges don't seem to be upset over the plaster on them yet. yves
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logandsawman
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That is very interesting, I am sure I wouldn't have come up with that solution on my own.
I was planning on doing a drop down, which essentially is the same thing only upside down, come to think of it.
A worthwhile tip I got from an "old timer" (montanan) is using hydrocal in place of plaster. It is super strong, sets up rock hard in 20 minutes, can be shaped and accepts paint readily. It is also very low cost in bulk. One minor drawback is it must be mixed in small batches.
I previously used sheet rock compound, which I now find to be seriously inferior. I will begin my new layout with 50 pounds of hydrocal, aluminum screen, paper towels, and wads of newspaper.
Dave LASM
Blackburn R-1 blackburn
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Hey folks, I was trying to add some humor to my layout by Haloween, but I did not finish. The invented backstory is that they found a Velociraptor fossil in the middle of a cemetery but they "dug too deep" (a reference to my favorite movies "Lord of the Rings" 
) and zombies started to come out. It was fun to try to put together - probably will be finished in the next few weeks. Anyone else adding humor to your layout?
) and zombies started to come out. It was fun to try to put together - probably will be finished in the next few weeks. Anyone else adding humor to your layout?Attachments
logandsawman
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Very interesting...the living dinosaurs are on Chris' (Colberts) layout...sometimes. No zombies to my knowledge.Hey folks, I was trying to add some humor to my layout by Haloween, but I did not finish. The invented backstory is that they found a Velociraptor fossil in the middle of a cemetery but they "dug too deep" (a reference to my favorite movies "Lord of the Rings"
By the way, you did a great job with the 4' pulpwood load. You must be from back east, here in the Midwest they cut the pulp in 8' (100") pieces. In minnesota they often call it simply "hundred inch"
PMW
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Hey folks, I was trying to add some humor to my layout by Haloween, but I did not finish. The invented backstory is that they found a Velociraptor fossil in the middle of a cemetery but they "dug too deep" (a reference to my favorite movies "Lord of the Rings"
That's cool!
I do plan to add some humor but it will be in the form of "Easter Eggs" rather than your more overt scene.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Not quite along the lines of zombies, but here are a few scenes. First is a gentleman relieving himself.
Next is a voyeur taking pictures of a couple of nude sunbathers.
Finally a deputy and local police officer with a suspect.
Blackburn R-1 blackburn
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That is awesome - love it
