New Layout for LASM

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Thanks LASM for sharing your work with us, I really enjoy following along.

As always it's looking great!

I miss your suspended layout. My wife said NO to the idea of having on in our living room or dinning room. It was fun to share in yours. I can't complain she lets me have everything else I ask for. I can't hang one in my basement because I am 6'6" and I don't like to duck, even though I am a bit lame quack quack.
 


lasm,

You really are making very quick progress and it is taking shape very nicely. Glad you got your gradients worked out too, they really can be a pain in the posterior but yours looks pretty darn good.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing your forest and logging area come together and the use of horses for it. That, I'm sure, will be a talking point.
 
Photos of most of track "roughed" in with building staging beginning. Once I figure out where stuff will go, will be putting in the roads and terrain.

Semi tractor trailers have to access the two larger buildings on the right and there will be stock pens and stock car unloading at the left of the swift building, maybe a pond with a little stream going under the tracks on the far right.
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The big open center area logging and gravel operations. Lots of trees and scenery around these tracks. A build up of a steep hill along the back side edge of the layout.
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I think I will move the diesel fueling and sand facilities down to the top of this photo, this area is too busy.
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Thanks for viewing!!! lasm And thanks for your comments!
 
Looks like you have pretty much everything sorted out now lasm ... looking very neat and tidy and still looking forward to the scenery going in.
 
Ya its looking great, I love those nice big curves on the loops, they will look great with passenger trains.
 
lasm, I though you had a ceiling layout.
I think I read all of the posts here and didn't see where you had moved.
Did you move to a bigger house?
 
A couple new photos transitioning the thin plywood to the base, I used this spray foam that comes in a can. It works really slick, but you want to be sure and not over do it!!! Following the directions on the can, fill the space about 1/2 and let the expansion do the rest.

Best to practice a little. I get a big area planned out then plan to empty the entire can. It is on sale right now.

Here is how it looks after it is done expanding:
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It cuts easy with a sharp knife, I will be covering with plaster and ground cover:
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Another location also my $7.00 MRC two cab transformer. Sweet ebay buy, works like a charm!

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DALE: I did move and was able to salvage a bunch of my old suspended layout, if you look at early videos you can see which areas are included in the new layout!

Thanks for viewing and your comments!!!!
 


I am getting a little overwhelmed sometimes but just work going forward a little at a time and it comes together. I tested a big section of track and the train ran smooth.

decided to check more sections so realized I had to get my DC wiring figured out. I have 2 cabs A and B and in this picture how they will power 5 blocks using DPDT (double pole double throw) switches.

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It turned out easier than I thought, but we will see tonight when I try to run a couple simultaneously.




Thanks for looking--the foam works out well, but in two places I got it on too heavy and it pushed the track up. It was easy enough to trim away but that is something to watch for if you put it under track.

By the way, I would like to make or buy some 1/87 trees that look like these:

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Thanks for your comments and viewing!! lasm
 
Looking good David!
Don't know how I missed all this action, have to start digging into the threads a little deeper...
Love the spray foam idea, I'll keep it in mind when I hit the scenery stage!
 
Thanks, Rico. After I got a desk job I started following some of the other modelers and really like seeing the progress, and especially the learning episodes.

I am not too shy to tell when something didn't work the best. lasm
 
I finished wiring the dogbone "loop" and conducted a test run last night. Also, here are a couple photos of some areas of buildings:

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Here is a short video showing all the progress, a couple switch stands ( the first one I called Caboose but it is Rix), where I am putting some water, the Swift processing plant.

[video=youtube;dgkNpazxDZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgkNpazxDZI[/video]

Thanks for viewing, and have fun!!! lasm
 


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