Royal Pacific Railway Layout....

[tootnkumin]

In the words of J "Hanniball" Smith, "I love it when a plan comes together".

 

[Olie]

Wow, looks great! Coming along nicely.

 

[wombat457]

Thanks Gents so here is how it looks from start to finish at the moment, not withstanding the mess all over the bench work:

Some track work was redone for better radius and a smoother flow of things. Waiting now for my Track Alignment Gauges to arrive (16"/17"/18") so I can complete the track work and get this all joined up.

 

[migalyto]

Tony,

I may be reading the plan vs track laying. How are you going to do the elevations? Are you going to use some kind of a roadbed?

 

[wombat457]

Mike,

The sub roadbed is cut out of the ply about an inch wider either side of the track work. That is raised using "risers", in my case lengths of 1 X 4. The risers are attached to the bench work framing every 12 or so inches and lift the ply (sub roadbed) to form the grade:

I then use cork road bed on top of the sub roadbed.

 

[OleSmokey]

Never worry about a mess. Thats a standard in the first stages....sometimes in the second and third....

 

[wombat457]

... and the fourth and fifth and ...

 

[wombat457]

Mike, this probably shows what I am going to be doing, the type of bench work I will be adopting, more clearly:

 

[migalyto]

Tony,

That sums it up perfectly. Now it makes perfect sense.

 

[otiscnj]

Looks good! Going to add road bed? Cookie cutter?

 

[wombat457]

Ahh yep - both. Cork roadbed and using the cookie cutter method as per the above picture

 

[Edsland]

Great progress, all the mess means you’ve been busy.

 

[Sirfoldalot]

Glad to see you doing it that way, Tony. That's the best kind of layout skeleton.

 

[wombat457]

Thanks gents and your right Edsland - if you've got time to keep things clean, your not doing enough work

Sherrel, agreed - it makes doing everything easier, especially the wiring and getting the grades "spot on" (hopefully).

 

[wombat457]

Track work is completed, now time to cut the ply, install the risers, do the wiring and keep my fingers crossed it all works:

 

[tootnkumin]

if you've got time to keep things clean, your not doing enough work

I must be doing lots of work then Tony, my workbench looks more like your shelf above the layout. My last photos show a working space of about 12" x 12".

 

[wombat457]

I must be as well ... I managed to transform the nice neat and tidy bench work into another mess!!

That being said, it was for a very good cause as now I have enough of my ground level risers in place and am ready to cut out the sub roadbed.

"Ground Level" is 1.5" above the framework hieght.

 

[Edsland]

shapping up nicely, looking forward to the landscaping

 

[wombat457]

Thank you but now the hard part for me comes - cutting out the sub roadbed

 

[wombat457]

Got a little more done to the sub roadbed and have starting putting in the joint bracing as follows:

The screw is only there until the glue dries properly, probably 24 hours for a good strong bond.