Dempsey

The bridge that forms part of the scenic break for the layout is taking shape. Very happy with the progress so far on this stretch build.

Thank you very much. I paid the most attention to this. I did have issues with the two sidings on the far side of the goods shed which took the longs to get right

The NCE powercab works very well with the MM chip

Thank you very much. While getting to finally run a train is great the process of wiring everything up and testing brought its own enjoyment element

While I'm sure unrealistic I had to see how they looked in the scene. 20230817_151600.mp4

Great shot coming over the stream

While 210 never ran here in real life, at least to my knowledge 210 became the first train to run here on Barrack Street. While unfortunately not running a sound chip that dos not take away from this milestone or the sense of achievement. Over the next week 210 will be tasked with testing the operation and track of the yard before the track itself is finally secured in place. 20230816_204714.mp4 20230816_205140.mp4

Three things which do not apply to me, old,rich and retired

Not to high jack the topic but is there any word on the 201s since the 141/181 and mk2s are listed

The first phase of wiring is complete. All track feeds bar the power for the points has been wired in with droppers awaiting the installation of the point motors and finally some tiding up of the wires.

Can insulated peco points and tortoise work together? If so how are they wired? Do you still insulate the inner rails on the exit of the point? Bought the insofog points in error but don't want to go buying more points if I don't have too.

That's brilliant. Never knew about this. I can see I have one or two track alterations to do. Thank you, this will be invaluable

Some more building work at the far end of the yard. The sub structure is taking space. Using some poetic license here as from the video I'm using for reference I can't tell exactly what they were as they no longer exist. This is however becoming my favourite angle. Also got my hands on a pair of ferts for the yard.

Masking is the big time killer. Livery dependant of course. Weathering is the easier of the two but still requires the same level of planning in terms of layering colours and effects. If your working off a picture, you have to break that down then into when you apply paint, powders or washes.

I think it would be hard to make a living solely off weathering or repaints. The time invested say for a full repaint if you were to apply the minimum wage rate to the time invested then you would charge extrusion amount for the work. For my part and my service it is done solely in my free time, as a labour of love and a want to help others get the weathering effect they want or the livery they want which may not be available. When I started weathering it was sharing what I had done with my own models and a few on here thought it was to a standard that they would pay for and asked me to do work for them. Something which I am grateful for.

Fantastic scenes JB

The sub structure for the bridge is complete and tested for clearance. This well form the scenic break between the rear staging area and the layout itself.

Thank you. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing some shunting going on in the yard, the building aspect is proving to be a great but enjoyable challenge of the layout

Prefect, thank you very much

Can anyone provide me with the measured height of a fert wagon from the base of the sleepers of the rail to the top of the wagon? I don't have any at present and need it to insure I have clearance for a bridge I'm building on my layout. Thanks in advance

Progress has been slow since my last post. The two building are complete in so far as the major work and painting has been done. All that remains is some of the roofing detail and drainpipes etc. Track wise I'm happy with the track plan and have begun laying down the cork roadbed with 60 percent done. As I will be using kadee couplers I've begun siting and testing magnets to try remove the hand of god for exhibitions when uncoupling. This as been a try and error approach between finding the right dimensions and strength. Once that is finalised I'll begin wiring and laying the track and points. Your thoughts as always are appreciated. Chris

Take two. Taking the lessons learned from the first and wanting to push myself I choose to build a second. Adding internal details,wiring, ammo creates, folded up seats, fast rope on the rear ramp and flag before mounting on a painted base which is painted to mimic the aircraft park where the 160th is based in the states

Brilliant from start to finish

It's turning into the centre piece of the layout. I'm enjoying the amount of scratch building that will have to be completed for the layout.

Unfortunately it will be covered over. The way the fert pallets are set up to the right is to give the impression of being full while covering the wiring which will come up through the base for the internal lighting. When I started building it, i did so with the intention that you would only be able to view in through the side door. A way to draw in the eye towards hidden details. I can't help looking at "ground" level inside myself when working on the building. I usually come away with another bit of detail I'd like to add.