Monthly Archives: March 2013


Today, I soldered wire to rail joiners. I then took some blue painters tape, laid turnouts on the tape, and covered it with ballast. This not to create finished ballast, but to get ballast under the points so when I do the real ballasting, I don’t get glue there. If […]

Step 2, the beginning of trackwork


Today, I cut lumber, and built my benchwork. It really is nothing special. I made 2 boxes, both about 14″x37″, and placed a top on it. There is a brace in the center that has a ½ inch hole to run the bus wire through. The center “ends” also have a pair of […]

Step1, Benchwork




I am getting spam responses again…if anyone wants links to ED Pills or Womens shoes, I can approve a few….   WooT! I am now getting spammed constantly by the Koreans! now if I could only read Korean, then I might be able to see what they are selling!

Yeah! my blog is ranking again