I am PISSED off at Floquil Paints.I had a used rail brown,roof brown and grimy black spray can and a new rail brown and grimy black. All five cans had paint in them, you could feel the weight. All of them had no propellant. FIVE expensive spray cans that I have […]
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All tracks function well, ready for paint. I so need a better camera.
all track is laid!
I found four rail joiners this morning, so I laid the other 2 sidings this morning. They are shorter than I really wanted, but oh well. I think that I am done laying track on this layout. As soon as this glue dries, I am going out and finding out […]
A quick update
I laid track for a siding, all 5 switches, and the main line. I mounted sprung Caboose Industries ground throws, they work great. I wired up the layout, and keeping up with the cheapskate premise of this layout, I used extra wire nuts that came free with a ceiling fan (I […]
It runs! Now I just need 8 more rail joiners…
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 […]