<*>[Attachment(s) from Bob Werre included below] Friends,
I've been somewhat busy trying make way too many things happen. First another Houston S member and I have been devoting some of our Saturdays to doing some refurbishing of the main sections of our modular layout. We first displayed the layout in 89', so it has some miles on it being dragged around, stored in weird places and setup in a hurry. Next I've been working on refurbished a stub end yard on my home layout. It was a grand experiment that actually worked out fairly well. It's a six track stub yard that is really just a 20" shelf about 6' long. I recently replaced the incorrect roadbed with some better stuff. I recycled the old Miller track and was able to save most of it. I've attached a photo of the roadbed soaking in a "hot tub" to remove the ballast. I've now relayed most of the track and made a removable bridge section better. The bridge section contains a curved turnout, and two 3 way switches to go from a single track to the six track yard, with all this happening on a slight grade. Next I've started to build a turntable from a kit that I bought at a past train show. It's made by Custom Layout??, in HO. It's a clear plastic kit made from laser cut sheets. The construction is totally different than anything I've ever done. For instance the pit wall is made from 4 curved sections that form the circle and then are stacked like bricks to the desired thickness. A motor from Berkshire Junction was included. Anyway, I cut out the circle in the plywood deck and started to laugh-- as it reminded me of something that Jay Leno would have mentioned--"What is It"? To the un-railroaded person it could be a Texas one hole'er--it's off to the far right, twice as big as needed and is padded! Anyway the other two photos show how it drops into the future addition. One hint I will pass along relating to something I should have done. Run a quick burst of paint across the clear parts--if you drop the tiny parts on the floor they are difficult to find being clear--blue or even pink would help! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx <*>Attachment(s) from Bob Werre: <*> 3 of 3 Photo(s) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/attachments/folder/671762509/item/list <*> IMG_0035.jpg <*> IMG_0039.jpg <*> IMG_0040.jpg ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
