As some of you know I’ve been busy building a train room. Due to my senile neighbour cutting the telephone wire twice in the last two weeks I’ve had a lot of time to build the bench work after finishing(97% finished) the house and putting in a carpet last Saturday.
So I’ve been busy trying out different ways of putting up the bench work. The peninsula is the most complicated part but I’ve been able to build somehing that seems to hold up. Tomorrow I will start installing the easy spline which I need to go further. I haven’t been able to do so since they where out of spring clamps when I was going to buy them.
A freudian slip? “Without further goodbyes”? [swg] I with my wierd sense of humor thought it was pretty funny. Then I realized that it might be a minor language issue. I must therefore humbly apologize for my mirth and suggest the alternate word “ado”.
BTW: LOOKING GREAT!
That’s going to be a nice layout if you can keep the neighbor from the under table wiring LOL.
Nice trees, I read about how to make those but have not had the time to try it myself, now that I’m inspired I just might get too them, keep up the good work!
Just curious - how does your neighbour keep cutting the wire ? Does he just roam around with a pair of cutting pliers looking for “unneeded” wires, or what ? [:D]
He is very old, 89 years old and is out cutting down trees. So he is quite OK physically. Well, when he saw the wire he cut it of so that he wouldn’t fall on it. Then after a week I got it repaired, he cut it again for the same reason. The reason it was on the ground was because the telephone company had put it there at his request so that he could take down the trees. He didn’t know it went anywhere?! He is a nice guy, just days before he allowed me to take down some pines(tall high lumber quality ones worth many 1000’s of dollars) and some other trees on his property, so he is a nice guy. I don’t blame him for being old.
Thanks for the kind words. Here are some more pics:
I’m doing it in my old woodshed. I totally tore it out and left just the logs that holds the structure together(they can be seen in the photos). The rest is brand new. I still got some “cosmetic” things to do but it’s almost done. Took me some 6 weeks to take the old crap down and out the new room up. I’m very happy with it and my wife seems to be content that I’ve taken my crap to a designated area instead of making trees in the living room!
It’s almost impossible to believe it’s the same room that I started with.
Magnus: Looks great! How do you like the spline roadbed you’re making and how does it have an advantage over just cutting sections out of plywood? I’ve always been curious about that -and it seems like a tedious process. I don’t think I’de have the patience for it but just wondering. Also will you be modeling a European prototype or North American?
Keep up the great work and will be looking forward to more pics!
Thanks for the encouraging words. Great that someone seems to have an interest in what I do! [:D] So that I don’t have to feel like no one is watching my hard labour!
About the spline. I think it’s real easy. I make all five strips at once since my splines aren’t perfectly cut. The small variations are more easily handled I feel when I do all at once. In comparison to cutting sheets to good pieces I think this method is superb. No waste what so ever almost. I’m doing the helix as well with spline and that works real great. One of the best things in my mind is the natural easements. Both vertical and on curves. Since it doesn’t bend very easy when they are all put together they form very nice and smooth curves. It’s thickness is also great since it doesn’t sag when unsupported for quite a distance.
I use a wood rasp to even bumps out. I’m then planning to use a belt sander at the end and make the entire roadbed super smooth. It’s neither hard or time consuming in my mind. I do the splines as I finish the benchwork. This gives me time to do a good work on the benchwork and still make a lot of progress. I’ve done two sections a day lately so that creates about 16 feet of roadbed a day. Not bad. I ordered my track yesterday and when that arrives in about two weeks I will be done with the roadbed.
I don’t think it’s as messy as some people have said neither. I u
Very neat and interesting ideas! I’m a fan of the NYC but always have had an affinity for the B&O as well…Here’s 2 of the many pics taken at the B&O museum in Baltimore, MD. last year. The enclosed rounhouse is extremely impressive. Hope you like them and not taking over your thread![:)]
and assuming that the girl is probably about 6-12 years old and probably somewhere around 3 1/2 feet (100-120 centimeters) tall, I’d guestimate that ceiling height in Magnus’ layout room is probably around 7 feet.
BTW, Magnus - excellent progress! I’m already looking forward to new pictures all summer!
