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Video: Building Model Railroader’s HO scale Virginian Ry. part 6
Are you going to lay the yard tracks directly to the plywood or perhaps thinner cork in order to simulate a flat area?
thanks for the ideas concerning the turnouts and yard layout. keep up the good videos.
In this video, you held up an atlas switch and then compared it to what you said was a Peco switch. I thought Peco switches snapped back and forth. The switch you were holding up had a slide bar on it like a Shinohara switch has. Was I wrong? It did happen kind of fast.
One question that I have is how do you lay the cork roadbed under the curved turnout that goes to the turnout on the inner loop. I have tried and tried and can not seem to get it
I hope in one video or in the March issue, you’re going to describe in DETAIL how you chopped the Atlas snap switches to fit, including cutting off that black side piece? And what type of track and switches were used, including how many #4’s, #5’s, or #6’s?
I thought Peco turnouts also curved through the frog! I think that is a European standard.
Enjoying the presentations and looking foward to seeing more.
Kudos on another great video series. I e-mailed Walthers to thank them for their sponsorship. What is the name/musical group of your intro/exit music?
I enjoyed seeing bare track on bare plywood because in the 1940’s that is where most kids stopped. Brought back memories. If you were lucky you had green grass paper or a discarded large green desk ink blotter and a few cardboard kit buildings. Some of us had a roll of track ties and loose rail and spikes. Some had milled wood roadbed with grooved ties milled into it ready for hours of staining and spiking. Our imaginations filled in the rest of the layout with invisible scenery. We were just as happy as the people in the magazines that built detailed layouts that we knew were not meant for us any more that a beauty queen. Those were the days of simple happiness. I have not advanced much. I still slap together Kato track on green grass colored out door carpet and enjoy almost instant railroading. I am 77 now and I will not change but I like to watch videos like this do the work for me as I watch and imagine I am doing it. I can hardly wait to power up this layout with my imagination.
Thanks, this was good. I am getting a lot out of this series. I am looking forward to the next one.
David’s videos are just great…simple, clear approach…
thanks for video. David.
My question is how going put on the manual or power for the yard area after short the points?
WHY not using small Peco set points in the yard as will have cut back the points for the yard area give more room?
I enjoy your layout series and I’m going to built one. Have you published a material list as to how many and what type of turnouts are used?
I am enjoying and building the table following your plan for an N scale 3’ x8’ single level layout as my first attempt.
Road bed and track are going to be interesting .The theme will be grain movement in Manitoba up here in Canada.Any layout sugestions would be welcomed.
David always does a great job in all of the videos. What I enjoyed earlier in the series was seeing Davids lovely wife helping with some of the project. It reminded me that model trains are a family project. My wife and I work together on some of the scenery. I really felt a connection with the Kalmbach staff. Keep up the great work.
This is great!!! I can see key points of each build phase in these videos. I am glad to be back online with MR. I have many MR mags collected since 1977. Thanks.
I thought it was great info as well as great video,but want to know more about the cookie cutter methad as well as the different levels and how to’s on the layout.
I like the idea about trimming the turnout very good. thanks
great views of track laying…but how does the switch work butted up against the other track???