Welp, I've hit a bit of a snag. With as many turnouts as I have on this layout problems are sure to arise and they did. I have problems with locos...
That is an excellent write up. I'll be trying that out. I was inspecting things farther and on some of the turnouts it looks like the closer rails...
I just finished rewiring my layout with a main bus and the feeders are soldered int the bus for the best connection. The bus is 14 gauge awg, the...
I got my wiring much better now. Here is the mess that I had to start with. It honestly, probably didn't work so well. [ATTACH] A much more...
I haven't over the past week to work on it much. My second dcc locomotive arrived and my son and I were enjoying running trains and working out...
I charged right in and started on the cascade part of the mountain. It's a jigsaw puzzle of getting rocks in there. I have to study pictures and...
Success today. Instead of hydrocal I ordered some utralcal-30 to try. That worked. It got nice and hot when it set and after an hour or so I...
Well after a lot of experimenting with consistency, researching, and trying to get it right, I'm pretty sure my hydrocal has gone bad, too much...
More fun and goodness on the layout. Cast and painted the rock faces. I still want to put some boulders on the mountain yet. There are a couple...
I finished with the top of the mountain with the ground goop and I started casting some outcropping rocks to put on after it dries. I found some...
I did a little more the past couple evenings when I had a chance. I'm happy with how the ground goop is working out. It is thick in a couple spots...
Did some carving on the mountain. I'm pretty much ready to move to put the filler in. I got the ingredients and mixed up ground goop, I'm sure...
I agree. It's always a challenge to try to fit various thing and somehow try to blend it in. My wife want to put in a small farm scene my son said...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I'm letting my mountain alone till the weekend, maybe by then I'll have an idea of what I want to do. Rock...
Well got the mountain made of sorts, and its removable! :D I'm having an oh crap moment now. I'm not how I'm going to sculpt it to make it look...
Thanks for the tips. This is what I managed to get done today. Welcome the scrap pile mountain of foam. I could not decide how I'm going to go...
You are exactly right. It would indeed happen to me. I'm planning to have an access port in the backdrop.
My tunnel portals and retaining wall came today! I'm planning to build a mountain in that area. The curved tunnels are going to be a bit of a...
A long time since my last update. Its been a crazy year. I now have time to get some work done. I got a good bit done today. I added another layer...
I got some more work done on the layout today. I rearranged the track some more so I will be able to run a train in the opposite direction as...
