Looking around the room to see where things are at. Backdrops are done. Sectional modules are back on the wall. No tracks (yet) Fiddled the...
Looking around the room to see where things are at. Backdrops are done. Sectional modules are back on the wall. No tracks (yet) From the closet...
Glued a pad of foam to the underside of the helix framing; to stop me creasing my skull on that square-edged timber; and to provide the door...
Put the Helix Baseplate into place. Supports and sub-roadbed and all the Vertical bits of the helix get screwed / glued to this. Looking out...
Put the Helix Baseplate into place. Supports and sub-roadbed and all the Vertical bits of the helix get screwed / glued to this. Marked support...
Put the Helix Baseplate into place. Supports and sub-roadbed and all the Vertical bits of the helix get screwed / glued to this. Hole is about...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. My old friend the...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. Looking from the helix...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix space now has a...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix from a better...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix as seen from...
1:1 scale yard ladder in place to touch and test. Mmm... cardboard. Up the ladder towards the yard
1:1 scale yard ladder in place to touch and test. Mmm... cardboard. Side on, 8" vertical clearance; helix supports
1:1 scale yard ladder in place to touch and test. Mmm... cardboard. Down the ladder towards the helix
A cardboard mockup of my proposed helix / helix area. Looking at clearances against the workbench, the supports, the door, the access hole....