Myself I'm currently working on a small Z scale layout as I've put my heavy Tehachapi Pass project a little bit on "stand-by" (lacking time to go to my house in the country where it's planned to be set...). This layout is extracted from "101 Trackplans for Modelrailroaders" (Lyn Westcott, Kalmbach) and was initially scheduled to be an HO 4' x 6' with ultra-tight curves. Mine will be reduced by only 1/4, thus beeing roughly 3' x 5', with broad 14" radius curves. It will show a remote "western" location, in the UP/BNSF kingdom. Track is MTL flex and turnouts are Peter Wright's. The two bridges are girder bridges from Micronart. I just wanted not to add the sidewalk. Dom
Thank you for the compliment! For the time I'm getting on track laying, and that's still the Plywood Pacific!. The next shots and youtube videos will be after the completion of track laying, with the train running tests. And before starting with scenery, I'll have to repaint my rails and to paint ties, that are still covered with rusty rail paint! Dom
Hi Joe. Thanks for the positive feedback!! These are in the laser kit form! prices start for the larger house at $29.95, Med three story house (orange) $24.95, and the one story house is $19.95. I think they look better than the pictures. If interested contact christatarian@sbcglobal.net Take care, Chris
Rodney's Railroad Tools just released some Z scale stuff. 1" (or other) track spacers (great for laying mainlines), curve track spacers, long flex track guides, etc. http://www.geocities.com/rodneydlux/rodney.html While I wait on him to ship my double track spacer, I had a need to lay 4 mainlines so I got an idea: I marked the block and then cut an accurate slot with the razor saw, then larger with the coarse razor saw followed by the cross-cut saw. The kerf is just larger than the MTL flex and almost fits the Märklin/Peco flex. I ordered Rodney's for standard 2 track mainlines and the curves but I needed this now for my track mainline end module. .
Yeah, when I seen the Rodney's Railroad Tools deal, I quickly rastered me a bunch of acrylic spacers so I could have a set too. It's an Instant Gratification thing.
Fantastic!!! Robert, are these slated to be kits for public consumption??? I can see "Southern Pacific" written all over this!
My first loop is completed! I put feeders at every flextrack section end, under the joiners, unless obviously under insulated joiners where these are needed. As I didn't perform the main wiring yet (ie electrically linking all the feeders) I'm not able to proceed to any testing, but that should be done by end of June, as the next 10 days will be very busy for me. Afterwards I'll go on laying the second loop, thus leading me to have a perfect "Plywood Pacific" RR!:tb-cool: Then will take place completion of track and tie painting, before starting scenery! Dom
Dom, are you able to run the trains yet. That is most important part. Everything else can take its time. I still have many parts that I need to add scenery, but am too busy runnig my trains.
Not yet. But I individually tested each feeder connection just after each matching track section was laid, running a locomotive a few inches, and everything worked flawlessly.:tb-wink::thumbs_up: Dom
I haven't had the energy to do much building, so I desided to do a simple project. I always wanted to get some of Randy Brown's trucks. First, they are made of resin, so its fairly simple to build and paint. Randy's resin cars are fairly clean, but a little clean up is needed. The truck I am building is a grain truck. It should fit into the grain elevator scene. From the picture, I can see that I need to clean up the parts a little more.
And don't for get the 3' rule, as most people see. We don't all live with bionic macro lenses. . Nice multi-color paint job. And for those that do buy Randy's pre-painted trucks, they are done very well and, they come with this SWEET certificate. Live from Liechtenstein . . . .
