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« Reply #45 on: April 23, 2011, 08:42:47 AM »
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Installed the fan tracks over the last couple of nights.  20 stall roundhouse, 3 shop tracks, 5 extra storage tracks.  Let the wiring begin!
Also fine tuned the Walther's turntable.  Still a little wonky on the indexing, but it's getting better.  The engine terminal should be open for business in another week or so.
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« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2011, 11:45:24 PM »
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Mmmmmm.  Roundhousey goodness...

Time to start the wiring.... :P
First the track, then the house lighting.  Eep!

Lee
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« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2011, 11:50:20 PM »
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That looks fantastic Lee.  I especially like the way the roundhouse opens to the aisle.  Just needs fascia...well done.
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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #48 on: April 24, 2011, 09:24:05 AM »
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Lee, looking great!  Warm up the soldering gun, that's a lot of feeders.

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« Reply #49 on: April 24, 2011, 09:55:40 AM »
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Thanks, guys.  Wazzou, this is the shot of Hagerstown I wanted to get close to...


I think I'm getting close!

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #50 on: April 24, 2011, 11:29:46 AM »
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Looks fantastic Lee.  Guess those tanks on the flats are going or coming off the Lurgan Sub to Letterkenny Army Depot. 
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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #51 on: April 24, 2011, 03:00:06 PM »
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Heh.  I just rounded them up from around the layout... Andy had the Thomas Sub under siege...

Dug through the files this afternoon and found the glass for the sides of the roundhouse.  I'm using this as a means of procrastinating the wiring projects...

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #52 on: April 24, 2011, 08:23:16 PM »
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I'd say you nailed that scene Lee.  Maybe you should soak the service facility with a bit of spilled diesel and creosote for the compleat effect.

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #53 on: April 27, 2011, 08:17:59 PM »
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Quote from: GaryHinshaw on April 24, 2011, 08:23:16 PM
... and creosote for the compleat effect.

-gfh

I see they have you speaking Canadian ... sorry ... Canadien now!

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #54 on: April 27, 2011, 11:44:25 PM »
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Tonight's progress includes the addition of some fascia along the front edge around the engine terminal.  I'd have some pictures for you to cogitate on, but I left the memory card from the camera stuck in my computer at work...  We were posting amazing pictures of the used washing machines we sell...

Anyway, in the process of adjusting the benchwork to accept the new masonite bits, I managed to knock all of the cars in the staging yard underneath off the tracks.  The smart model railroader would have likely moved the trains out of harm's way first, but he and I typically do not reside in the same time zone, let alone the same house... ::)

I've got to get some paint on it to blend it in to the rest of the rig, and that happens pretty soon since I need to get a photo to hit my next deadline...

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #55 on: April 29, 2011, 09:00:12 AM »
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A little farther along...  Fascias installed and painted.


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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #56 on: April 29, 2011, 09:06:33 AM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on April 29, 2011, 09:00:12 AM
A little farther along...  Fascias installed and painted.


Lee

Lee,

That gap in the fascia: Is that where the removable bridge section to access the closet starts?  If so, the joint across the layout and track is invisible from this angle.  Or, have you not actually cut the gap yet?

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« Reply #57 on: April 29, 2011, 10:06:58 AM »
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Yes, that is the hinge.  I probably could have made it about 1/4" tighter.  And yes, the gaps are cut, and so far haven't presented a problem.  I did have to add some little guardrails due to the angle of the cuts.

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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #58 on: April 29, 2011, 10:35:18 AM »
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Starting to look really impressive Lee. Those big roundhouses make great scenes. :)
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Re: WM Western Lines Engineering Report
« Reply #59 on: April 29, 2011, 12:05:27 PM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on April 27, 2011, 08:17:59 PM
Quote from: GaryHinshaw on April 24, 2011, 08:23:16 PM
I'd say you nailed that scene Lee.  Maybe you should soak the service facility with a bit of spilled diesel and creosote for the compleat effect.

-gfh

I see they have you speaking Canadian ... sorry ... Canadien now!

Lee

Only an ignorant American would think that typo is "Canadian".  ::) :P

We're starting to figure out this computer thing up here, eh...
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