Amoskeag Northern - Simonds Industrial Branch

[Bsklarski]

Gluing all those stone pieces must use alot. Im only guessing. Ian, for an 8 hour session, how much glue did you use??

[DKS]

$160 for a 16 once botttle? 

Unless you're a manufacturer and go through the stuff like water, you wouldn't ever want to have a 16 oz. bottle, especially folks in higher humidity areas, as that accelerates the decay of the remainder in the bottle--not to mention a larger bottle just makes a bad situation worse due to the larger volume of air locked up with the glue. Always get a small bottle, as there's less of a chance of the stuff going bad before you finish it.

[Ian MacMillan]

Gluing all those stone pieces must use alot. Im only guessing. Ian, for an 8 hour session, how much glue did you use??

Actually, all of the brickwork on the entire layout used 1.5 bottles.

[peteski]

Actually, all of the brickwork on the entire layout used 1.5 bottles.

1.5 16 oz. bottles?!  Wow!  Your lungs must be in rough shape at this point! 
I love the smell of fresh cyaonoacrylate in the morning! 

[DKS]

1.5 16 oz. bottles?!

No, I think 1.5 2-liter bottles...

[peteski]

No, I think 1.5 2-liter bottles...

Neah, that would be the 0 scale Amoskeag Northern - Simonds Industrial Branch. 

[Ian MacMillan]

No, I think 1.5 2-liter bottles...

Liter cola?... Do we sell Liter Cola?

[Sokramiketes]

Just order a Large Farva. 

[Dupesy]

I don't want a large Farva, I want a g** d**m liter of cola!

Does this look like spit to you?

[Ian MacMillan]

Finally got both of the BDL168's wired up. Total of 32 blocks just for the main line.



I ran some trains around again to make sure all the blocks are working properly and they are except for module B seems to be putting out a bit more power than module A. I will need to check with a meter to see what is going on. Its not a big difference, maybe 2 or 3 volts. At least trains can go roundy round for the train show Sunday.

Painted the river bottom black, and now it is time to start blending it into the land. I started building up the many many layers of Gloss Medium that it is going to require to make the river look presentable. I also picked up the new Kato Amfleets in Phase III. I also started tinkering with the railroad bridge over the river. I bought a Walthers double deck truss to replace the Kato bridge, but it was too long, and the cross members were not in the right places to shorten it the 1.5" I needed. I ended up attempting to Americanize the Kato bridge by removing some supports and replacing them with truss, and adding some uprights. It still has some work needed to it, but its good fa'now.



The road crossing for Depot St. is mostly complete other than final details. X58's arrived and were quickly unboxed. A sweet car that I have been waiting for years for! Thanks Bryan!

[Ian MacMillan]

Some stuff from the Bedford Boomers Show this past weekend. Thanks to my friends Jamie (Dupsey) and Jessie for coming to the show and helping out.

And some quick grab shots.  I did not get a chance to repaint the fascia before the show.

[Dupesy]

who's that sketchy looking guy behind the layout?

[Ian MacMillan]

Some guy.


Updated the website with some background info:
http://www.amoskeagnorthern.com/v3/index.php/about-the-layout

[wazzou]

Updated the website with some background info:
http://www.amoskeagnorthern.com/v3/index.php/about-the-layout

You got all the crap cleaned up on that place?   

[Ian MacMillan]

You got all the crap cleaned up on that place?   

Yeah...that crap was in pretty good. Took me about a week to get everything cleaned up.