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Dave's
HO Layout Progress Report
28 November
2005: Hey, a quicker update! In these shots you can see what the
layout looks like as of 28 November 2005. We finally joined the 21st
century and got a digicam.
Here's the shot
looking west at Netcong.
This one looks
east. Notice the paper mock ups of the passenger and freight stations.
I'm going to start
adding some scenery elements next, such as the road overpass east of
the station. This will be a little more involved than I first thought
as anyone familiar with the roads there can testify.
27 October 2005:
In September I actually got some surface put down. In preparation to
lay track, (which I've since done,) this
shot shows the pink board which will become east Netcong. The lines
you see were scored into the board using a kitchen spoon using the full
size track-layout sheets I made at work. While the scoring come in handy,
I can't say I use them as a hard and fast rule. Sometimes the track
works better when done by eye.
11 August 2005:
Here's a shot showing the
Newton Protrusion. I set some of my pink board on it so that I could
lay out the sheets containing the track diagrams. Notice the appropriately
placed water tank.
11 July 2005:
Finally got a few pictures of the progress in my layout room (such
as they are.)
Picture
1 is just after I started, showing the 2x4 I nailed to the studs
to facilitate attaching the frames into position.
Picture
2 shows the bare benchwork. Where the photographer stands will be
the Newton Yard, after I build the 'protrusion.'
3 July 2005:
The framework for most of phase one is up. (I ran out of wood for the
'Newton Protrusion', but will get the rest soon. I've done enough to
allow me to lay track for the 'outer Netcong loop'. I also did some
organizing of my train stuff up there, so I know where it is and it
will be out of the way for the Great Purge (when we go up and reorganize
the non-train stuff. I've taken pictures, but without a digicam, sharing
will be delayed.
25 June 2005:
I have finally broken ground on the attic layout. Prep is going
well and I hope to begin painting sky blue tonight. I don't have a digicam
yet, so pics will have to wait.
