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February 5, 2012
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I've added a few new links to the Links
page. If you haven't yet been to the Model Railroad Hobbyist
Magazine website, go check it out. This free magazine (yes, I
said FREE) is in its 3rd year, and is now a monthly publication.
You can read it online, or download it as a PDF file. Did I
mention that it's free? Construction of the valence and the viewblocks has been finished and they await only surface prep and painting for completion. I'll post photos of the completed train room at that time. This project turned out to be a booger...much more tedious and labor intensive that I would ever have imagined. Thankfully, it's winding down. Naturally, I'll post an announcement whenever I add new pictures of the layout construction. However, I'll be using the blog to keep a running commentary about the construction, or any other topic that comes to mind. If you haven't been over to the blog yet, go check it out. You can also "subscribe" to it while there so that you'll receive notification of any new post that is added. |
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August 22, 2011
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The Operations System Map has been
improved, with the route of the railroad line now appearing on the
map....a nice improvement to visualizing the route. |
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April 14, 2011
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I've split up the What's New
page. As I looked over the announcements made over the past four
years, I realized that most were likely of little or no importance to
most folks. They were basically just chronicling the train building construction, or new
features on the website. But
now we're at the threshold of actual layout construction, and this just
seemed like a good time to clean this page up. The announcements
that were made prior to the start of layout construction can still be
found in the "What's New" Archive. |
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April 13, 2011
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I've added a new BLOG
to the site. Actually, this is sort of an experiment. My
intent is to announce new additions to the website via this What's New
page, but I'd also like a better vehicle to host my ramblings
about various things. I've never done this blogging thing before
(I've never even read another blog, per se...the closest I've come is
reading Joe Fugate's forum on his Siskiyou Line website). We'll
give it a shot; feel free to jump in there and set me straight as to
the errors of my ways :-) |
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April
7, 2011
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The System Map
has been updated to reflect changes made in the railroad's plan over
this past year or so. All of the L-girders have been fabricated. It's time for another trip to the lumber yard to purchase the material for all the bracing and joists. |
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March
30, 2011
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Work continues on the valence, but I've run into a bit
of a snag on bracing and trimming out the corner joints (at least those
that are other than 90 degrees). I'm trying to work out a satisfactory
solution to this. Much of the lumber for the benchwork has
been purchased and is acclimating to the conditions in the train room.
About half of the L-girders have been fabricated with the
rest to be completed within a week or so as time permits. I'm
chomping at the bits to start erecting the benchwork, but will hold off
until the valence and view blocks are finished, and I'd like to paint a
few clouds on the backdrop while they are easily accessible. I've made a couple updates to the Track Plan, with the focus being on accessibility. I also managed to squeeze an additional yard track into the Willis yard. And I've added a bit of abandoned trackage to the Spencer operation, mainly as a scenic item. While not directly related to layout construction, I've moved my tools, supplies and junk into the new workshop and have it somewhat set up now to begin some modeling projects. I've several hundred car kits to be constructed, a dozen or so locomotives to be "decodered" and painted, and the usual myriad of things to be built or modified for use on the new layout. |
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