Layout Construction Updates for 2011
The Home and Design of the RGW
October 2011
I can’t hardly remember where we left things on the last update, so a quick tour and some thoughts on where we are going will do for now. In the early stages of building the RGW we made a conscious decision to only build about 2/3 of the benchwork. The reasoning was it would be a royal pain to walk around the front tables while we worked on the rest of the layout. At this point, that front table (from the southeast corner to the helix) remains on the drawing board only. We did insert a temporary return loop in the SE corner, but that will come out.
So where we stand today is that the entire trackwork of the rest of the layout is in and working. Electrically we are sound and the Lenz DCC system works perfectly. We are completing the installation of the switch controls (all Tortoise switch machines are in) but otherwise we have a working railroad. The task now is to get item in their place, scenery, buildings, bridges, etc. The real goal, make the RGW a railroad and not a glorified Plywood Pacific. Here are some pics, check the captions for details. Until next time, thanks again for checking in.
October 2011
I can’t hardly remember where we left things on the last update, so a quick tour and some thoughts on where we are going will do for now. In the early stages of building the RGW we made a conscious decision to only build about 2/3 of the benchwork. The reasoning was it would be a royal pain to walk around the front tables while we worked on the rest of the layout. At this point, that front table (from the southeast corner to the helix) remains on the drawing board only. We did insert a temporary return loop in the SE corner, but that will come out.
So where we stand today is that the entire trackwork of the rest of the layout is in and working. Electrically we are sound and the Lenz DCC system works perfectly. We are completing the installation of the switch controls (all Tortoise switch machines are in) but otherwise we have a working railroad. The task now is to get item in their place, scenery, buildings, bridges, etc. The real goal, make the RGW a railroad and not a glorified Plywood Pacific. Here are some pics, check the captions for details. Until next time, thanks again for checking in.
December 2011
Progress has been fast and furious here at the RGW. We continue Tuesday night work parties and with as many as six on the crew, those 18 man hours per week give rise to one heck of a foam-out! We ended up building a foam cutter based on a YouTube video and then purchased a total of three woodland scenics foam cutters in order to keep up with the pace.
The following photos are just some of the locations on the RGW getting the basic scenery land forms, we will post more as time permits. Things are changing pretty rapidly, so I hope I can keep up with online updates.
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