woensdag 27 juli 2016

Big update

Hi all,

A big building update today. I did a lot after the last post.

The layout in the garage at home without her legs:


And with:


Starting the landscaping with 5 mm XPS:


Building up the right corner of the layout:


The bridge


And a Google streetview of the place:



Fitting the bridge with shoes:


Making the bridge headwall:


Cut out:


Corner wall:


And glued together:


Measuring out the trackbed with 5 mm plex:


Gluing and drying with extra weight:


This is what it looks now:


From a lower angle:



left side building op the landscape and refitting the trackbed with a thinner piece of plex::


Fitted:


Overview:


Getting the pilons kit:


The parts (times 2):


There are scribe lines to fit every possible height and width:


First pilon:



Side piece has to be trimmed in height:


On its place on the layout:


Level out with a 6 mm thick piece of plex:



Fitting the bridge with the shoes provided in the kit:


Making pilons:


Woodpiece for measuring up the 4 pieces of one pilon:


Scribed:


And gently broken:


Overview:


See through:


Side view:


Right side:


Overview:




Mocking up the wood trestle:



More to come!

Grtz, Ronald.

vrijdag 15 juli 2016

Make room

I rearanged my garage this week to fit the layout:



 Ordered XPS plates:


Bridge track from Micro Engineering (ME):



And destroyed the original plan..... to bad: