Lights

Stuff is inhouse:

More to come!

Signal bridge part 2

This morning I went on with the bridge. This is my work space:

The first crossbrace:

All 3 in place, testfitting the legs:

First leg glued on:

And with both:

The floorboard that is with the bridge. It has to be shortened according to the photo:

Shortened:

And testfitted with the top together on the bridge:

This is what is provided for the electric wire that is necessary to power the lights on the bridge:

I will not use that and try to find the thinnest wire possible.

More to come!

Building the Summit signal bridge

I started the signal bridge today. Modified it to look more like the one on Cascade Summit:

Started with a IHC kit:

The IHC one has to little girders in it. Also the prototype has a cross in the middle, due to the construction of the IHC kit I made two crosses in the middle.

 The photos with the sprue's:

Made some extra girders to look like the prototype:

First side finished:

And with the second one:

More to come!

Decoders

Have some older DCC decoders, printed there descriptions so that I can experiment with them for the coming days:

This!

This is what I am seeking in this layout, the typical SP operations in the mountains:

 

Photos are from: http://spcascades.railfan.net/

What will run on the layout?

Today worked out the consists I will run the first show. That one is planned end of October 2016. Made lists earlier (2 years ago) so I have a pretty good idea what I could do. Main focus will be the 80's with 4 and 6-axle SP power with a occasional UP:

My wife experimented with sisal rope as part of making trees for the layout. More about that later:

More benchwork

Middle of the center pieces:

The place where the center plates will be:

Measuring up:

Too low!:

Filling up with a thin piece plywood:

And spiked and glued:

Level!:

The middle center piece:

Hole for lining it up:

Spiking:

Gluing:

Second batch:

Build:

Lining both sides up:

And both pieces ready and drying:

Preparing more circle pieces:

Dry:

Both seperate pieces:

More to come!