Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

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Now ,that is clean , I mean mine only looked like that once,when I built it

Jan


You have a point, the last time mine looked like this was when I built them.  I definitely think it was 2 hours well spent.

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Helpful and timely!  Since I can see the end of the basement construction, I need to start planning the work area (as well as the layout track plan.)


dave

Dave


My work space has evolved over time but I got a lot of good ideas from taking pictures of other modelers work space on layout tours.  The idea of having three work spaces around me in the detailing area came from a visit to Howard Zane's layout a few years back.  You can keep gluing details on one surface while the assemblies on the other surfaces dry.  I have taken this to the next level by having two setups so I can do the major construction on one project while I do the fine detail work on another.  It's just the way I roll, as they say.

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After dinner, I will take some pictures of the workbenches after one day of work.

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As promised, here are a few photographs of the work in progress at the end of the day today.  The workbenches didn't stay clean long.


The baseboard for the S&S RR Locomotive Works has been moved to the workbench and I have started to fit the castings for the lower level. I keep the shop vacuum going while I grind, sand, and file on these castings so you don't see much dust.

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The casting work has spilled over on to two workbenches.  I'm taking inventory of my window castings to see if I will need to buy anything more for this build.





This is going to be a huge project with all the details I plan to add.  These workbenches will be filled with this project for months.

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The Mackenzie build has been moved to my detailing area and the rafters and rafter ends that I couldn't put in place until the roof cards were glued in place have started to go on.

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I also started another project today on the other working surface in this area.  My next build when Mackenzie's is completed will be the FSM Fox Run kit. It will be modified to fit the space I have for it on the layout so I started to do the layout work required to design the modification required. Here is the standard box opening pictures.

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My primary objective for today was to get the base board layout cards out of the box along with the instructions. I want to make sure that this kit will work in the location I have picked for it before digging in deeper into the box.

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At dinner time I had managed to get the cards and instructions over to the layout location. Actually measurements and layout work where left for another day.





The big labels on the plywood base pieces are to keep me from cutting them up for another use.  They all have location labels that allow me to fit them back in the benchwork.  At times I have a stack of 10 - 20 of them under the layout when the hatches are open to work on the layout.

[EricQuebec]

As always I will follow....
Eric QUebec city

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As always I will follow....
Eric QUebec city

Eric


Thanks for following along.

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I received a package in the mail, yesterday, from Doug Foscale.  The structures in this kit are going to fit into a future hillside scene on the S&S RR.