The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[martin.ojaste]

Wow, You must have used all the flex track in the USA.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Impressive, Tom!

Cheers, Mark.

[ACL1504]

WOW  Tom,  the ovalix is really looking awesome.   Did you build the whole thing, and then lay track? or did you lay the track as you built each layer?  You got to be the Master bench work builder.
tremendous work ether way.
  Sam

Sam,

Thank you, very much appreciated. I built the Ovalix and laid the track as I went on each level. It was relatively easy to build but very time consuming. And, I'd like to add that had not Greg DeMayo done the CAD drawing for me there is no telling what it may look like.

Again, thanks very much for the comment and for stopping by.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, I am still looking for a word to describe your work, it looks so perfect.

Andy,

Thank you for the very kind words, much appreciated. It was a fun job working on the Ovalix and I'm very happy to be nearing the end as well.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, I am still looking for a word to describe your work, it looks so perfect.

I'm sure the judge has a word for it!

John,

Thanks for stopping by. The Judge's comment was, "Wow, this is just wonderful, people will be talkng about the Ovalix". No new words from the Judge.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom


The Ovalix looks great! That was a lot of work.

John,

Thanks for the kind works and for stopping by, much appreciated. Yes, it was a lot of work but well worth it.

Tom

[ACL1504]

4.3 scale miles of Ovalix?  Wow!  Are you going to allow 60 MPH on it,  or only 30 MPH?

James,

The trip on the Ovalix takes a few minutes depending on the speed. Nothing over 30 on the controller. Of course, 30 on the controller is a differett speed depending on the loco and the number of cars and the type of cars. For instance, a Pacific is limited to 6 heavyweights unless we are double heading, then we can do with 9-10 heavyweights.

We've had two Proto 2000 GP units pull a 38 freight car consist up the Ovalix with no problem.
The possibilities are endless.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Wow, You must have used all the flex track in the USA.

Martin,

Thanks for checking in. Not quite all the track, just about 800 ft. to this point. All the ME code 83 track on the staging, second and Ovalix all came from the last layout. It's a good thing I never got around to doing a lot of ballast on the old layout.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Impressive, Tom!

Cheers, Mark.

Mark,

Thank you, very much appreciated. Thanks for checking the thread and following along.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

WOW  Tom,  the ovalix is really looking awesome.   Did you build the whole thing, and then lay track? or did you lay the track as you built each layer?  You got to be the Master bench work builder.
tremendous work ether way.
  Sam

Sam,

Thank you, very much appreciated. I built the Ovalix and laid the track as I went on each level. It was relatively easy to build but very time consuming. And, I'd like to add that had not Greg DeMayo done the CAD drawing for me there is no telling what it may look like.

Again, thanks very much for the comment and for stopping by.

Tom

Oh stop it.....you're making me blush. 

[ACL1504]

WOW  Tom,  the ovalix is really looking awesome.   Did you build the whole thing, and then lay track? or did you lay the track as you built each layer?  You got to be the Master bench work builder.
tremendous work ether way.
  Sam

Sam,

Thank you, very much appreciated. I built the Ovalix and laid the track as I went on each level. It was relatively easy to build but very time consuming. And, I'd like to add that had not Greg DeMayo done the CAD drawing for me there is no telling what it may look like.

Again, thanks very much for the comment and for stopping by.

Tom

Oh stop it.....you're making me blush. 

Greg,

No brag, just fact!

Tom

[ACL1504]

I finished a little more on the Ovalix. I glued and screwed the cross braces for the third level decking.



The rest of the third level cross braces look like the ones above so I'll skip those photos.

The next two photos show you how the third level bracing coming off the Ovalix joins the third level wall runners.



The small piece of 3/8" 3 ply plywood sits on the Ovalix braces and the wall runner. The third level cross braces will be attached to the wall runners.

Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

Here is a photo of a cross brace. I tired to use as much of the old lumber from the old layout as possible. You can see the cross brace was used in the past for other purposes.

Did I ever mention level is a good thing?



Here is how the top of the outside of the Ovalix looks with the third level decking. It isn't screwed to the cross braces. I'm just giving you an idea of how it will look in a few weeks.

[ACL1504]

[ACL1504]

In the next few days, I'll show you what I have in mind for the area where the computer desk was located.