The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

ACL1504 · April 11, 2017, 07:04:18 PM

In this next photo you can see the dark gray road. The road has been dry and cured for a few days. I used blue painters tape to cover the edge of the road as I filled in the gap between the old dirt road and the asphalt road.

More in a few.

ACL1504 · April 11, 2017, 07:06:21 PM

Here is an over all view of the road.

Continued tomorrow evening.

ACL1504 · April 11, 2017, 07:08:33 PM

Wow, I just noticed the last photo was number 2050. Two thousand fifty pictures in the thread. No wonder I'm still building the layout!

Tom

tct855 · April 11, 2017, 07:33:23 PM

KPII,
Was curious, did you ever get that 5 to 1 counter fixed on your camera yet? KP...

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 02:19:16 PM

Quote from: tct855 on April 11, 2017, 07:33:23 PM
KPII,
Was curious, did you ever get that 5 to 1 counter fixed on your camera yet? KP...

KPI,

Not sure I understand the 5-1 issue. I'm old so keep that in mind. How about a friendly reminder?

Tom AKA: KPII

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 02:24:16 PM

Today the Judge came by and we shot many videos with different trains. I'll share a couple here but the others need a little editing. I've yet to learn that part. Good videos but editing is necessary.

Tom

The Judge decided to bring out the ACL East Coast Champion. He was at the throttle in less than Greg Speed while crossing the Suwannee River Basin.

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ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 02:27:47 PM

The Champion leaves Eaton's Curve and enters West Tahope.

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ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 02:28:39 PM

I'll have a scenery update later this afternoon.

Tom

PRR Modeler · April 12, 2017, 05:15:54 PM

Great videos and modeling. The judge is your Dad right?

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 05:27:09 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on April 12, 2017, 05:15:54 PM
Great videos and modeling. The judge is your Dad right?

Curt,

Thanks, much appreciated.

The Judge is Bill Eaton. He is a retired Circuit Court Judge from Seminole County and a nationally renowned expert on the Death Penalty. He is/was the Judge the National Judicial College used to teach the other Judges around the states on handling death penalty cases.

He thinks he's my father. Just kidding.

My Father, Carl T. Langford, now deceased, was the Mayor of Orlando from 1966 to 1980. He is responsible for signing the contract with Walt Disney to bring the mouse factory here. I'm not sure it was a good thing.

Like Paul Harvey said, "Now you know the rest of the story"!

Tom

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 05:32:08 PM

I started bringing the scenery up to the road. I painted full strength white glue next to the old scenery and the road and added the first layer of WS earth for the base. You can see some of the white glue in the earth.

I then added matte medium to the area and added some ground cover.

Once this area is good and dry, I'll add a final layer of weeds and other scenic materials.

Continued in a few.

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 05:36:56 PM

The spackle is now dry so I painted white glue full strength on the spackle and added a base layer of sand.

When this dries, I'll add a top layer of Scenic Express dirt to match the rest of the dirt road already in place.

More in a few.

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 05:41:03 PM

In the next photo you can see I've added some dirt to the top of the sand. It is almost dry. When dry, I'll do some touch up and get the next picture.

Also, you can see I've started added scenery to the other side of the track. The scenery on the right is very wet with matte medium.

I should have more scenery in a few days.

jrmueller · April 12, 2017, 06:00:19 PM

Tom - I agree with you about the Arizona Rock product. It seems to be more trouble than it's worth Jim

ACL1504 · April 12, 2017, 06:11:11 PM

While train watching this afternoon, the Judge and I heard the heavy exhaust of an ACL R1 class 4-8-4. The R1 was struggling to pull a loaded billboard reefer train up to the water tank and top off the tender. The Engineer applied the brakes for the stop. He blew the steam boat whistle one time to indicate the train was stopped.

It didn't take much to top off the tender and the Engineer blew two blasts of the whistle to start. The heavy exhaust was deafening as it left the tower. The ground shook and as the massive loco gained speed the steam boat whistle could be heard for several miles.

It left West Tahope with a full load and was last seen headed for Eaton's Curve and the Suwannee River Basin.

In the background, you can hear a Fireman working hard on shoveling coal into his Seaboard Mikado. The loco is on the back outbound track behind the water tank.

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