Sunday - Dec 29 2024

[Onewolf]

Mornin' gents,

Making some progress on the benchwork.  For those that say I am making great progress I would point out that building benchwork goes (relatively) very fast. It's like framing a house, that goes very fast, but everything after that slows down a lot.  For instance my house build took less than 2 weeks to install the main 16x6 support beam, install the floor trusses, frame the main floor, and install the roof trusses and roof decking.

And I have a LOT of benchwork to build. I plan to build all the benchwork before I start laying any track.  I would guess at least another 2-3 months of benchwork building.

As a bonus, today I am primary on call SME. This just means I need to monitor phone, email, and chat such that I can be online assisting backline support within 30 minutes.

Hope you all have a great Sunday!

Doug


This is where it steps up from the 36" elevation lower return loop/staging to the 40" lower level height.





The cut off pile is growing....


The sub-roadbed for the upper return loop above the helix. 

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Doug the benchwork is looking like it did when you lived here. It will be a fantastic layout for sure. When trains are running I'll come up to visit. We have other friends in the area also.

I'm working on the Winter Challenge today.

Have a great day ya'll and stay safe.

Tom 

[jerryrbeach]

Good morning.

Mid-40's and a rainy gray day.  My son arrived yesterday afternoon for our Christmas.  We're taking a road trip today despite the weather, he'll only be here another full day before he leaves for home. 

I hope everyone has a sunny, safe, and rewarding day!

[deemery]

It was foggy when I got up and took the dogs out.  Now it's just grey and dreary, but warm-ish.  Some drizzle expected today, and warm (50s) rain tomorrow.

Right now I'm pondering whether I strip the mis-aligned roofing template from the styrene subroof.  Or maybe I'll just cut and glue another paper template over top of the mis-aligned one...  Anyway, subroofs and roofing (slate shingles) are the primary focus for today.

dave

[GPdemayo]

Afternoon all.....