what are people doing on their layout right now

[zwilnik]

Having a bit of a rethink with Ivebridge and rebuilding it a little smaller and learning from the previous two layouts. Keeping some key elements and integrating them into the new one though.

[Newportnobby]

Good grief! The wrecking crew have certainly been busy

[pctrainman]

Lifting some track and a set of points and installing a double slip plus a new curved set of points , installing an extra LS 100 and wiring it up and then addresing it and setting pulse duration and also installing a Lenz Feedback bus to give feedback from Cobalts to LS 100's , and to further complicate matters i'm reassigning some Railcom blocks in preparation for Traincontoller to take charge .

[Bob Tidbury]

pctrainman ,  I didn't realise  we could use a foreign language on this Forum Ha Ha Ha,.
Bob.

[pctrainman]

Tell me about it Bob , I spent 10 years honing my IT knowledge and trying to keep up with Microsofts scams and then I decided to take the plunge with DCC and computer control and had to learn a brand new subject all over again , a steep learning curve does not even begin to describe it .

[maridunian]

Just finished ballasting.

Got to leave it to dry properly overnight then get the track cleaned up and working again.

If there is one job I hate and will be glad to have finished it is this one.

Roy

I think painting the rail sides is much worse...

You need one of these then

[url=http://www.hattons.co.uk/53240/Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Tidy_Track_Track_Painter_Rusty_Rail/StockDetail.aspx?gclid=COzX2dLSsNECFdXnGwodMkwHAg]http://www.hattons.co.uk/53240/Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Tidy_Track_Track_Painter_Rusty_Rail/StockDetail.aspx?gclid=COzX2dLSsNECFdXnGwodMkwHAg[/url]

- makes light work of the task!

Mike

[Newportnobby]

Sorry, but I found the first track clean using IPA then removed the paint from the track painter (guess I must have oversoaked the pads in my WS track cleaner)
I spray track and ballast with Railmatch sleeper grime then wipe the tops of the rails before it dries.

[maridunian]

Sorry, but I found the first track clean using IPA then removed the paint from the track painter.

Ah,  I'm more a rubber man!

Mike

[austinbob]

Just finished ballasting.

Got to leave it to dry properly overnight then get the track cleaned up and working again.

If there is one job I hate and will be glad to have finished it is this one.

Roy

I think painting the rail sides is much worse...

You need one of these then

[url=http://www.hattons.co.uk/53240/Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Tidy_Track_Track_Painter_Rusty_Rail/StockDetail.aspx?gclid=COzX2dLSsNECFdXnGwodMkwHAg]http://www.hattons.co.uk/53240/Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Woodland_Scenics_TT4581_Tidy_Track_Track_Painter_Rusty_Rail/StockDetail.aspx?gclid=COzX2dLSsNECFdXnGwodMkwHAg[/url]

- makes light work of the task!

Mike

Brilliant device - wouldn't be without it.

[railsquid]

Bodging an elevated viaduct situation into place.


knotmore-street-mockup-2017-01-08a by Rail Squid, on Flickr

Excuse the mess, I'm sure there's a layout under there somewhere 

[keithbythe sea]

Plaster bandage by the roll. Great fun

[Trainfish]

Bodging an elevated viaduct situation into place.


knotmore-street-mockup-2017-01-08a by Rail Squid, on Flickr

Excuse the mess, I'm sure there's a layout under there somewhere 

The lobster looks quite inviting 

[paulprice]

Well thanks to the Fantastic Domestic Overlord, helping to get Foster Street back up and running in the spare room, I can now play with my trains again, sorry operate my trains.

The problem is rather that run them, the paint shop opened its doors, and I now have a load of items slowly drying.

[Newportnobby]

Maybe you should have locked the paint shop doors from the outside

[paulprice]

Maybe you should have locked the paint shop doors from the outside

I lost the keys... still the good news is I have managed to get the bolsters from the landship pack into something more useful, all I need to do now is finish the weathering on the 4F