Monthly Archives: October 2019

Progress Report – 29 Oct 2019

Posted on October 29, 2019 by timf

I know the last post was about being discouraged, but that doesn’t mean I stopped working on the layout. I took a day or two off to do other things and then buckled down to get back to it. The … Continue reading →

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Feeling A Little Discouraged…

Posted on October 23, 2019 by timf

On Monday I decided to run my locomotives around on the layout to test the turnouts. First I ran the V0-1000 diesel around. Sadly it did not go all that well. It looks like I need to do some re-work … Continue reading →

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Crossing Lutgens Creek – A Staged Publicity Photo

Posted on October 20, 2019 by timf

Since I managed to place the three bridges and lay the three tracks to cross Lutgens Creek I thought it might be fun to stage a “publicity photo”. Still plenty of work to do, but it’s starting to look more … Continue reading →

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Creating and Crossing Lutgens Creek – Part Two

Posted on October 19, 2019 by timf

In the last installment about Lutgens Creek I had created the creek bed and painted it tan. The next step was to paint the bottom of the creek bed a darker color and then shade the sides a little. I … Continue reading →

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Universal Scrap Metals

Posted on October 16, 2019 by timf

I have a track that runs along pretty close to the backdrop and I’m planning on filling the area with “flats” – buildings with little to no depth. I found a website named Trackside Flats that had a bunch of … Continue reading →

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Installing Turnout Controls

Posted on October 14, 2019 by timf

I spent some time trying to determine the best way to throw the turnouts on my layout, as you can see in this blog post. After I determined that I was going to use the BullFrog turnout controls I ordered … Continue reading →

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Progress Report – 6 Oct 2019

Posted on October 7, 2019 by timf

Time for another progress report. Lots of random things have been worked on since the last update. I’ve been adding more details to Lutgens Creek and here is a photo where I am test fitting the bridges and bridge shoes.

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