My Little Railroad Buddy

Originally Posted by gregamer

Swapping Headblock ties on Peco Code 83 turnouts. Peco Code 83 turnouts come with the headblock ties extending off of the diverging side of the turnout. In this video I show my method for swapping headblock ties so that they extend from the straight side of the turnout.


Originally Posted on THE INDUSTRIAL LEAD

I’ve been sitting on my stash of Homabed for almost a month and I’ve finally decided it’s time to start laying it in. The installation will use 2 or 3 layers of Homabed depending on where it is being installed. The north section is 3/4″ thick (3 layers Homabed), a transition is made from 3/4″ to 1/2″ along the west side and the south and east side are all 1/2″ thick. I’m stacking 45° beveled Homabed on top of non-beveled Homabed with a few sheets of of plain Homabed thrown ...

Nighttime Operations 9-3-2012

Originally Posted on The Industrial Lead

Originally Posted by gpa

No it's not just an inverse of my previous post Benchwork Complete. This post is about the workbench I've built under my new layout. I'm pretty proud of this one.

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Originally Posted on The Industrial Lead

I’ve mostly completed the major benchwork for The Industrial Lead. I have a couple of tasks to complete:
Install drawer fasces.
Fix Formica chips with SeamFil

But at least for now I’m able to move out the woodworking tools, clean up the major dust and start focusing on actually building the railroad.

View in youTube: The Industrial Lead – Benchwork Complete

Origianlly Posted on The Industrial Lead ...

I've been plugging away at finishing the desk and closet. It's been a good way to stay inside while the weather has been rainy.

•The big chore was wiring the ...

The Old Tube Lights

I installed the old 48" double tube fluorescent fixtures from the Halland layout. In total 3 fixtures were installed; ...

When I built my Halland Yard layout, I decided to build my office desk into the closet. It was primarily a sheet of 3/4″ plywood, supported by lumber across the back and the front sides. The front of the desk spanned the 5′ closet opening. This front portion really began to sag. It was unsupported. I couldn’t shore up the support it with shelf brackets, because I needed the space underneath to roll my file cabinets into it.

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I painted the top and underside of the valance Polar White. Then installed the triangle brackets that provide the permanent support for the valance. Next fascia and lights.

I got a little worried about whether 1/8″ hardboard would make the 8″ radius curve around the northeast corner of the valance. ...

More benchwork today. I started with a tricky section that would be the sub-roadbed where the main layout enters the closet. I spent a lot of time cutting ...

A couple extra hours of work allowed me to do a little touch up and finish out the valance frame. I had to recut both valance l-girder ledger boards. ...

A nice day and generous parents led me to a construction marathon this afternoon. I spent a total of 8 straight hours cutting, trimming, fixing, gluing, ...

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Thanks to two great apps I’m now taking The Industrial Lead mobile. Now I can easily browse my website an upload photos from my iPhone.

On the front-end I’ve added a WordPress plugin called WPTouch. WPTouch detects mobile browsers and displays a mobile friendly application like page. The plugin also adds an easy toggle button to turn the mobile theme on and off.

The second app is an iTunes app called WordPress. The app also acts as a mobile browser to display ...

Progress has really been stifled by rain, sick kids, injury, illness and RAIN. And did I mention rain. So in between the crappy weather and sore body, I’ve been trying ...