Over the last couple of years, I’ve been collecting a few of the Jordan HO scale models on Ebay. They’re a little expensive, but for an early 20th century layout, they’re irreplaceable. I am waiting on some track and turnouts to continue my track laying effort, so I thought it would be a good change […]
I am a member of the Central Indiana Division of the NMRA. We usually have quarterly modeler’s meets in which we have someone give a presentation on something related to the hobby and have a time to discuss and show some of the projects the attendees are working on. Last year we also started having […]
I managed to get the walls erected and a few interior details in place. Ready to add the roof, but it seems a shame. I had forgotten what a pain in the rear those doors are to get installed. Now if there was just some scenery to complete the picture!
Well, I’m still working my regular job for the time being, so I have not had as much time to work on the layout as some folks. I have been able to work on several things over the last week or two, though. I cleaned and re-arranged the shop where I do my rough work. […]
No pictures, no happy talk, it’s been a bad week. No, I haven’t contracted Covid-19, that I’m aware of anyway, but it is hard to get excited about much. I read that the US now leads the world in confirmed cases, and we’ve been testing a small percentage of people. We’ve also got an inept […]
One aspect of the layout that I have been working on is lighting and with the help of an article on MRH by Geoff Bunza, I have finally put the last piece of that puzzle together. I have been planning to use LED strip lighting for the layout. I’d like to be able to control […]
It was a beautiful day today in Indiana, Tucker and I took a break from working inside to set on the deck for a bit and soak in a little sunshine this afternoon. He played with a stick and I had a beverage. We had been down in the train room most of the day, […]
I’ve been working on the layout and really not taken any time to update my blog. I plan for this blog to be a diary of the process of constructing the layout so I need to do better. This box was made for the control panel to mount to the facia above. Painted black and […]
One of the presents I received for Christmas from my wife – A new 24″ touchscreen monitor! Shown is the current rendition of the WRV in the JMRI layout editor in all it’s splendor. The outer track, on the top, left side and bottom is the upper level. The dashed portion of track is the […]
I’ve taken a break from tracklaying and have started some more work on the turntable and roundhouse area. I’ve got the roundhouse tracks in place and looking pretty good. I decided to use rail joiners in the track joints which allow the turntable section to be removed. I don’t like the look, but we’ll just […]
