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AlfaZagato

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    West Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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    Pre-war Great Western, green diesel WR, Woodhead route, 2'3" Welsh narrow gauge.

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  1. I'm perfectly OK if we see an increase, even a doubling in price, if we're getting a match truck. Especially if it's Midland-style.
  2. That is the first I have ever heard against soldering rail joints. I have been universally recommended to do so before.
  3. Or we bring attention to it now when its still an engineering prototype, so as to find possible issues while they're still easier to correct. Also, that's beyond an engineering prototype if I'm reading correctly. Its a deco sample.
  4. Was anyone else seeing some hesitation during the video? I thought I saw some approaching the first bridge.
  5. I have a stash of old lead sinkers that have sufficed for what little ballasting I need.
  6. Thank you. I had been able to get a Roco Minitrains set for not much locally for some bulk.
  7. I was able to straighten out the kink. I also think I fixed the wire solder. I've taped it and not photographed it, so you'll have to take my word on it. Second layout test.
  8. Yes, I've had multiple people on other sites point that out. I'll have to correct it when I next can.
  9. I finished laying the track. Real coarse job. I did solder the track joints...okayish? Thankfully the wiring is dead simple. Just a loop, with a second feed just in case; And it all works! As shown here.
  10. A note on my soldering; I suck at soldering; It apparently works...
  11. Last night I started tracklaying. I have no idea what I'm really doing. First step was pre-drilling the Peco track for nails, as per the suggestion of a friend of mine. Easy job with a power drill, though I would have preferred a drill press. I dived right in to laying the track, of course making mistakes. Below is where I got before I had to quit for the night; Just a little more to close the loop. Not shown in this view is the odd little tap-punch-thing I pulled out of my late father's tools to drive nails the last little bit. I was having a time with these stupid little nails! Had to pull and replace half of them. There's still a couple that aren't great, but I don't think I could pull without ruining the track. I know I could do better. This is my first time with flex track, and I'm going for a rather tight radius at 9". I've also forgotten about such things as removing the end ties to allow for fishplates, and pre-bending the rail. A Farish bogie-bolster ran though the track fine so far, though. I hope that's a good sign. If I can close the loop tonight, I'll take a try with a loco.
  12. The next evening, I took to establishing guides for my radii. I have been working to try and build this layout quickly for multiple reasons. I know if I dawdle or step away, I may not step back; the micro listed in my signature has not been touched in close to a year. I also wanted to have the layout at least running for a show third weekend of March. Given my desire for speed, and a lack of available trackguides in the area, I attempted to plot the 9" radii otherwise. Not having a trammel, nor a large enough caliper, I rigged up some string with a pencil and a nail. I wasn't able to lay the cleanest job, but it seemed to work.
  13. Next night I was able to screw the top down. Another day, I had a chance to stop at a hardware store. Got lucky, as I was able to get a half-pint of middle brown for 50¢. That evening, I had the underside coated; Left that to dry for the evening. In the morning, before leaving for work, I had the top coated as well; I was out that evening, so work continued the next day.
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