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I have also spràyed / blasted / dribbled all of my track with sleeper grime.

Now I have to paint the rail sides and individually weather the sleepers.

 

Apparently, "Mundane task focus" is good for my PTSD.

 

Whether it's good for getting rid of it or good for prolonging it was not made clear...

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1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

Apparently, "Mundane task focus" is good for my PTSD.

 

Whether it's good for getting rid of it or good for prolonging it was not made clear...

 

I think you are going to find out...

 

Al.

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Most of the smell had gone by this morning, so with all windows wide open I proceeded with the removal of paint from the rail tops. I deliberately left the paint in place on the rails that turn off the board into the quarry siding, just in case the point ends up thrown in that direction. I suppose I could disconnect the track feeds and disable the point motor as well . . . . . .

 

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1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said:

I suppose I could disconnect the track feeds and disable the point motor as well . . . . . .

 

At which point you would find out that it was an invaluable section of track when shunting the pick-up goods.

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21 minutes ago, ian said:

 

At which point you would find out that it was an invaluable section of track when shunting the pick-up goods.

 

I'm hoping that, by the time I start that seriously, there will be a full-blown quarry siding capable of holding many shunted wagons.

 

Doesn't mean you're wrong, though. :P

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4 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Most of the smell had gone by this morning, so with all windows wide open I proceeded with the removal of paint from the rail tops. I deliberately left the paint in place on the rails that turn off the board into the quarry siding, just in case the point ends up thrown in that direction. I suppose I could disconnect the track feeds and disable the point motor as well . . . . . .

 

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I think I’m experiencing track envy. The gentle curves are lovely on that mate. 

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16 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

I think I’m experiencing track envy. The gentle curves are lovely on that mate. 

And it’s all proprietary track!

Paul.

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2 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

I think I’m experiencing track envy. The gentle curves are lovely on that mate. 

 

 

Thanks, Jay. I tried very hard to follow the real thing, but failed through 6" worth of insufficient space. There should have been space to put the engine shed and signal box on the left hand side at the top of the picture.

 

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I should have created the track plan BEFORE building the baseboards. Nonetheless, a fair representation has resulted, mainly through the use of curved points where possible, in order to prevent reverse curves.

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That reminds me of the masochist who liked nothing better than using big words - so he only used short ones.

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6 minutes ago, ian said:

That reminds me of the masochist who liked nothing better than using big words - so he only used short ones.

You have some very strange friends...

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Hi Mick,

 

I hate to interject a note of sanity to your thread, but I noticed that you have a bit of a nasty kink at the join between these two turnouts:

 

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You might want to address that before ballasting it?

 

Cheers,

 

Al.

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49 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

Hi Mick,

 

I hate to interject a note of sanity to your thread, but I noticed that you have a bit of a nasty kink at the join between these two turnouts:

 

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You might want to address that before ballasting it?

 

Cheers,

 

Al.

Have you not read Iain Rice's article in the latest MRJ about modelling poor trackwork? Mick just beat him to it :D

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2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I thought that my friends were strange.

 

2 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

And now they all think you're the weird one...

 

2 hours ago, Alister_G said:

I noticed that you have a bit of a nasty kink

There you go: definitely weird.

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