"From Eugene to Florence"; Southern Pacific on the Coos Bay branch

[JAMO]

Very nice work! I like your vinyl letters font.

 

The layout begins to be realistic and clean. Nice!

 

A train in this landscape will be impressive!

[Ronald48]

I hope, Jack

 

My wife loves scenery and she made the first H0 scale tree:

 

20161009_103152 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Did some work on the small trestle. I will attach the rail on little brass spikes I shorten and put in holes of 1,3 mm I drill in the bridge:knipt:

 

20161009_145016 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Drill the hole, superglue on the spike and set them::

 

20161009_150846 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I flatten the spikes because they have a round head:

 

20161009_151617 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Mad a extra trestle leg so that the short bridge can rest on it:

 

20161009_154054 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And it looks like that:

 

20161009_154445 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I adapted the leg maker:

 

20161009_161542 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

More to come!

[Ronald48]

Yesterday I started building the long trestle. It will be build in one piece allthough it spans 2 modukles. They will be kept attached the coming months.

 

Ready for building!:

 

20161011_104302 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

After a few hours you have the necessary carriers for the first part of the trestle:

 

20161011_145301 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

After that I started laying the ties on painters tape layed upsidedown:

 

20161011_154958 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And ready:

 

20161011_162945 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The beams under the ties are made of 3 pieces glued together:

 

20161011_191913 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Letting it dry:

 

20161011_192611 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I'm short of these planks, so I made some myself:

 

20161011_194215 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161011_194413 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161011_194558 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Started with the shortest beams:

 

20161011_201739 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The 4 long ones had to be cut to get a smooth curve::

 

20161011_202559 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And the result after drying:

 

20161011_214335 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The whole thing took almost a day. In the evening I started putting things together:

 

20161011_215747 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

It looks like a bridge:

 

20161011_221112 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161011_223148 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

That was yesterday, now  today. First a test fit on the layout:

 

20161012_092431 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

When looking carefully you see the legs on the left hanging off the floor. that is because the building plank lies on the railhead of the track on the left.

 

I'm satisfied but I see a problem on the right. one leg has te be set a liitle towards the other:

 

20161012_093053 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Mu building jig for the different hights:

 

20161012_100037 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And test fitting:

 

20161012_112722 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And almost all legs in place:

 

20161012_121238 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

All in place except the reinforcements:

 

20161012_124723 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

It's a impressive buid:

 

20161012_125021 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Tomorrow the rest of it due to a visit today. More to come!

[Ozexpatriate]

My wife loves scenery and she made the first H0 scale tree:

 

20161009_103152 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

That's quite a fabulous looking tree.

 

I'm not sure if you are shooting for the appearance of the Douglas Fir. The Douglas Fir is ubiquitous in Oregon (west of the Cascades) and no tree says "Oregon" to me more than the Doug Fir. We even have them on our licence plate and they are used by the "Cascadia" regional separatist movement.

 

They are a bit more straggly and less bushy than your tree, particularly at the top.

 

I'm sure I can come up with photos if you like.

[long island jack]

will be interesting to see how you do the joint on the trestle between modules and keep the track aligned

 

Ray

[skipepsi]

will be interesting to see how you do the joint on the trestle between modules and keep the track aligned

 

Ray

As I understood it he intends to keep it as one piece   ' It will be build in one piece although it spans 2 modules. They will be kept attached the coming months.'

[Ronald48]

@Michael; yes please

 

@Ray; it is as Mick says. The 2 modules will be attached to each other. The layout will do some shows short after another so it is better this way for damage etc. After that I will consider the break-up and alignment of the bridge

 

Thanks guys for you input! 

[Ronald48]

Yesterday I finished the trestle, here she stands still with the building plank:

 

20161013_103533 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

After removing the plank it seemed that there was a soft spot in the construction, I glued in a reinforcement:

 

20161013_104614 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Then I test-fitted here on the layout:

 

20161013_105102 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Allthough I measured as secure as I could there was a 5 mm highth difference on the left side....:

 

20161013_111259 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

A slight panic took me... together with my wife Wanda we looked at what could be adapted the best, we decided that taking out some pieces of land would be the best solution without loosing a lot of time:

 

20161013_113207 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Painted them landscape color:

 

20161013_114650 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And now it fits:

 

20161013_113740 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161013_113158 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Made the spikes for the rail:

 

20161013_133511 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Drilling and gluing to set the spikes in the bridge:

 

20161013_135646 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And see, this is what I envisioned:

 

20161013_151824 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161013_151845 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I'm satisfied. it looks like the real thing and allthough not that long this will do fine.

Made 2 wires so that I can attache the bridge to the underside of the modules:

 

20161013_153511 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161013_153622 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I bought 2 flexrail this afternoon ands demolished them for their rail:

 

20161014_182038 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Started soldering, its tricky but it works:

 

20161014_185001 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Half sits in place and is tested with a loco. Works great!:

 

20161014_193654 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And a short video as proof. Click on the picture to see it:

 

20161014_190029 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

More to come!

[roundhouse]

This just gets better and better.

 

Can't wait to see this layout in the flesh

[Ronald48]

Thank you very much for your compliment

[Ronald48]

Finished tracklaying on the long trestle:

 

20161017_105325 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161017_113748 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Started on the other side with the short trestle:

 

20161017_113738 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161017_113711 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

More to come!

[NickBrad]

I really enjoy following this, it's not an operator's dream, with no switches/points to play with, but the scenic work is amazing.

[Ozexpatriate]

I'm not sure if you are shooting for the appearance of the Douglas Fir. The Douglas Fir is ubiquitous in Oregon (west of the Cascades) and no tree says "Oregon" to me more than the Doug Fir. We even have them on our licence plate and they are used by the "Cascadia" regional separatist movement.

 

They are a bit more straggly and less bushy than your tree, particularly at the top.

 

I'm sure I can come up with photos if you like.

@Michael; yes please

Ronald,

 

Everywhere I look I see Douglas Firs. It's been an odd experience trying to find one to photograph. They are literally everywhere you look, but I can't find one i like.

 

It's actually hard to get a good picture of one, they really like to stick together (it's sort of their thing, naturally they reproduce by dropping cones) plus it's been raining non-stop all week, and sunset is earlier now too.

 

I did snap these when the sun came out yesterday.

 

They're pretty representative.  They're hard to model. Sometimes branches point up slightly, and sometimes they hang down. Sometimes they're really straggly, and sometimes they are more bushy. Introducing some deliberate asymmetry will capture their 'look' well.

 

I'll see if I can find a good solo tree - weather and daylight permitting.

[Zomboid]

That is some spectacular model engineering. Hard to tell from pictures, but I suspect it really captures the scale of these kind of structures.

[Ronald48]

Made the second rail to the trestle:

 

20161018_103838 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

For time sake I used normal rail for the short bridge and not the provided bridgetrack:

 

20161018_114021 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

For now I use normal railjoiners to provide the bridges with power:

 

20161021_105610 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

I glued the track to the bridges today, here they are layed down with some weight:

 

20161021_182520 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And dry:

 

20161021_182526 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Toned down the background with a airbrush and added a "stripe" of white above the landscape. First masking:

 

20161021_150750 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And the result, I'm satisfied:

 

20161021_153834 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161021_153844 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

My wife Wanda made some trees: 

 

20161020_134106 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161020_232800 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Together with some bought Heki trees:

 

20161021_160015 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Testfit; self-made, bought, selfmade:

 

20161021_155858 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

More to come!

[Ronald48]

Some work done but not totally satisfied. The bridge does not turn properly so I have to alter some things after next weekends show. Untill that the swingbridge hangs between the other two with 4 railjoiners.

Photo's. Made room for feeders on the bridge track:

 

20161022_155051 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And the feeders soldered to them:

 

20161022_155717 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Through the underside:

 

20161022_160210 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And the base:

 

20161023_153337 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And hanging between the other bridges:

 

20161024_184541 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161024_184546 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

MAde a movie to show that the layout now runs in circles Click on the photo to see it:

 

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5574/30242552810_496b04b7b4_c.jpg[/img]20161024_184619 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Later more to come!

[Ronald48]

Hello guys, I'm behind on my topic..... forgot the last photo's. On the 25th of October we did some stuff. Painted the rail:

 

20161025_164843 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161025_164851 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Did some ballasting on the right side, Dry:

 

20161025_183349 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And wet:

 

20161025_190235 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

My wife Wanda did a fast batch of bushes:

 

20161025_210314 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Different colours:

 

20161025_211227 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And a box full:

 

20161025_222108 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

For the show I taped the loose parts to the bridges:

 

20161025_210959 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Put in the second display and a feeder cable:

 

20161025_221021 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

On the 26th of October we did some green work in the morning. I did the left side:

 

20161026_111619 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

My wife did the right side:

 

20161026_111644 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

She build the trees in some weeks and we planted them in 15 minutes.... but worth the effort!

 

On the 27th we drove to the expo in Utrecht and set up the layout. Front:

 

20161027_195500 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And back:

 

20161027_195525 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

It is always a sort of puzzle when you set it up for the first time but it went on fairly easy. Staisfied we returned home that night.

 

After that we had the 3-day show called "Eurospoor" in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht in the Netherlands. The respons was very good and we drew a lot of attention. I also had it showed in a Dutch forum so a lot of these viewers came by.

Problems: a few but managable. The turnouts on the round modules didn't put up to their expectations. They need to be replaced by curved turnouts. Further we experienced problems on the 3rd day with the usb connection between my Windows 10 laptop and the Lan/usb interface from Lenz. We will change this connection by Lan cable, that way it seems the connection between the system and laptop will be sturdier.

 

A guy here in Holland called Dirk makes a lot of Youtube movies of our layouts and he also made one of Cushman:

 

 

And some pics of the setup on the show:

 

DSCN7085 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

With train:

 

DSCN7088 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The back of the layout:

 

DSCN7093 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The Lenz central unit with boosters:

 

DSCN7091 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The laptop with the itrain switchboard. This way we can set the yard spurs the easy way:

 

DSCN7092 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Yesterday we put the layout up again in the garage. A few things need to be fixed and some stuff still isn't finished. Coming week I will do that so that the layout will be representable for Warley. We also will put more trees and bushes on it:

 

20161111_151403 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

To this point I want to thank everybody for following me. I hope to see some of you at the Warley show end of November in Birmingham. 

 

Greetz, Ronald.

[roundhouse]

Looking superb. Recognise the hall in Utrecht.

Unfortunately. I won't be able to make Warley this year but would love to just to see your layout.

Ian

[Ronald48]

Thank you Ian. Too bad you cannot make it. Next time better

[Ronald48]

This week I did work on the swingbridge. It has to line up properly and it needs support from the piers.

First on the left some fillig up under the support of the bridge, made them from 1 mm square styreen:

 

20161117_133617 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

The suppport for the swingbridge is made from strips of 1 mm styreen glued together:

 

20161117_140646 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

It looks like this:

 

20161117_144452 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Where the swingbridge hits the pylon I rounded the corner:

 

20161117_153124 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And as total:

 

20161117_163936 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Today I went on, one of the wires was broken and had to be fixed:

 

20161119_155700 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Then I lined the bridges out and shimmed the height with thin 0,25 mm styreen:

 

20161119_162630 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And sanded it round:

 

20161119_162942 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Now its lined up perfect. left:

 

20161119_164745 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And right:

 

20161119_164755 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Later more!

[Ronald48]

Turning of the bridge works fine now. The end switch for lining up is removed because the bridge wouldn't stop at the same point.

 

Movie:

 

[roundhouse]

Now you need a boat to pass through!

[Ronald48]

Did some stuff today. Painting pylons:

 

20161122_114941 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

My wife refurbished some trees I got from a friend:

 

20161122_115050 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And they came out fine:

 

20161122_135211 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Light-weathered the bridges and started assembly:

 

20161122_133152 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Some beams along the rails:

 

20161122_135200 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

And assembled and drying:

 

20161122_213015 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Ready:

 

20161122_220323 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Overview:

 

20161122_222052 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

 

[JAMO]

A nice bridge to see the trains to pass through.

[Ronald48]

Some last work on the bridges:

 

20161123_164040 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

20161123_180940 by Ronald-45, on Flickr

 

Tomorrow my wife will plant some green she made and after that its done for Warley. Still a lot to do after the show but time wasn't enough to do it all. The layout still needs detail, some weatheing and the right side of it still needs a boat house.

 

The last update before I leave on my journey to the Island will be tomorrow!