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Offline BigEd

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #300 on: July 08, 2020, 02:50:04 PM »
The one outside the shower stall? O:-)
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« Reply #301 on: July 09, 2020, 01:04:03 PM »
Hi Ed, you are the winner! :thumb:

The word "duckboard" was created during the early 20th century to describe the boards or slats of wood laid down to provide safe footing for the soldiers of World War I across wet or muddy ground in trenches or camps. The original duckboards didn't always work as intended though.

Used in workshops to ensure the artisans don't get cold feet.

Saw these a lot at caravan parks in the ablution blocks at the showers.

Have a great day guys. It's going to be a cold weekend.

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #302 on: July 09, 2020, 01:32:08 PM »
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« Reply #303 on: August 05, 2020, 05:50:49 PM »
Good day dear train friends,

Small update. Wanted to make a fence but a little bit different. You can not have the same one everywhere. 8)

So I made a little jig to drill the holes in the same area of each match "post". I had to make about 70 and had to start up a small production line.

A slant was cut on top of the post so that the rain water can run off.

All the holes were drilled with the Dremel and then painted a dark brown. And that was a mistake.  :D

Hot Tip! First paint and then drill the holes for the wire. I realized that when I wanted to thread the wire through the posts.  :D

I had to open up each hole and there were approx 140 of them.  :)

Once the holes were open again I threaded the wire through the holes. Boy that was fun. Took about 2 hours.  :D

I think the pics will tell the story.

Best regards until next time. :thumb:

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #304 on: August 05, 2020, 05:53:09 PM »
And some more pics.....  :biggrin:
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« Reply #305 on: August 05, 2020, 05:56:43 PM »
And the fence is up.

I still need to paint the wire a darker shade. You can see the shiny copper wire.

I got the copper wire from an old transformer. Works great!  :biggrin:

Until next time.  ;)

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #306 on: August 05, 2020, 06:39:53 PM »
Quote from: ColWer on August 05, 2020, 05:56:43 PM

I got the copper wire from an old transformer. Works great!  :biggrin:


Electric fence?
 >:D :biggrin: :peep:

Looks very nice, well done.  :thumb:
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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #307 on: August 05, 2020, 08:04:49 PM »
Nice...... Lots of work but it looks great...... It is all in the detail  :thumb:  :biggrin:
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« Reply #308 on: August 05, 2020, 08:41:12 PM »
Great idea on the fence wire... :thumb:
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« Reply #309 on: August 06, 2020, 02:34:23 PM »
Thank you guys for the compliments.  :biggrin: :thumb:

Electric fence in the sixties Jörg?  Hie Hie  :D :D :o :o :eek: :eek:

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #310 on: August 11, 2020, 04:07:03 PM »
Good day dear train friends,

New project started!  :thumb: :biggrin:

It was fun building this kit.  :biggrin:

Placed it on the layout and found a few challenges.  ;)

It was too dark inside and I knew just putting in 2 globes won't resolve the light issue. Nice space in between the tracks. Hmmmmm.......  ;)

Thats where I want to put a small repair area. This is going to be a fun project. If you can remember the Compressor House project.



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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #311 on: August 11, 2020, 04:19:16 PM »
I started off with a beam in the middle. No U Beam brass in my stores so I just made one myself out of wood.

Placed three led's on said beam and fitted in the locomotive shed. Love the electronic work.


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« Reply #312 on: August 11, 2020, 04:29:33 PM »
Lighting still insufficient and made two more beams fitted with "fluorescent" lights on either side and busy painting the inside walls white.

Painting still in progress. Had no white Tamiya to spray and had to use paint brush with unknown make.  :(

I put an angle on the "fluorescent" lights to illuminate the loco and floor area.

My soldering skills were really tested. Nope, no burn marks.  :biggrin:

Make-shift spray area on top of the circular saw.
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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #313 on: August 11, 2020, 04:33:48 PM »
And made some trunking covers, sprayed and glued on with lots of mini clamps.  :biggrin:  Yeah, yeah.....  :biggrin:

Ok, thats it folks for now.

Until next time.  :thumb: :biggrin:

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Re: Our new layout.....
« Reply #314 on: August 11, 2020, 08:10:38 PM »
Very neatly done, but please arrange the colors of the mini clamps a bit more uniform.  :biggrin:
Now you also need some electric mechanism under the layout so that you can open and close the sheds doors.
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