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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1080 on: November 29, 2020, 06:37:59 PM »
Nice Jörg......

Going to look great...... Then you have to build a Station, Platforms, and LOADS of details...... Can't wait  :biggrin:

Cheers, Evert

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« Reply #1081 on: November 30, 2020, 09:02:20 AM »
At least you made some stellar progress - unlike that fat guy from Panorama... :innocent:
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« Reply #1082 on: December 03, 2020, 10:03:35 PM »
Aloha,
a bit of progress to report from the last few days.
Made lots of saw dust.
The station entrance on the far side is now fitted and leveled.
The gradient has also been sorted.
Now I just need to lay the track and connect power.

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« Reply #1083 on: December 03, 2020, 10:09:42 PM »
The station entrance on the other side has also received lots of attention.
Started building a frame.
Cut out a new piece from the better plywood and temporally mounted this all today.
Placed my bar chair to get a feel where I will sit to control everything.
I plan to hang the control panel from this piece of fascia.

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« Reply #1084 on: December 03, 2020, 10:11:12 PM »
A few more.

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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1085 on: December 04, 2020, 10:28:12 AM »
Nice...... Jörg......

Going to be awesome  :biggrin: Can't wait......

Cheers, Evert.

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« Reply #1086 on: December 04, 2020, 03:43:10 PM »
Very nice indeed... :thumb:
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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1087 on: December 04, 2020, 09:27:28 PM »
Nice Jörg!  :biggrin: :thumb:

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« Reply #1088 on: December 04, 2020, 09:45:58 PM »
Hi everybody,

Friday night update.
Continued with the frame work a bit today and have now leveled this station part on the threaded rods.
Next I will secure this and then I will have to see how I can make and mount the center piece.



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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1089 on: December 05, 2020, 09:34:13 AM »
Nice Jörg.....

Looking very good....... Nice progress......  :thumb:

Cheers, Evert

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« Reply #1090 on: December 05, 2020, 03:12:12 PM »
Saturday afternoon update.
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Client phoned me in the morning that he won't be able to come and see me so I
phoned Evert to ask him if he could help me.
Yes of course was his answer.
So the center piece of plywood was laid into position so that the cuts could be marked.

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« Reply #1091 on: December 05, 2020, 03:14:40 PM »
Then we carried it outside and lots of saw dust later we
brought it back inside.
I wanted to open a bottle of champagne, perfect fit.
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« Reply #1092 on: December 05, 2020, 06:46:52 PM »
Nice Jörg!  :biggrin: :thumb:

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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1093 on: December 05, 2020, 07:21:04 PM »
Hi Joerg!
It's nice to see how active you are!
Looks good...
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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1094 on: December 06, 2020, 05:29:38 PM »
Hi everybody,
still did a bit last night and this afternoon.
Started marking out the track center lines and was trying to figure out how to get the nice big
radius curves in the station.
Nothing gave me a reasonably smooth curve, as I don't have anything to mount a center for a
string or long wood strip compass this gave me a few more gray hairs.
I finally came up with a wooden strip that I had hanging in the garage and mounted this on the
center line on one side and then carefully curved it to the other side and secured it.
Then I traced it with a pencil.
I think this curve will work for me.
Don't know what radius it is.