T
his month’s video was fun to put together. Glen
Andrews came by during train night on Saturday and
played some guitar tunes on the cliff deck while the
summer moon gave an epic background. I had to share some of
that while I enjoyed a few summer train runbys on the garden
railroad.
C-19s and three-truck Shays with all their working mechanics,
along with a 4-4-0 pulling coaches made for some good railfan-
ning that day. I have been working hard to keep up with the
upkeep of the outdoor large scale layout during the growing
season. It’s no simple task with 400 foot of main line. I painted
the roadbed with a few cans of brown camouflage paint from
Rustoleum. This tones down and darkens the roadbed for good
photos and video in the summer sun. The next series of still
photos are cut out of the video to illustrate to you here in the
still text how I designed a lift-out section on my home layout to
gain access to a door.
What’s neat column - 2
The river section shown this month is made up of foam sheets
cut to the contour of the main line curve, with six inches of
scenery on each side of the track. Quarter-inch oak plywood
is wrapped around the foam and glued in place to form the
curved sides and flat bottom. Everything is stained, and fin-
ished with polyurethane.
The removed sections has a safe place under the layout for
storage and can be dropped into place at a moment’s notice.
Replacing the pins and the rail joiners allows trains to be run-
ning in minutes.
MRH-Oct 2014
