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Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Sponsors   Support the RRLine   Guestbook   FAQ     Register Active Topics | Active Polls | Resources | Members | Online Users | Live Chat | Avatar Legend | Search | Statistics Photo Album | File Lister | File Library [ Active Members: 4 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 157 ]  [ Total: 161 ]  [ Newest Member: Fred of Medford ]  All Forums  Model Railroad Forums  Micro & Mini Layouts  2'x3' Cork Board Challenge Previous Page | Next Page  New Topic |    New Poll |   Reply to Topic |  Author Topic Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 of 23 BigLars Engineer Premium Member Posted - 07/17/2014 :  6:25:47 PM     Cody, Now you have me rethinking my layout. Country: USA | Posts: 11547 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/05/2014 :  10:32:11 PM       Alright Folks, I got my track down today and my critters are running, which is nice because I haven't had any 16.5mm gauge track running in ages. The track plan is a loop in a kidney shape with one switch and siding. The radius is about ten inches and the 18' gondola I built handles it okay. I'll post dome pics shortly, once my critters get tired of doing laps. -Cody Country: Canada | Posts: 1674 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/06/2014 :  08:02:17 AM     Congrats Cody on your Golden Spike event. Haven't worked on mine since last week on my last day of. Maybe I'll have some time today. Country: USA | Posts: 23541 BigLars Engineer Premium Member Posted - 08/06/2014 :  2:55:43 PM     Progress pictures? Country: USA | Posts: 11547 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/06/2014 :  3:13:35 PM       quote: Originally posted by BigLars Progress pictures? Soon! It's looking pretty ugly at the moment, mostly since the board has been the base for an Nn3 layout, and HOn30 layout and now an On30 layout. I want to get some rough landforms in place before any photos. I just picked up some plaster and paper towels for that. Stay tuned. -Cody Country: Canada | Posts: 1674 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/06/2014 :  9:07:23 PM       OK Folks, Here's where we are as of right now: The 'mainline' loop (On30) is running and the switch works. The upper level track is a piece of N-scale flextrack at the moment but will be replaced with a bit of 20" gauge (10.5mm/HOn3) when we get a little further along. The MDC Shay is sitting in an unlikely spot for an engine shed, but that's where it's going to go. Part of it will also be on pilings over the On30 track. The skip is sitting over where a small ore bin will be built. The bare plywood in the background will become a bit of water and the area on the upper left will be built up similar to the upper right corner. The small plateau on the right above the station will get a structure of some sort. Across the tracks from the station I'd like to build a small power station for the trolly line. Most of the wye will be buried in a driveway which exits the layout down a slight incline at the front of the layout. I don't know what I'm going to put on the spur or what will go in the lower left corner either. Any ideas and comments more than welcome. -Cody Country: Canada | Posts: 1674 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/07/2014 :  07:58:16 AM     Country: USA | Posts: 13151 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/07/2014 :  09:16:23 AM     Looks good Cody. Country: USA | Posts: 23541 Frederic Testard Engineer Premium Member Posted - 08/08/2014 :  04:32:46 AM     Very nice. Looking forward to see vegetation and structures growing along (and maybe, for the grass, between) these rails. Country: France | Posts: 17652 elwoodblues Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/08/2014 :  07:03:51 AM         looking good Cody Ron Newby General Manager Clearwater Valley Railway Co. http://cvry.ca Country: Canada | Posts: 6451 Bernd Fireman Posted - 08/08/2014 :  1:48:28 PM       Bernd WWG1WGA Country: USA | Posts: 3545 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/09/2014 :  12:22:30 AM       Thanks gents! I made some plaster of Paris rock castings with some Woodland Scenics moulds and started glueing them down. Ground Cover next! So, c'mon, whats everybody else working on? -Cody Country: Canada | Posts: 1674 rotoreggie New Hire Posted - 08/12/2014 :  7:28:03 PM       I found this challenge to hard to resist so I thought I'd have a crack at it. It will have a tractor motor on the top track loading limestone into wagons on the bottom track pulled by a Porter which runs very nicely on the continuous loop. I've told the members at my local club about this challenge and we are having a corkboard challenge at our club show, Wagga Wagga Railroad Modellers, in November. Hope you don't mind me stealing your idea Lars Here are some photo's of the progress so far. cheers Dave Cheers Dave don't put off till tomorrow what you can do the next day Country: Australia | Posts: 38 BigLars Engineer Premium Member Posted - 08/12/2014 :  7:39:01 PM     Dave, Thanks for joining in on the challenge, I like what you have started. I am glad you have pushed this challenge out to your club. Any chance you can get them to add thier construction progress to this thread or you could add pictures from the show? Cody, Looking good! Country: USA | Posts: 11547 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/12/2014 :  7:48:51 PM     Good start! 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