Great lay out tour, you are a Master modeler and your eye for detail is fantastic , looking forward to the up and coming progress vid's Cheers Glynn
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Glynn, and thanks for watching!
@herrkiwi3110
5 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure watching your layout and listening to your commentary. Thanks for sharing.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks you- and thanks for watching!
@robtman9199
5 жыл бұрын
Happy Veterans Day to all those that served. I always love watching your videos and your scenic detail is awesome, will look for the next video.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Indeed- thank you to all the Veterans- Never Forget.
@rjl110919581
5 жыл бұрын
THANK STEPHEN FOR DETAIL VIDEO AND WISH FURTHER BEST YOUR OPERATION LOOK GREAT YOUR LAYOUT FROM AUSTRALIA
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Robert! I hope things are well Down Under!
@taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi5399
5 жыл бұрын
Steve this awesome layout when it is fished your awesome man my freind
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Taylor! Having fun, and hopefully the videos are at least somewhat entertaining!
@keithdenner9441
5 жыл бұрын
It’s looking really good. Anxious to see the roundhouse area. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your weekend.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Keith- and me too! I am hoping I am not pushing things too much...will be encroaching on the proper aisle widths...
@Locoforce
5 жыл бұрын
Great update sham about the lack of people to come by i would have loved to but I live on the other side of the big pond !
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that would be a long trip!
@d-rail7271
5 жыл бұрын
Sucks on the weather and low turnout but I'm sure the thousands who will watch this appreciate the layout tour. I've watched all your videos and it's still cool to see where things are at and the future plans
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks- yeah I think the turnout would have been much higher if people didn't have to shovel and snow-blow their driveways! We are going to suggest to the Lords in Charge that we do it in the summer or early fall next time.
@ernestjacks6437
5 жыл бұрын
Very nice layout.you do good work
@freakazoid5907
5 жыл бұрын
Well, I made it - have watched every MRUV! Thank you for documenting your adventure of building a model railroad. I appreciate the time spent recording both success and error and sharing with the rest of us. Soon enough the day will come when I start building my layout (aka retirement) but in the meantime, I will continue to watch updates and work on my loco and rolling stock inventory.
@tomcarr1050
5 жыл бұрын
Nice Rob...Sorry I really wanted to make it up to see your layout but life got in the way (I'm sure you can relate)...Everything is coming together nicely. Need to get those MOW guys out to cut the grass lol...Can't wait to see how you do the engine service area, I'm working on mine now and really could use some inspiration...still building switches I got my first two crossovers done. I was surprised how easy it was to do them with just a #6 jig...Thanks for the tour Tom
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Tom- I certainly know how life can change our plans! Some day...I am glad the turnouts are working out well!
@jeffreser4565
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching these, you have a great eye for landscaping and its nice to see how the layout evolves over time.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeff.
@ABeriault
5 жыл бұрын
Well done and fun! Suggestion 1: Mercer Tube....raise the facia a few inches and place part of the buildings starting at the facia....as if the viewer is standing on the roof of the Mercer building! Suggestion 2: To the left of the Shanon yard along the long stretch of wall with almost zero space...make a solid granit stone expanse raising it to the the level of the farms fields and on top place high fencing as if the fields are actually ending with a cliff...we see this a lot in Eastern USA and Canada because of the Appalachian ranges... Cheers
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Andre- both good ideas! I was considering doing like you stated for that long area- in fact I may be able to get some rock castings from Shorty Parker's layout.
@AndyCrawford_NorfolkWestern
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 I too love the idea of buildings cut at the fascia. I'm doing that in the town I'm working on for my layout currently, even including some "windows" thru the interior of a couple buildings, so you can get the view up the hill to the depot as if you were sitting down at the diner with a cheeseburger. Now, just to capture the smells of a burger and fries joint... I think we've got real good with background "flats" or buildings cut at the backdrop, but our isle side hasn't seen the same philosophy applied too often. Anything that enforces the ideas that the world doesn't stop at the edge of the benchwork is a good thing. Photo backdrops and backdrop cut buildings or flats have done much on enforcing depth, but I try to imply there's elements in the isles, from the effect of standing in the river on my layout, to road bridges chopped at the isle, imply that the world continues and your experience is just cutting a slice through a much bigger world in miniature. Also, you can't go wrong with rock cuts, given the aggregate industry you have positioned there. It might be a bit too often done, but some things are just good solutions, and hence become popular. But to Andre's thoughts, I think the fencing is the catch, that's the element that sales the illusion, plus that just a nice detail when done correctly.
@Xander6192
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, your layout is really developing and i can see you are heading in the direction of operations. That will put a whole new dimension to your layout. I've been watching your progress here from Cape Town, South Africa for a couple of years now. Modelling the Rio Grande in the early 60's.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex. Yes, the addition of operations is what is driving all these changes. Hopefully will have a break-in op session soon!
@monacofederico
5 жыл бұрын
Following from Italy! Best layout scenery; I'm learning so much from your updates
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Grazie! Glad to have you along. I will keep fine tuning my scenery- it is the one part of the hobby I really enjoy.
@joeraderblackrockcentralrr
5 жыл бұрын
Great tour. Shame the weather didnt cooperate with you. Great work and you give me ideas on how to improve my own small layout. Thanks!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
You are welcome Joe- and thanks for watching!
@patmoore1875
5 жыл бұрын
Just great to see the whole layout again and realise the changes over the last couple of years, please keep ‘Babbling On’ !!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
LOL, thanks Pat! Babbling is one thing I seem to do well...
@JohnPW22
5 жыл бұрын
Looking amazing - I like the static grass track - surely just remove strips alongside each rail? Maybe you said that- I'll go back and watch again!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
That is what I am going to try, see if it helps. Also try trimming it some more. We shall see.
@rayduda7297
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour Rob. Layout is really coming together ~ lookin good!
@SouthEastRailfan
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been following your layout for quite a long time. Your structures have given me a whole bunch of ideas for my next layout. The current one is too small. Your attention to detail has been something that I try to show, with my very limited skill set, at my industries. Keep plugging away, it’s looking awesome.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you- and thanks for watching! Your skills will improve as you work- don't worry about being too perfect, just have fun. I am TRYING to do that myself!
@anthonyshipman3611
5 жыл бұрын
Looking amazing, can't wait to see the buildings going up, especially part 2 of the cafe.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah....thanks for the kick. It has only been what, a year or so since part one?? Yikes- I really need to get that done!
@ralphwicks8450
5 жыл бұрын
Look very nice I enjoy your videos you inspire me to get back trains it's been 20 years since I have had a layout it's cold in upstate south Carolina but no snow thank God keep up the good work 🍻
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
LOL- cold is fine, I'll take it over lake effect! Now get to work and build a layout!
@dsimmons6522
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for the tour, really brought the videos together. Awesome layout!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sergey14ivanov73
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen super layout, very realistic. I watched a lot of layouts, but yours is the best, keep up the good work, waiting for your video.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I will keep at it.
@Charles_S.
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve for the tour, enjoyed it! Layout is coming along nicely. Wish I had time and space to get back to mine, one day....
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, and thanks for watching. Now get to work on your layout!
@Vman7757
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I have been watching for a while. I see you made a lot of change. Can't wait to see the next post. Thanks again.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Vincent- yes, several major changes have been made...almost complete, just need to get the benchwork in for the engine service area. Then the major work will be done. I hope.
@DruSteel69
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Stephen/ Rob! Wow...about that time for this tour. Pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service to our country, Rob. Happy Veterans Day! - Drew
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Drew- and I will echo your thanks for ALL Veterans...THANKS!!!
@DruSteel69
5 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😎👍🏼
@shanghai264359
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob and Steve I’m a subscriber from the UK and have been following your channel for a while now and loving it! Your excellent update reports inspired me to start keeping a basic video-diary of scenic work on my (tiny by comparison) fold-down 9 x 4 foot layout situated in a bedroom!! I stand to be corrected but I believe huge basements are somewhat less common here in the UK. My layout is a mixture not only of eras but also regions which include the UK, Europe (I have some Swiss Roco stock too) and now the US. I upload to KZitem intermittently too. I became a serious US railroad fan after we were driving east on I.40 in August this year and we overtook an eastbound BNSF quadruple-headed double-stack between Williams and Flagstaff AZ. I’m now steadily catching up with your layout updates starting back in September 2014. It’s incredible how you have transformed that space and, as others have said, your reports are highly entertaining so keep up the good work! Cheers. Tim.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tim! Very glad to have you with us. The layout has come a long way- especially with the major changes we made for better operations. But it is (slowly) getting there.
@andrewinbody4301
5 жыл бұрын
Pittsburgh Steelers founded 1933. Thanks for sharing this long process with us.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Ah HA! Thanks- now I wonder if I can find a "vintage" Steelers sign for that garage...
@andrewinbody4301
5 жыл бұрын
I googled "Pittsburgh Steelers 1950 logo" and found plenty of images.
@cbgadget4740
5 жыл бұрын
Watched 20 minutes of the video while riding the exercise bike. Will finish watching tomorrow AM. Nice tour of a super layout, last time I saw one of your videos your detail the arch bride area. Keep up the Awesome work 👍👍👍😎😎😎
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I have one of those exercise thingies- it is in the other room with boxes and totes on it...
@Don55443
5 жыл бұрын
Looks great! I'm local to you (Western New York) Next time you have an open house I'd love to check it out. Very well done!
@cprtrain
5 жыл бұрын
I love your trackwork and scenery. Looks great!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks- I do enjoy scenery the most. If only that was all I had to do...!!!
@williamarseneau1575
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome tour,really enjoyed seeing your railroad.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I figured it was time to do this.
@mr.boomer8794
5 жыл бұрын
Aw man, had I known you were having an open house for the layout I would've made the 2 hour drive
@ollieahokas9179
5 жыл бұрын
You got a stunning railroad there, on the trackwise I like the idea of you have single tracked some areas asthat area will add some more operational intrest as it will be something the operators have to pay attenttion to. By the way I love that new water tank at Eugene!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ollie- I do hope to have an op session early in the new year.
@daviemaclean61
5 жыл бұрын
Great tour. It's easy to forget parts of the layout when you are concentrating on one part for a while. I had forgotten you were (supposed to be) custom building the diner for example! A few 28hr days required! For the Sharon entrance to your staging a couple of decent sized industrial/office buildings, perhaps with a connecting walkway should do a similar job to the other end, and similarly you only (ha ha) have to model the viewers side as no one will ever see the track side. Cheers
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave- and thanks for the gentle reminder on the Dinor!
@dthead
5 жыл бұрын
I would have ben over for days mate ! I hope to visit LaGrange, Kentucky next may and would love to swing by ya and have a yarn or 5. you are warned !
@bhrailroad8339
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update and tour.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
You are welcome- and thank you for watching.
@stephenriley9084
5 жыл бұрын
Rob. Never been all around your layout before. It looks very good to me. Especially the bits you say need work! Not much I think. Being in the UK the US style of track scape is new to me, but from what I have observed, your Eugene yard is very, very good! I follow Roy Smith and his UP Evanston Sub Division channel. He is n scale, but has a bridge across a door. He uses Kato expansion track and jumpers for a neat solution. Maybe there is an equivalent for you? Very much enjoy your posts and thank you for taking the trouble to produce such entertaining and informative videos. Regards Stephen.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stephen! Very glad you are following along. I really need to do something on that entrance- especially since many of the would be operators are a tad older and I think I would have several sprawled out on the floor if I made them crawl under the lift out section! MEDIC....MEDIC!
@jimsmoter4510
5 жыл бұрын
Nice layout enjoyed the tour . We have gotten some snow here in MN in the twin cities area also all be it maybe 1/2 an inch or so ,so no where near your 8-9 inches ..
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Jim- that isn't bad. Total at the airport was reported as 13", but we didn't get that much. Lake Effect is very localized- can literally have nothing a few miles away and over a foot here!
@adriengadson3544
5 жыл бұрын
You could by a Wahl set of clippers to trim up your static grass that you may need to trim especially in between the tracks. The cheap pair is only like 20 bucks. Anyway a lot of the landscape looks good and will be watching to see some of the new scenes come together.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I may try that- I have a cheap clipper. That or a weed wacker....
@Kevin-ev7hw
5 жыл бұрын
Thank You Rob for the update on the Bennett Railroad. I would Volunteer to be on your shake down crew on the layout! But I would have to bring a sleeping bag and camp overnight in the basement. hehehehehehee
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
We will have you guard the room so the cat doesn't get in there...
@johnzacharias3660
5 жыл бұрын
I have used plastic caps 2ft in long that go over the rails. Works great. I have a roll of it i could send you some. For doing static grass.
@apmazurka
5 жыл бұрын
Looking Great to Me!
@MITracks
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you could take a mustache trimmer to buzz back the static grass rather than taking it out and starting over
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I did try a cheap trimmer- works okay but some of the "blades" are laid over and won't trim out. Maybe I should fire up my string line trimmer...
@thesuneversets
5 жыл бұрын
Steelers have been around since 1933 so youre good!
@toddw6716
5 жыл бұрын
I love your backdrop
@jackcutler1059
5 жыл бұрын
From a GE transformer factory in Pittsfield MA to a circle-W transformer factory in Sharon PA - sounds like your loyalties have shifted! LOL
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
LOL- well, have you heard about GE lately? Plus having worked for GE for 28 years and then hearing how "leadership" was acting and operating all while telling us to follow their Spirit and the Letter- yeah, maybe they should have read and adhered to it. But I am not bitter at all...Plus Westinghouse really was in Sharon, so it is a bit more prototypical.
@wmcwings4343
5 жыл бұрын
Really looking great Rob! Do you realize how many years ago you started this project?? Ever get the feeling that you will NEVER be finished?
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
YES- but I am really trying to get it to that 90% level, start operating and then work the little details over time. I will get there!
@frankneher9192
5 жыл бұрын
When you get to operations let me know and I will make a trip up there to run.
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I am hoping early in the new year...want to get a little more scenery/structures in place. But I am getting there...
@chazzyb8660
5 жыл бұрын
6:00 - shame they didn't get their hands on a generation of New York based property developers… 11:20 I guess the tele-comms mast didn't survive the "Back to the Past" purge. I wonder though if you need to be so strict. It's a layout after all, why can't it be in two time periods? At this rate the Dinor is going to have to revert to being a station? I mean I'm in two zones now, till I catch up. 12:00 And I'm sure they didn't have graffiti like that in the 50s. But you surely can't loose the underpass. It's iconic to the layout. 15:45 No:1 razor? 25:50 I guess that's why Shorty labelled everything when he had visitors. Looking good though… Nothing like having visitors to make you clean up!
@SouthernTennessean
5 жыл бұрын
Awsome
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@phil-iv3ki
5 жыл бұрын
The track going to stagging put a tunnel portal make look like it gose in a mountain
@edeptula2992
5 жыл бұрын
Rob as usual beautiful work on the layout. I’m sure you’ve been asked this before, what are you using for editing software for your videos?
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I am using Power Director for video editing. Seems to do the job for me. I am using version 15 at the moment.
@jamesyoung1127
5 жыл бұрын
your layout is really looking goooooooood!!!! love it. your attention to scenic detail is great. what i would like to ask you is how you made your building flats in the yard. i am in n scale and i am looking to make some or buy some but i dont know what i need or where to get it. is it walthers moudular buildings or what else could be used. if you could give me some info that would be great. thank you for sharing jim
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Jim- I did videos on all of those buildings- they are mostly Walthers background buildings. The large one at the end is from The N Scale Architect. Take a look at the Kit Build playlist.
@jamesyoung1127
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 hey thanks i really appreciate it. have been looking for some good looking background buildings
@17leeward
4 жыл бұрын
Just been randomly going through your videos. I notice that you're talking about replacing a ME turnout with a Peco one. Have you stopped using Fast Track turnouts?
@AndyCrawford_NorfolkWestern
5 жыл бұрын
I use a set of clippers on much of my static grass anyway. I grass over much of the side trackage on my 1950 layout, since it’s pre-RoundUp or whatever chemical they use these days. In my era, pre-EPA, and bring that they were so readily available in the time of steam locos, they spread cinder along the sides of the right of way and even ballast many side tracks. However the cinders weren’t horribly effective apparently, and based on photos, I’ve been grassing along the right of way and onto the lesser used side tracks. I use mostly 4mm for that and use a set of dedicated clippers to cut to size. Being that 4mm would be just over a foot high in HO anyway, I cut random lengths shorter. I do massively overweight my cars as Mike Confalone has began to popularize lately, so it hasn’t proven to be an issue for me. Using the oversized rayon fibers and cutting them back also produces a less regular look. However, for lawns and manicured grass I use the clippers too, and will do different heights on adjoining lawns to show off the one lazy neighbor that’s not as diligent with his lawn care... :) As to the stalling, if clipping the grass isn’t enough to solve it, and with regard to the grade crossing, I’ll give the answer so many people have such mixed feelings about... capacitors are your friend. Current Keepers, Keep Alive, or DIY caps, whatever brand or solution, I’m a big fan. I do subscribe to Joe Fugate’s ideas that it’s cheaper to equip locos than power frogs, and it solves so many misc problems, and even lets you be a bit lazier about track cleaning. That feels like a good thing. In my case this makes the most sense, as I’m quite sure dead-rail will be in my future at some point. I enjoyed the updated tour, it’s nice to follow along, as I do, but it’s good to get a big picture view of all the work you’ve done in the past year or so. Good work as always! I am really looking forward to the docks and engine facilities as well, and since I’m a little wrapped up in making the trees with sagebrush as I do, I’m also looking forward to following your work when you get into the building suitable sized trees. I, like you, subscribe to the scale trees sizing, and many of my foreground trees are in the 12-14” range. Keep trucking brother... or maybe “railroading” along, and thanks for sharing!
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
Andy- great comment I really appreciate it. I do have a cheap hair trimmer that I used. I may just need to trim it some more- this is the first time I have tried this. I am learning as I go. And I have been considering current keepers- why not? I hate cleaning track- if we ever get a reliable, efficient dead-rail/battery system I would change to it in a heartbeat. I do think we will get there some day. I will keep plugging away and keep posting updates- thank you very much for watching!
@AndyCrawford_NorfolkWestern
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 Yes battery solutions are difficult at the moment. They are doable, but I see charging and battery management as the most difficult problem atm. Who wants to go down and check charge on all loco's prior to an op session? As well as needing to monitor battery health to replace batteries as needed... Duncan over at Tam Valley did have a pretty nice dead rail transmission solution, if not easily marketable due to FCC restrictions, thankfully its now being sold by another vendor who should give that product some legs. Its effectively a wireless DCC solution, abstracting signal from power. Then you could power from the rails with simple DC, using caps or not, and signal over the air. Its not bad, but I've decided to build my own for a few reasons. First, I am a EE with my USAF experience in somewhat similar capabilities, although I'll use technology that didn't exist 20 years ago when I served. I also have the benefit of modeling large steam power on the N&W in 1950, with those large mallet's and aux water tenders on long haul runs. So fitting reasonable batteries won't be an issue. I believe I'm gonna use the fairly standard 18650 cell's, as the first Tesla's used (they now use a slightly different but still round, form factor), but I still may use flat packs, and likely will use flat packs for my passenger loco and some others that have short run times. An 18650 should give me a couple hours of run time, and I'm thinking I can fit in 2. Plus with an aux water tender I can daisy chain another pair in. I'm gonna use ESP-32 modules, for control. That's an Arduino like, or Arduino compatible, wireless networking equipped micro controller... I'm definitely using ESP-32's for signaling, turnouts, and accessory control, and there's native support for ESP-32's in JMRI. This gives me a nice way to report battery level and health, and I'm gonna post that into a database so it will be easy to have a JMRI screen that shows each loco and it's battery stats, so I can eliminate all the checks required prior to operating and just be able keep everything at a readiness level. Also, with good battery management controllers (BMC) charging through the rails is viable, as I will do in staging and at a few key locations on the visible layout, like under the water tower(s). Adds a nice operational element, in the event you need a charge out on the layout, during your run or when I'm just fun running. My biggest issue is this, I still need to wire the rail, while I can skip frogs and messy trackwork wiring, I still need detection for signals, so I am wiring the track and will continue to do so. I even wire the frogs, because, well... I have been wrong before... there was this one time in '93... I digress :) Just in case, easier to do it now, even if the green wire (I know green should be ground, I am a EE, but green = frog = Kermit... Ok, that's prolly not good Algebra, but it makes for an interesting antidote) just hangs below the roadbed on the off chance that Kermit juicers, I mean frog juicers are necessary. Oh, but a Kermit juicer, that's a model railroad meme if ever I seen one, with a juiced up, body builder Kermit on the packaging. But anything that simplify's wiring is a good thing, so I will just have DC power on the rails for detection, and it should just be a low voltage, enough for the 10k resistors on the wheelsets to be detectable. Also, without signaling or even powering from the rails normally, I don't need C-coils for current detection, I can just use the $2 current detectors for use with Arduino's and other micro controllers or possibly even just do a trigger on the ground rail, if it gets power, then something is shorting the rails together, even if it's over a resistor or load of some kind. Since that's exactly how the prototype does it, I'm encouraged to wire all rails, but simplify the DCC signal side of the equation, simplify the power and detection to the rails component, and build the battery management component. It's not for everyone to do right now, but my EE background and current work as an IT professional plus programming experience should let me build out a DIY solution personally. I expect what I'm building to be usable by others once I've figured it all out, and have a couple fellow model railroaders working with me on it as well, we will come up with something cool. In the long term, I expect when you buy a locomotive in 20 years, the battery mAh will just be a stat you look at as well or expect as normal as DCC is today. Regardless, I'm not willing to give up JMRI or the advancements we've made with DCC, with decoders as awesome as the Loksound decoders are today. So my solution is still gonna be DCC, just transmitted over WiFi. Admittedly many people's experience with their cheap home WiFi isn't that great, and they don't expect that to be robust enough to depend on for operating, but you can quite easily build out a robust wireless network quite cheaply today with Ubiquiti wireless equipment. It's my instinct that it's easier to solve the wireless reliability problem as opposed to solving all the various problems with DCC signalling over the horrible contact surface problem we have with DCC over the rails. Anyway, just my $0.02, maybe $0.04, or -$0.02, depending on how you take to my wordy explanations of things... Happy model railroading brother! And my fellow Veterans; Never Forget!
@espeemike3698
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Stephen, nice update of your progress. How much concrete tie track did you replace when you backdated the layout? Mike
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
WELLLLLL....didn't actually replace any. I just painted over it! If you look close you can tell, but otherwise it blends in okay.
@cpflogsubdivision450
5 жыл бұрын
At 16:20 you talk about the grass being to high. try a battery operated beard trimmer www.walmart.ca/en/ip/schick-hydro-5-mens-hydrating-gel-reservoir-4-in-1-groomer/881911 Like this. i have used it and it works well to trim the grass.
@eminem29fan
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Stephen Bennett, 12m 35s in for yr lift out section... may i suggest something easy to get around/through that spot like a Bridge?
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I have considered that. I was wanting to make the section a swinging gate, full width, that I could scenic and match into the adjoining sections of the layout. But I am struggling with how to do that. Such carpentry/mechanical skills are not my strong point!
@AndyCrawford_NorfolkWestern
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 You should check out Ralph Renzetti's swing gate, it's really something. The scenery even blends in so well that you can barely tell it's gaped. You should hop on to one of our nightly KZitem Model Builders video chats. We're on at appear.in/youtubemodelbuilders nearly every night, least someone is on every night, even if work keeps me away more than I would prefer. Ralph is a prolific weathering expert, but his swing gate is as good as I've seen...
@eminem29fan
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 swing section huh? want to be swing the end where it latches would need a swing clearance, so it can swing open n shut smoothly n still have the track's line up perfectly
@roberttrainor7659
5 жыл бұрын
@@robbennett1965 Check out ken Patterson on whats neat this week, I cant remember the episode but he did exactly what you are wanting to do with the bridge section, might be helpful to learn from
@budrindfleisch9445
5 жыл бұрын
Who makes those mountain backdrops?
@robbennett1965
5 жыл бұрын
I got those thru Backdrop Junction. Good to work with and I had a custom set made (from their current offerings) and they blended the different scenes together for me.
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