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2004 Progress -
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also links to the original progress pages of 2004 - above.
Progress picked up in
January
as Chris and Paul forged
ahead with the switches on the front of the layout and they are now all
in place (although not wired or motored) and working! Even Steve has
had a go at laying switches in the fiddle yard to provide new storage
sidings - he has also finished most of the work on the third building.
Progress also continued well in
February and
March. Chris put finishing touches to the turnouts and trackwork on the front of
the layout and Paul removed, wired and replaced two baseboards as he starts the
laborious task of wiring the layout.
Although we will use DCC eventually, he
is wiring for standard operation at the start with four blocks.
Chris starting on the finishing touches at the baseboard joints,
Chris
has also built and placed a model weighscale (non-functioning
- see photo
#707).
Progress has slowed a little in quarter
2 -
mainly as Chris focused on
building replacement lighting gantries for
taking club layouts to exhibitions. However, Paul finished his sixth board (all in the storage yard) - the
wiring really is beautiful if you like that sort of thing - and
started on the front boards.
By early
June, all the four rear baseboards and the end boards had been wired and tests
have ensured that trains will run. Paul started on the wiring of the front
boards later in June.
Steve has been
doing some scenic modelling on the front wall and making a lot of noise carving
stones out of plaster with his mini-drill.
Steve worked on the wall along the Lehigh
river - more details can be found on a separate page -
the river wall.
Chris continued to focus on building
replacement lighting gantries for taking club layouts to exhibitions and
finished them for the exhibition at the end of October. Paul continued
with the wiring, and finished most of the boards on the front of the
layout as well. Steve continued scenic modelling on the "Lehigh River"
at the front of the layout and made good progress.
And
right, after some painting. First
spray-painting with tan, then darker grey, and finally dry-brushing with light
grey. The river finish is temporary - finalising it more at this stage would
result in damage as areas behind are modelled. There will also be a lot of
greenery added later.
We speeded up
in quarter 4 - Chris moved on to building the bridge over the railroad (and over the river in the
prototype) - see the special bridge
page. Paul continued with the wiring, and has now finished all
of the boards - a high quality piece of work. Steve inserted pairs of
ceramic magnets from Radio Shack under the track work at the front to act as
uncouplers, and is working on the 4th and 5th buildings on Susquehanna Street.
The photo extravaganza below was mainly taken on the open day at the start of
December.
