Week 107

Week 107

Sunday, August 14, 2016 - Saturday, August 20, 2016

Sunday, August 14, 2016

TRAIN SHOW

DuPage County Fair Grounds

Here's what I bought with Jordan Osborn

Weathered Box Car $12

Yard Spot Light $4

Entry Fee $7

5 3' Code 100 Atlas Flex Track $16.50

Total Spent: $39.50

Only brought $40 so that's pretty close!

And here's what I accomplished on the railroad tonight...

 I prepared the Wester Avenue street base for the cork subroadbed.

 Then I glued the base for the cork subroadbed.

Put the cork down and then place weights to keep in place and level.

Monday, August 15, 2016

 I finished preparing the base for the cork subroadbed.

 Glue.

 Cork.

 Weights.

 Now for the roadbed.

Glue.

Weights.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

TRAIN DAY!

Present: Jordan, Dean, Carlos, Curt

Absent: Josh & Ed.

Mondays: Rob Fair

 Dean Hatzis picking up the pieces.

 Jordan Osborn at the controls.

Look how seriously he takes his assignment.

 Carlos Baez at his troubleshooting perch.

Carlos Baez found out the frog points needed to be sanded down a bit.

Problem solved.

Dean Hatzis clearing the workspace so he can get something done!

Length: .14s

Carlos Baez aka Dr. Carlos troublshooting a constant derail of the Metra 132

Length: .32s

Dean Hatzis picking up more pieces.

We decided to pull out the sidewalk pieces since they weren't sticking.

We also decided to pull out the asphalt road because of the notches in the highway to accommodate the bend. We'll have the solution at a future session. Stay tuned.

Carlos Baez back to soldering the California Yard feeder wires to tracks.

Saturday, August 20, 2016
I had to remove the asphalt as stated before.
Here's what it looks like now.