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The Valley Local: July 2015
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Fun Stuff Friday - Ballasting. I know, I know, you don't usually associate ballasting with "fun," do you? Well, you're clearly doing it wrong! Check out the video below for proof:. Having trouble spreading and tamping the ballast on your model railroad? Tiny rocks getting everywhere, except where you want them? Lots of itsy bits left on top of the ties? Try using an orbital sander to vibrate those little grains and nestle them snugly in-between the ties, where they belong! Here's (...
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Randy's Layout Blog: Reworking Benchwork
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Friday, July 10, 2015. Chris stopped by to help rework the benchwork on the east side of town to make room for Hardware City Fuel Co. and also to improve the quality of the benchwork itself. So I started disassembling the benchwork and then found out Chris would be able to make it over to help. This is a little earlier look at the patchwork sections of the benchwork here. Last Friday w...
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Randy's Layout Blog: July 2015
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Thursday, July 23, 2015. Of course, once I got started I need to fit some track to it, to get the spacing and depth of the I-beams correct. Then I wanted to color it a bit, which led to ballasting a side because I wanted to experiment with the track buried in the ground, which then meant I had to weather it. Links to this post. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Shoreline Aerial Photos 1992.
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Randy's Layout Blog: February 2014
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Thursday, February 20, 2014. Well, not quite. I'm helping work on a layout for Harvey and he's said that I can include his layout on the blog. So today I'm working on the saw mill. Here's the start of day picture:. I built a retaining wall the night before, and here I'm filling the spaces with grout:. So I spent the day doing basic groundcover (more grout), decided that the road would ...
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Randy's Layout Blog: Aaarrgggh!
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Monday, July 20, 2015. It's still doing it. I have no idea why, in some places, the scenic glue is drying white. I have used thinned Elmers, Elmer's school glue, Mod Podge, and this time Future (well, Pledge Floor Care Finish) which is clear to start with. It doesn't do this anywhere else that I'm trying this except my layout. July 20, 2015 at 9:35 PM. July 20, 2015 at 11:56 PM. Im usi...
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Randy's Layout Blog: Shoreline Aerial Photos 1992
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Shoreline Aerial Photos 1992. Not my era or area, but still an interesting series of photos of the old NH Shoreline in CT. July 31, 2015 at 3:31 PM. Thanks for the link, Randy. Great photos! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). People who post more than me. Last Friday was a very loooooong evening. But at least, it was extremely productive! Port Rowan in 1:64.
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Randy's Layout Blog: December 2013
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Sunday, December 8, 2013. The End of an Era. Well, it is with very mixed feelings that I direct you to Bill's most recent blog post. The point is, for the first time I really understood what prototype modeling was about, and I knew that this was exactly what I wanted to do with my layout. But there was still more to learn as I soon found out. Here's how Bill modeled Livingston Manor:.
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Randy's Layout Blog: October 2013
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Thursday, October 10, 2013. Working on more photos. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). People who post more than me. StJ&LC boxcar 2027 with its roof and door removed.could it be in the process of becoming a pulpwood car.nice clean paint job though. May 22, 1977 Mo. Last Friday was a very loooooong evening. But at least, it was extremely productive! Port Rowan in 1:64.
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Randy's Layout Blog: Ground Cover and Ballast
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Ground Cover and Ballast. My goal before the NE Proto Meet next year is to finish everything from the rail down. This will include some items above the rail (like the water column you see, which needs a little modification), but it will basically be all of the infrastructure that's needed. I don't know if I'll get to many buildings by then. Last Friday was a v...
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Randy's Layout Blog: June 2014
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Click Here to go to the New Britain Station main site for much more information on the New Haven Railroad and my layout. Tuesday, June 24, 2014. 36' Double Sheathed Box Cars. While I was researching hopper rosters I was looking at the various ways John Nehrich has broken down the 1949 fleet of freight cars on the RPI site. So not many 36' double sheathed cars at all. The percentage of composite to all steel box cars went from 56% in 1940 to 44% in 1945 and 31% in 1949. There were still 26,000 all wood bo...
