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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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The Valley Local: Fun Stuff Friday
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Just one day left. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Receive New Posts Automatically. View my complete profile. You May Also Like . . . Middletown 366 Daily stories from Middletown's 366-Year History. 1995: First Woman Mayor of Middletown. Resin Car Works Blog. A Milwaukee Road Automobile Box Car with Chad Boas Resin Parts. Appearance of PFE reefers, Part 2. Port Rowan in S scale. Say hello to the new DCC system. Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway. What the hell is he doing?
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The Valley Local: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Starting the Saybrook Backdrop. Over the weekend I finished the the rest of the L-girder supports and calculated how many joists I'll need (esp. now that I discovered more 1x3s. And approximately how long they need to be (though length can be adjusted later). Next, I turned my focus back to the Old Saybrook area. Seems just about every task in this area is tied to another and needs to be done in a certain order. I'd already mocked up the wye benchwork. You'll notice that there's s...
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The Valley Local: Slow Summer Sunday: Simple Subscription & 'site
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Slow Summer Sunday: Simple Subscription and 'site. Somebody recently mentioned that they enjoyed the blog (which is always. Appreciated), but often forgot to check in. And during particularly productive times like now, he'd miss a bunch of posts. Well, there's an app for that. If you're in the blog (as opposed to the website. All you have to do is type in your email address and hit "Submit" and you will automatically receive new posts (natch'! And speaking of the website. That's a ...
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The Valley Local: Fun Stuff Friday (Eve): Eating in the Freighthouse
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Fun Stuff Friday (Eve): Eating in the Freighthouse. Ok, so it's not Friday quite yet - but it IS Friday Eve. Too early to talk about eating! With all the talk about modeling Old Saybrook structures. It's really pretty cool that not only is the Old Saybrook station still being used. As an actual real-live railroad passenger station, the old freight house is still being used too - as a pizza restaurant! PizzaWorks, Saybrook Junction, Old Saybrook, CT. When you tire of seeing HO tr...
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The Valley Local: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Bridging the Chasm
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Now that my first layout tour. Is in the rear-view mirror, it's nice to get a little bit of a breather from the manic and intense activity of the last bunch of weeks - but I know. That I'm most motivated when I have a goal to work towards. So the only question is, " what should I do next? Areas as I go. Your answer - or at least my answer - to this question probably depends on what excites you more. What gives you the most motivation? Starting way b...
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The Valley Local: Wordless Wednesday #80
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Left Brain vs. Right Brain. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Receive New Posts Automatically. View my complete profile. You May Also Like . . . Middletown 366 Daily stories from Middletown's 366-Year History. 1995: First Woman Mayor of Middletown. Resin Car Works Blog. A Milwaukee Road Automobile Box Car with Chad Boas Resin Parts. Appearance of PFE reefers, Part 2. Port Rowan in S scale. Say hello to the new DCC system. Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway. On the Valley L...
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The Valley Local: The Best Job on the (model) Railroad: The Agent-Operator
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Thursday, July 10, 2014. The Best Job on the (model) Railroad: The Agent-Operator. Can a model railroad based on such a line be exciting to run? I think so, and one effective way is to add an Agent-Operator - the most realistic job on a model railroad. I'll have to credit my friend Randy. With turning me on to this position. At an operating session (the best ideas always. So that takes care of how your train moves and where it goes. But what about what it does along the way? As the train arrives at each ...
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The Valley Local: Wordless Wednesday #81
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Receive New Posts Automatically. View my complete profile. You May Also Like . . . Middletown 366 Daily stories from Middletown's 366-Year History. 1995: First Woman Mayor of Middletown. Resin Car Works Blog. A Milwaukee Road Automobile Box Car with Chad Boas Resin Parts. Appearance of PFE reefers, Part 2. Port Rowan in S scale. Say hello to the new DCC system. Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway. Annual Open House - Nov. 19th. On the Vall...
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The Valley Local: Saybrook Station Mockup
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. No matter how good you are at designing your layout on paper (whether actual or virtual), you'll always need to make minor - and sometimes major - adjustments when you actually get around to building it. It never fails - when you convert something from 2D to 3D it seldom fits precisely as you thought it would. Or maybe that's just me. One very important aid in building a layout is buildings. You do a mockup. Of course, it helps if you have a plan - not just a plan of attack, but ...
