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Thank You, Richard. I'm really disappointed that I have no real updates and I have been stalling on this one section for about 4 months now. Hopefully within the next few days I will screw the section back in place and wire the light poles.
This week I did take a minute and cut two new sections from a 4X8 sheet of plywood. This must indicate I am wanting to move on to another section... But I will finish the present one first... March 19-14
Small update, I have remounted the section in its place and have most of the lights on that section now. Will wire them soon..I hope..
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Posted - April 07 2015 : 12:55:23 AM
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Recently cut two boards for sections of my layout. One section will have the Tyco Center Street series of buildings as seen in the photo. Sam's car lot is not pictured. I'm not sure the final placement of the Center Street buildings. The other section will have the Life -Like fire station, bank and the Tyco Church.. May put some homes on the rear of these sections. Not sure which section to tackle first...
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Posted - April 07 2015 : 1:47:19 PM
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I, too, am procrastinating sitting here fiddling with the
TF. What I gotta do right after getting off my duff is
lay down some more snow and grass on my 3x3
1880 layout. Sometimes ya just gotta do it. As
Newton said, objects in motion tend to stay in
motion, so I gotta get in motion. Yikes. Here we
go. Just one more minute...
If it helps, ya gotta super cool concept there. Put on
some music and git to work.
By the way, when I tried fusing slots with Tyco, one
idea I had was to try to rig up the train to a hand
held slot car throttle so as to try to race the slot cars
on the straights.
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Posted - April 08 2015 : 10:37:20 AM
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| In the 70s on my layout I would set the trains at a speed and let them run. Then we could concentrate on the slot cars...
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Posted - April 08 2015 : 11:19:11 AM
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Going to clean up this bridge, stick a few more shrubs in the overlaps, pour
water this afternoon, try a few icicles on the covered bridge and call it a day.
Tommorow, the grisly task of removing layers of glue, paint, etc from rails and
see if I can make it run.
Lot more work than I anticipated, but then the scenery has to be more rugged as
this layout is intended to bounce around and travel to shows and what not.
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 01:05:50 AM
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A photo shot of the sections that I am working on. Since photo , removed and covered with wood filler to smooth the surface. 2 large sections with two small sections that connect them. Not sure if the motel and Exxon will be behind the church.
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 9:39:12 PM
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| That is quite a spread there Walt. I'm forgetting how big that layout is? I dig the business district layout and the parking lot area behind the buildings . . . great place for trouble to start.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 01:20:03 AM
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| Thank You, Barry! Yes there is a lot of area to detail. 8 feet by 20. Seems like it's impossible to get it all covered. Getting ready to layout road bed and train tracks soon. Worst thing for now is Im only home a few days a week. I actually take pieces with me to work on while I'm gone at night.. But slowly making progress... I think...
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Posted - May 05 2015 : 12:57:40 AM
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A couple of updates; Thinking of using this 33X33 inch area for the Tyco truck terminal building with a bunch of the piggyback trucks & trailers. The only two buildings by the 4 lane will be the remaining "Center Street" school and Sam's Used Cars.
Have my A&P building near complete...
Found this Tyco school on eBay and plan to paint mine similar..
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Posted - May 05 2015 : 11:51:03 PM
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| With the size of your urban area Walt, I can see how you as the town administrator have some tough calls trying to give careful thought to the logic of the town layout. That is quite a spread. Gonna be some cool nooks and crannies when you get down to the nitty gritty. Keep the photos comin' Walt.
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Posted - May 06 2015 : 12:04:02 AM
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quote:With the size of your urban area Walt, I can see how you as the town administrator have some tough calls trying to give careful thought to the logic of the town layout. That is quite a spread. Gonna be some cool nooks and crannies when you get down to the nitty gritty. Keep the photos comin' Walt.
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 I have to agree with that one. 
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 06 2015 : 9:37:29 PM
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| Yes, Barry & Stephen... I have found myself recently concentrating on more than one area.. There is a lot to think about and much to do. I will tackle it as I can when I'm home in my spare time... I kinda like foolin' with this stuff... Sometimes...
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Posted - May 07 2015 : 12:10:29 AM
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| That school quite the find.
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Posted - May 08 2015 : 12:24:04 AM
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| The Tyco School is pretty cool, Jeff. I like the mildly colorful additions to the one in photo...:)
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Posted - May 08 2015 : 10:24:56 AM
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yeah that skool is part of the Tyco/IHC Center Street series
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycokitsandbuildings/id49.html
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Posted - May 17 2015 : 12:32:29 AM
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Spotted this Tyco Truck Terminal kit on ebay for $25.00 plus $10.00 S/H.. Or make offer. I sent a low offer of $15.00 and the seller accepted it! This building will go on the 33X33 inch section mentioned / pictured above... This is the final building that I will buy for my layout... Have had a little time to partially assemble the truck Terminal with a mist coat of black on the roof and painting the doors... Will add more detail...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381253822529?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT/tyco/forum/uploaded/walt/20150517012737_TrucTerm.jpg
Some new Life-Like light poles here. Thinking on using these along the main 4 lane "downtown" area.. Paid a little too much for them... I wanted these because they have the 30 MPH speed signs on them... I needed 17, I now have 21...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/walt/20150525000645_Life Like Gas.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311362349887? _trksid=p2057872.m2748.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Walt/20150527190052_image.jpg
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Walt/20150530214606_image.jpg 20 or so truck trailers sitting around...
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Posted - May 27 2015 : 9:58:51 PM
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| I like those lightpoles, great retro feel. The speed limit signs on them are really cool.
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Posted - June 04 2015 : 7:06:55 PM
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Been spending a little time on this section with 6 Center Street buildings on one side. I have made the street side meter parking area into the board . Will detail the cement curb area later. The Other two Center Street building will be on the other side of the street...
 
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Posted - June 04 2015 : 11:21:05 PM
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That's a nice rendition of a downtown block. The parking lane's a nice touch.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - July 08 2015 : 01:39:55 AM
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Thank You, Shaggy...
I'm not sure how much of the sidewalk detail I have for the Center Street section. May need more parking meters, hydrants, mailboxes, and dogs and cats. I like using those pieces from the center street series buildings.. I'll have to do some digging thru boxes...
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Posted - July 08 2015 : 10:09:03 AM
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Very realistic scene there Walt. Always enjoy seeing what comes next.
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Posted - July 11 2015 : 9:00:20 PM
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| Thank You, Richard... Getting some things done, but not focused on one area or section.
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Posted - July 12 2015 : 10:56:11 PM
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Trying to finish up these two Center Street buildings. These will be across the street from the other 6 Center Street series kits... Not sure where they will be placed, together or at each corner of the section... Have all the piece to the school not shown in photo.
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Posted - August 09 2015 : 01:18:34 AM
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Added a couple of nearly finished buildings pics. Replaced one photo tonight
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Posted - September 01 2015 : 01:19:55 AM
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Update; Ordered 25 (5 packs of 5) Atlas nickel silver 3 ft flex track and some 24 radius curves along with two 36 packs of Woodland Scenics road bed. Also have 5 boxes of Life-Like trees coming in the mail this week. NOTE; the seller in the link is very good. Reasonable fast shipping on most items and free shipping on orders $69.00 or over.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331220923540?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111736535222?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371335412727?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Posted - September 02 2015 : 10:51:00 PM
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Thinking about adding these homes to the rear section shown behind the stores. I like the way Life-Like displayed them in the photo. I dug out these 3 homes today. may use more than 3 in this section if I can...
  
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Posted - September 22 2015 : 9:50:14 PM
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Homes won't fit well behind stores on this section. Found the section they will be placed in and have drawn around the base of the 4 homes, very similar to the homes in the L-L photo with a 4th added.
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Posted - September 22 2015 : 10:00:49 PM
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| 'been a while Walt, since some photos of how the whole set-up is comin' along. I suspect it's gettin' to be quite a 'burb'.
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Posted - September 24 2015 : 12:52:31 AM
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| Hi, Barry! Summer had slowed me down quite a bit but I have been building some of my Life-Like homes and found where they are going to be placed. I'm not going to use the sectional board in this area. I have recently bought a bunch of nice spring time trees and evergreens to use around these homes, plus what ever else I can come up with... Also have the Center Street buildings section to work on...
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Posted - October 08 2015 : 5:42:23 PM
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I now have the four homes basically finished and have slapped a little wood putty on the board where they sit. Thinking of getting a really thin piece of plastic to build this section on...
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Posted - October 08 2015 : 10:15:20 PM
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| What's the wood putty Walt? To fill in irregularities in the board, or for landscaping?
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Posted - October 08 2015 : 11:35:21 PM
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| Hey, Barry. I was/am using the wood filler to make a nice smooth surface for the landscaping materials. I am considering buying a real thin piece of plexiglass or plastic, to build this section on. Want to change this section from the others some.
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Posted - October 11 2015 : 12:09:26 AM
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Decided to build this scene section directly on the tabletop. Smoothed a 24 X 30 inch area with the wood filler. Had to place a couple of homes with some of Life-Like's Spring trees. Will actually paint this area and add a winding one lane drive thru the homes and other detail..
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Posted - October 16 2015 : 12:47:43 AM
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Latest pic with smoothed painted surface with the 4 homes. Need to start on the grass turfs and landscaping...
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Posted - October 28 2015 : 8:58:08 PM
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A couple pics of my crossing area.
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Posted - October 29 2015 : 2:33:35 PM
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awesome :) i wish i had the space, I'm working on a layout that is 11X6.
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Posted - October 29 2015 : 8:19:57 PM
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| Thank You, Dan... I waited more than 13 years to have room for my 21 boxes of hobby pieces... I almost done 24 feet long and glad I didn't now.
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Posted - October 29 2015 : 11:45:03 PM
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| Boy Walt, with that crossing, everybody better be payin' attention.
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Posted - October 30 2015 : 8:36:11 PM
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| Yes, Barry. A lot can happen at that crossing area! The third rail crossing is a side track but will have trains on the other two going opposite directions... Then there's four car intersections ahead!!
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Posted - November 04 2015 : 10:47:49 PM
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Laying out some new Atlas track now. Waiting on two packs of Atlas assorted short pieces. Walt to get one complete rail around the layout. Then I'll do a second one, then the side tracks. I believe I will have 5 tracks where the pic shows 4. The 5th will be 8 foot long with a bumper on the end.
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Posted - November 05 2015 : 12:27:11 PM
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| Walt, I hope you've got space in that room for guests to come and view it. Looks to me like it's going to be one of those "gotta check this out" things. Be like going in one of the cooler stores in that existed yet in the late 50's and early 60's where you could here the trains roaring around the layout before you got to it.
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Posted - November 07 2015 : 11:00:27 PM
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Yes, Barry... There plenty of room in the basement around the layout for quite a crowd. I'm already getting some of that "I'd like to come over sometime and help you" do this or that...
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Posted - November 12 2015 : 6:43:58 PM
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Been pickin' up some new Atlas code 100 silver track lately. I have 25 pieces of the 3 foot flex track and need about 10 more. These three items come in the mail today. Couldn't pass up the "wye" piece...
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Posted - November 18 2015 : 12:07:22 AM
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Laying some track out where it will be placed on foam roadbed and ballast added. This is beginning to be fun now with all the track I've recently bought and more coming this week. Found on Ebay 4 buy it now Atlas #850 Switches with the remote motors for $9.88 and free shipping. I bought 3 of them... Have the Shinohara double crossover in transit, should arrive on Thursday...
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Posted - November 22 2015 : 01:45:31 AM
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A couple more pics of buys I've made last week... Left is a new Shinohara double crossover and the right is two new left handed Atlas switches with 6 inch straights to make a "single crossover"... 
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Posted - December 04 2015 : 9:50:12 PM
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December 3rd, I hooked up a transformer to one complete track around the layout. Also run the Tyco switcher 241, and my chessie 630. My first running train in 37 years...
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Posted - December 04 2015 : 11:46:38 PM
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| Pretty cool Walt. Looks like everyone got things done while this site was down. I can imagine that was quite fun runnin' that train for the first time.
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Posted - December 05 2015 : 7:04:37 PM
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| Yes, Barry. That was pretty cool to get another part of the layout going. Soon have to get the cork roadbed down with some ballast...
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Posted - December 11 2015 : 04:20:54 AM
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| Received on Thursday the Atlas nickel silver track that I had bought new on ebay. This completed all of my track needs minus 3 bumper tracks. Have the train track laid out and now have to prepare to place the roadbed , mount the track and add ballast... Layout getting interesting now...
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Posted - December 13 2015 : 10:03:34 PM
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Getting some rail cars out now. Had a corner where I put 3 side tracks to display some unused cars...
Plus a slot car photo ...
 
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