2023 05 03 CB&Q V5 Monthly Update #42
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- This is layout construction update #42, for 3 May 2023, on my HO Scale model railroad layout.
In this update I talk about new trackwork, ongoing work on the Powder River stock pens, 3D printing, installing and painting backdrop panels, and starting the build of the Central Valley Model Works through truss bridge.
The layout represents the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Chicago & North Western Railway in central Wyoming during the timeframe 1930-1945. The layout is all steam except for the Doodlebugs that were used in passenger service between Casper and Lander. Model locomotives include Proto 2000 , Broadway Limited, Spectrum and Bachmann.
The layout features Fast Tracks turnouts and fully weathered rolling stock. All mainline curves are superelevated. The layout is multi-deck with nearly nine scale miles of mainline track. One of the key scenic features is a twenty-plus foot long representation of the Wind River Canyon near the center of the state.
The layout is run by a radio NCE Power Pro DCC system, augmented with wi-fi using a Wifitrax WFD-31 and TCS UWT-50 throttle.
Backdrops are panoramic photos of the actual locations around the state. Track arrangements in most towns on the layout are based on Sanborn maps of the towns in the 1930's and 1940's. Industries, with only one or two exceptions, are representative of actual industries that existed in each town during my modeled period.
This series of videos is published monthly on the 3rd.
Link to the Poposia Mine short:
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As usual, a well produced, educational and inspirational look at your layout. It's clear that you are so much more than just a pipe-fitter! 😃
Thanks Rick! (but don't sell pipefitters short!)
As always, great to see the update and thoroughly enjoy the production. 👏🏽👏🏽
Hi Charlie! Thanks!
Mark wonderful video nice work.
Thanks Andy!
Great update, Mark!
Thanks Kevin! Op session in late June - hope you can make it up again.
I always look forward to you updates. Thanks for sharing Mark.
Thanks Steve!
Great build report Mark, things are moving right along!
Thanks Dennis!
Beautiful work.
Thanks Scott!
Thanks for the update, looks like it was a productive month. Looking forward to seeing the completion of the Stock Pens and the Bridge. - Paul
Thanks Paul! I'm looking forward to finishing those too!
I Forgot it was the 3rd. Another good update. That house came out great. As always, great video presentation. Could watch all day if it was that long.
Thanks Steve! All day long would take months to make. Then I'd have no time for a layout.
@@mapruitt or you could say you get to work on it enough to have enough content for make a full day long video.
Outstanding Video Mark, The fence, pens, building and bridge are awesome, truely a Craftsman at work, maybe a pipefitter in your spare time, lol Have a great week, stay well also.
Thanks Rob!
Hi Mark, everything seems to be progressing nicely and some lovely modelling too, I particularly like the stock pens and that girder bridge even though it seems a little tricky on the instructions!
Cheers for now Mark, John
Hi John, thanks! I'm having a great time building the stock pens! Probably got 20 hours into them so far. The bridge is also fun, but it would be more fun if my skills were better and if I could make heads or tails out of some of the instructions.
hi Mark nice update this month , I hope those 3D ties work out for you. Look forward to the next one .
Thanks Jerry
I'm sure glad you sold that turntable, so you won't be trying to pawn it off on me, and trying to convince me I needed it on my layout. hahaha Glad someone else liked the turntable enough to relieve you of it. Also glad you didn't totally destroy me in your video. haha Looking forward to returning to help with the swingout bridge next week. In order to help with the time, I hope you will take the time between now and then to cut all the pieces, so that when I arrive, we can gitter done before 5:00PM, when I HAVE to leave for home!!!! Great update as always!!!! looking forward to visiting next week!!!
Well, I decided to be nice to you (it was close, though! 😁). I'll cut the plywood sheet to the right profile, but beyond that it will be cut and fit, cut and fit. So we'll see how it goes. Looking forward to next week!
@@mapruitt You DO realize I only have a few hours to help you, so I would suggest you do a LOT more than that!!! HAHA I know you're trying to get some work out of me, but I work harder at getting out of work, incase you haven't noticed.
@@mapruitt Thank you for being so nice!!!! I DO appreciate that!!!!!
Nice video. I to print my Tie Inserts. The FDM printers seems to produce a better product for this purpose than my resin printer. Now that I have painted the ties etc. the look real good and you do not see them. The speed factor is amazing. minutes to get an entire 12 track yard done.
Thanks! I started with a tie template I found on Thingyverse, then went on to design my own from measurements I took off a Fast Tracks Quicksticks tie strip I had. I hope they look good when painted.
Wow, A Great Month. Now Repeat..... see you on 6.03.23.
TG out
Thanks Tom! June 3rd it is!!
Hey Mark, Love your stock pens. You said you ordered more railing for your pens. Could you share the information on the railing types and where you ordered them from? I plan on about three small stock pens for my layout, and just curious as to where you are getting your material from for your pens.
Found your channel before you moved to Wyoming and went back and watched all of your videos. Your layout is coming together nicely. I am always excited to see your new video in my CZcams notifications! Keep on keeping on.
Thanks! The stock pen fence railing is from Mt. Albert (Fast Tracks). It's scale 2X10 basswood. The posts are 8X8 (probably a bit oversized).
I only need two things to continue my layout. Retirement and a winning lottery ticket. 😏
I hear you, Frank. It took me a whole lifetime (almost) to get to retirement!
It was nice meeting you at the North Platte show. Any plans on attending the show in Cheyenne on the 15th and 16th? They put on a pretty decent show.
Hi Robert. Nice meeting you as well. I was planning on going to the Cheyenne show, but last I heard it was cancelled. Check out this link: www.shermanhillrails.org/trainshow
@@mapruitt well, crud. I was planning to go to the show, and maybe even take our 3-1/2 year old grandson. Grrr.
@@kevinbohnenblust5844 yeah, it's a bummer. When I went a couple years ago, it attracted a lot more folks than North Platte - close enough to draw strongly from Denver, I think. I was going to take everything I didn't sell in North Platte (all the expensive locos!) to that show.
@@mapruitt well that pulls wind.
@@kevinbohnenblust5844 I hope they have the show next year. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of going to the Evanston show Aug 4-6.