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A week in the Dungeon

So far my “Week in the Bronx” hasn’t panned out so well. Its been closer to “A Week in the Dungeon”

I was hoping to spend as much time in the next week as possible working on the Bronx Terminal benchwork in an attempt to get it completed by the end of the week, so I can get back to modeling. I had arranged to have the plywood base cut on a CNC router, which worked very well…

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Now all I need is benchwork. To that end, I need to cut some wood. Since the layout room is now nice and clean and occupied by the LaSalette CASO module I didn’t want to move the saws back in there and dust it all up again. The garage behind the house is currently 98% full of crap and unsuitable to working in in the winter. The new building is 98% full of Fast Tracks and unsuitable for layout building at any time, so the next option is the cellar (read:dungeon).

Ok, simple enough, there is lots of room down there, all it needs is a quick clean up.

Well, after two days it is only slightly better organized than it was when I started, but there is enough room to set up the saws and build some trains.

As soon as I build some benches to work on. Oh, and make a trip to the dump, and install some more plug sockets.

Should hang some lights too.

And sort out all the hardware.

Right after that, its “A week in the Bronx!”

-T

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 02-18-2008 | 10:02 PM
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White Tree

Any idea what it is?

I spotted this tree yesterday along the side of the road not far from here (Southern Ontario) . I don’t think I have ever seen one of these before. Its almost completely white, with no bark. Not a Birtch with its trademark paper bark, this has a smooth white surface and is quite large, like a full size oak or maple. Any ideas?

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-T

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 02-17-2008 | 10:02 AM
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Last years snow

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Since I ran out of good pictures from this year I have to resort to digging though last years. It looks a lot like this back there today so I figured this picture taken this time last year would do…

I might grab the camera and head out this afternoon for a while. Time to replenish the picture folders…

-T

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 02-16-2008 | 01:02 PM
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