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…

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

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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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A Week in the Bronx

Time for some progress.

I am going to take the next week off and focus on getting some work done on the long ignored Bronx Terminal project. For a variety of reasons I haven’t been able to focus on it like I wanted to, but most of those reasons are behind me and I can get back to working on it again. (yay!)

The HO scale version of the project is to be portable so I can take it to shows, which always adds a great deal of complexity to the design. I broke up the master drawing of the terminal into pieces that will each fit onto a sheet of plywood. I am having the pieces cut out on a CNC Router with the rail lines plotted onto each section. See drawing below…

click on image to embiggen….

The cuts are all placed in areas so as not to cut through a turnout, which made of an odd shape. The sections are being cut now and I should have them later today. Over the next week I will post some more as I make progress on the benchwork part of the build.

-Tim

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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Ballasting TFM

Portable crossovers

Shortly after starting on the LaSalette module I inherited another small module that originally belonged to Trevor Marshall. Trevor’s Former Module (TFM) is a small portable crossover section that does not represent any particular location. I offered to take it on after Trevor realized he would not be able to contribute to the project due to other obligations. (wussy). (focused)

Tonight I spread and glued the ballast in place on the trackwork. We are meeting again this weekend for a trial run and I am hoping to have it ready to go by then.

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 | 02-05-2008 | 08:02 PM
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