{"id":1984,"date":"2008-12-04T23:48:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T04:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2008-12-06T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T04:30:33","slug":"finishing-the-carfloat-finishing-the-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=1984","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the Carfloat. Finishing the Track"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out with the fun, in with the dull<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I finally had some time to finish the carfloat.\u00a0 Since the glueing test for the gravel onto the deck went well I decided to finish the rest of it.\u00a0 To start I sprinkled some Woodland scenics black gravel around the rails.\u00a0 I then augmented that with some crushed real coal I had on hand.\u00a0 I have no idea where it came from, but it is great stuff.\u00a0 Two bags, one fairly large and consistant, and another bag of very fine, dusty coal.\u00a0 I start with the coarse stuff and add some fine stuff on top.\u00a0 This mix looks very authentic.\u00a0 All one size never looks right.<\/p>\n

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I soaked the deck down well with some water sprayed on from a mister.\u00a0 This was followed up with some Woodland Scenics glue applied with an eyedropper.\u00a0 This was done as carefully as possible to avoid getting too much glue on the deck. When dry, any excess glue would likely be quite noticeable.<\/p>\n

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The result is a nice mess.\u00a0 When dry, I’ll post some shots of it.<\/p>\n

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Just then, the dogs arrived for their evening adoration.\u00a0 Here’s receiving his nightly dose, seems to be enjoying it well.<\/p>\n

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A job I have been avoiding is to solder on all the remaining PC board ties to the finished turnouts.\u00a0 Initially I was going to use wood ties to complete the trackwork, but I have since decided to use all PC board ties for added strength.\u00a0 Fitting and soldering all those in place is a bit of a tedious job that I have been avoiding.<\/p>\n

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To make the job easier, I used the original CAD files I used for the design work to cut a simple jig from cardboard to help align all the ties.\u00a0 This sped the job up a bit by holding all the ties in place while I soldered.<\/p>\n

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Ties soldered in place to one of the #3 turnouts.<\/p>\n

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The switch points will be cut free from the turnout and hinges formed using rail joiners.<\/p>\n

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One #3 three way curved turnout with the PC board ties in place.<\/p>\n

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Ties complete.\u00a0 See, a bit of a dull job.\u00a0 Unfortunatly there is a ton if it to do yet.\u00a0 I really should focus on this process to get the trackwork finished before the next show.\u00a0 Only problem is, there is nothing interesting to take a picture of…<\/p>\n

-T.<\/p>\n

On to Next Section<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out with the fun, in with the dull I finally had some time to finish the carfloat.\u00a0 Since the glueing test for the gravel onto the deck went well I decided to finish the rest of it.\u00a0 To start I sprinkled some Woodland scenics black gravel around the rails.\u00a0 I then augmented that with some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}