{"id":2849,"date":"2009-03-23T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T18:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2009-03-25T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:33:04","slug":"installing-waterboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=2849","title":{"rendered":"Installing Waterboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days off in March for the annual pre-Doubleheaders Tour work blitz<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Again this year I will be taking part in the annual Doubleheaders Layout Tour, which is coming up this Saturday.\u00a0 It seems to have become a tradition in the week prior to the tour to take some time off and work on the layout, and this year is no exception.<\/p>\n

My goal is to get the new waterboard installed and painted.\u00a0 If I have the time, I would also like to make some more progress on the trackwork and prepare a collection of images to display on our portable show display.<\/p>\n

So, to that end, I am working on finishing the installation of the new waterboard.\u00a0\u00a0 “The waterboard” is what I am calling the new surface I am using on the layout where the water scene will be modeled.\u00a0 The first attempt was too small and too low, so I am making a new one.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When I drew up the plans for the replacement waterboard I included pilot holes so I would be certain I was only screwing it to the layout through the ribs.\u00a0 If a screw was inserted in one of the hollowed out pockets it would have warped the surface.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Having the pilot holes spotted made finishing the drilling quick and accurate.\u00a0 A hole in the wrong location will drain the water.<\/p>\n

Just kidding.\u00a0 I’m not actually using water.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The holes are countersunk so when installed place I can hide the screw heads under some filler.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was not happy with this little lump along the edge of the waterboard.\u00a0 When I drew it up it looked ok, but once in place it kind of sticks out, so I decided to route it off.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Using my small laminate trimmer with a straight bit I shaped the edge into a more pleasing shape, freehand.\u00a0 A quick sanding and it looks much better.\u00a0 Will also make it easier to install some banding along the front.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I decided to give the bottom a quick coat of paint to seal it up.\u00a0 Also makes it smoother and less splinterier.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When I initially built the layout, I left about a 1\/4″ lip along the water section, to contain the poured resin I will use to model water.\u00a0 This now has to be removed to allow the new waterboard to sit flat onto the layout.<\/p>\n

I pondered this for about two weeks.\u00a0 I thought I would sand it off with a belt sander, but this would fill the house with dust and yelling.\u00a0 I decided since Masonite is simply thick paper I would try to cut if off with a utility knife.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Surprisingly, this works.\u00a0 A few passes with a sharp blade and I am able to slice through the Masonite.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now a word about this piece of shit knife.\u00a0 Sorry for the expletives, but this knife is really a piece of poorly designed crap.\u00a0 Fortunately I found it in the parking lot of Home Depot so I didn’t actually pay for it.\u00a0 I think it was planted there as a joke of some sort.\u00a0 Anyway, this piece of crap knife is incapable of holding onto the blade.\u00a0 The blade release button is strategically placed so a left handed person will frequently release the blade (see image above), therefore rendering it useless.<\/p>\n

The thing is, it is a hefty knife.\u00a0 When I found it I thought wow, what a hefty knife, this will be great for cutting the Masonite lip off my layout should I need to replace the waterboard four months from now.\u00a0 How dissapointed I am with this knife.<\/p>\n

I have another one, but it is upstairs, and I’m on holidays, so I made this one work.\u00a0 Anyway, enough about the knife.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

10 minutes and several knife related expletives later I am half way through the job.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All cut off.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I chipped off a piece of the finish near the end.<\/p>\n

I blame that knife.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A bit of glue and it is all patched up.\u00a0 Won’t really be noticeable as the edge of the waterboard will cover it.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I used the belt sander anyway.\u00a0 Not much dust though as I cut most of the material off already, just a light touch up to ensure the surface was nice and flat.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to screws, the waterboard will also be glued in place with some construction adhesive.\u00a0 This stuff is great, glues anything to anything.\u00a0 Permanently.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I left one of my Bronx Terminal cards under the new waterboard.\u00a0 A little note written on the back for whomever tears the layout apart someday.\u00a0 I like to leave little time capsules in all my models.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Waterboard finally being secured in place with lots of screws.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I applied a bead of the same adhesive along the joint of the new waterboard and the layout.\u00a0 This will seal the gap and make the addition permanent.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Since smooth plywood was not available in 5\/8″ thickness, I had to use sheeting, which has a rough surface.\u00a0 To smooth everything out I am skimming the surface with a light coat of Durabond 90.\u00a0 This is light, and drys fast, about the same time it takes to update this blog…<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All coated and waiting to dry.\u00a0 Maybe I should just model winter, then the job would be done.<\/p>\n

\"Waterboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Just in time, Vita came in for lunch and a dog cuddle.<\/p>\n

Next, sanding the surface, adding an edge band along the waterboard and painting.\u00a0 Will update again when complete.<\/p>\n

-T.<\/p>\n

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A few days off in March for the annual pre-Doubleheaders Tour work blitz Again this year I will be taking part in the annual Doubleheaders Layout Tour, which is coming up this Saturday.\u00a0 It seems to have become a tradition in the week prior to the tour to take some time off and work on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[27,32,28,31,61],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benchwork-construction","category-front-page","tag-cnj-bronx-terminal","tag-handlaid-track","tag-tim-warris","tag-trackwork","tag-waterboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","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=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2934,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}