Category: Track
Hybrids and Frankensteins Some Turnout Experiments
I’ve spent the past couple of days experimenting with different turnouts. The victims (shown below) were a Central Valley Ties #9…
Switch-Works – A Second Turnout
February has been a hard month and my second turnout project has been stalled by parts delays, illness, a death,…
Switch-Works Lessons Learned
I’ve finished assembling my first Proto:87 turnout using the Switch-Works Turnout Building fixture. It took about a month and I…
Switch-Works Take 2
I am building a #10 turnout with Proto:87 Stores Switch-Works assembly fixture. I thought I’d be clever and use Press-N-Seal…
Switch-Works Arrives
My Switch-Works assembly fixture arrived recently and I finally got a chance to get started building some #10 turnouts. After…
Video Update – 2012-11-29
I’ve been mercilessly abusing this Proto:87 Superfine #8 turnout. I’m trying to get as much experience as I can with…
Resurrection – Proto:87 #8 Turnout
I’m not giving up yet! I resurrected the Proto:87 Stores #8 Superfine turnout that I screwed up last week (see: Proto:87…
Track Color Test 1
Testing out some rail colors. I tried PolyScale “Dirt”; AIM Products Blacken It; & Neolube. I kinda like the Blacken-It….
Proto:87 Turnout Fail
1 I tried my hand at building a #8 turnout from Proto:87 Stores. The results were less than spectacular. I…
Frog Survey – Maxum Petroleum
At the deep end of the hole lies Maxum Petroleum (formerly Ranier Petroleum), a petroleum products distributor. Maxum is switched…