I finished off the floor today, soldering in the feeder wires
After dropping the 6 feeders I'll still need the base to sit flat while I'm working on the structure. I found these cupboard bumpers at the dollar store so I can lift the base 1/8" off the workbench.
Then I looped and taped the feeders down to the base to keep them neat and organized. I added the bumpers to the four corners.
Then I flipped the base over and added wheel stops to the three tracks. I used my airbrush to weather the track and enginehouse floors. I wanted to mask the nailheads and solder joints a bit so I used RR tie brown on the sides of the rails and some grimey black between the rails on all three tracks. I'll probably weather some more when it comes time to add the details but this is a good base to start with.
Just a check to see what engines would fit. Since I'm mostly early diesel era I grabbed an F-3 and an SD-7. They both fit and I'm not concerned that I can't put more than one loco on each track as my turntable isn't long enough for more than one either.
After dropping the 6 feeders I'll still need the base to sit flat while I'm working on the structure. I found these cupboard bumpers at the dollar store so I can lift the base 1/8" off the workbench.
Then I looped and taped the feeders down to the base to keep them neat and organized. I added the bumpers to the four corners.
Then I flipped the base over and added wheel stops to the three tracks. I used my airbrush to weather the track and enginehouse floors. I wanted to mask the nailheads and solder joints a bit so I used RR tie brown on the sides of the rails and some grimey black between the rails on all three tracks. I'll probably weather some more when it comes time to add the details but this is a good base to start with.
Just a check to see what engines would fit. Since I'm mostly early diesel era I grabbed an F-3 and an SD-7. They both fit and I'm not concerned that I can't put more than one loco on each track as my turntable isn't long enough for more than one either.