Category Archive: Trackwork

Nov 27

Track on the Team Track Module

It sure seems like I’ve spent the better part of the last two months in the wood shop building benchwork.  So it feels like a relief to finally start putting down track on the Wood River Branch modules.  For the layout, I’ve decided to go the easy route and use Atlas O commercial track components.  …

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Nov 23

Painting Track on the Flats

Scenery has finally started on the Ellis Flats module.  The first step is painting the tracks.  For this, I work in two steps.  The first step is to paint the tracks with a base color – in this case a flat black.  Normally I’d use a model spray paint like Testors or even airbrush the …

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Nov 01

Popping the Cork

With the benchwork done for the Team Track, Golf Hole, and Hope Valley Yard Modules, I’ve spent the last couple of days mocking up the track plan on the railroad.  After making sure everything worked in 3D as it did on paper, I sketched out all the track center lines on the modules. For most …

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