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A block away the river is flooding again!

9/28/2019

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From shed to depot

9/16/2019

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A few weeks after we moved the shed and cemented the baggage cart permanently in place in front of it, I started on the detail work. The eves looked barren so I decided to box them in.
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With some scrap 2x4s and some Kreg screws I made some kick-outs that the eve parts will mount to as I can't screw though the shingles to hold them on.
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Adding the 1x6 boards. They are PVC white so they will never rot or need painted.
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I also added a small window to let light in as well as dress it up to look like a ticket window.
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Removing the corner trim I caulked any holes and painted in all the trim with a brush.I also painted behind the cart by hand as it can't be moved.
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With the paint dry I check for any missed spots such as the window screws then put the corner trim back on.
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The last touch is some train signage to give it that depot feel. This Fall I will make some additional trim details.
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two steps back

9/16/2019

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After having the track set up for a few days over the July holiday weekend, I decided to take it all back apart as I did not like how it looked. As I hand bent the curves originally, they looked all wonky and the joints had some unneeded stress on them.
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With all the ties removed I stacked them all so they are out of the way.
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Here you can see how being hand bent none of them match up for just being a circle.
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All that extra stress moved the track around a lot and bent up the connectors as there is no ballast yet. So I hammered them back straight and plum.
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With the new rail bender I got I straightened the rails back out again by running them in reverse. Then I ran them back through forwards putting just a small arc on them for now.
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The rail bender made short work of them and now they are all exact. Later when I put them back down properly with ballast I will bend them to the final curvature.
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