WOW!!!! Very very AWESOME!!! First, don't be scared of doing mountain scenery... There are so many techniques you can learn and use; one of my favorites " the spray bottle ", you just get you 4 or 5 empty bottles with watered down acrylic earth tones and spray in layers until you like the effect. Second, even though your modeling a prototype it's still your railroad and have FUN with it!!!!
Awesome work Daryl, can't wait to see that bridge at Curvo!! You can see the difference in height, when you panned down the track near the end of the lines you can see the tank cars above the Auto Racks!! Nice!!!
Good to see the layout coming together and your having fun, which is great, I get excited anytime you put out a video on progress of the railroad! Thanks
Everything is looking awesome, your really moving along fast. I think he curves are fine and will look even better with scenery. Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Ken
Looks great! I think the separation between the two mains looks really good, especially once you get the scenery going in between them. It seems whenever we start a new railroad they always run out of something. Hopefully it doesn't take the company long to get the roadbed back in stock. We are dealing with the same issue in N scale for track since Micro Engineering was talking about closing their doors. Much was already backordered but now its looking like they may close for good. Keep up the progress - we enjoy it! - Steve
@@EvanstonSub Sorry to hear, we’re still keeping our fingers crossed that ME isn’t gone for good - rather sold to a buyer and just in the middle of a turnover. Probably won’t happen though.
Yes, you could do a lot in N scale in this space. However, it would be a lot to maintain for one person. This layout has 96 turnouts, compared to the 135 I had on the Geneva Sub that only occupied 1300 square feet instead of 2200 I have now.
Morning Daryl from the U.K. 😀 Looking awesome 🤩 It’s really good that you have the time and space to construct a realistic railroad and put it on RU-vid 😂 In the U.K. we only just run 750 meter long trains lol 😆 Take care cheers Stevie 😎🏴
Congratulations Daryl you made it to the top the state line at Wasatch. Now it is a straight run all the way to Evanston Yard. This will be the last crossover before you reach Evanston.
Holy crap have you made some amazing progress! Bravo. That REALLY SUCKS about not being able to get your roadbed. I noticed a couple of things on your walk-around. Regarding the peninsula, if there's going to be a pop-up in there for accessing tunnel track you might consider either routering the ends of the stringers to a curve or using pool noodles/foam buffers and tape/staples to protect the heads/shoulders and other body areas from being damaged by the sharp edges. Secondly, by the pole, I noticed you've got some screws or nails sticking out (maybe zip ties?) You might consider grabbing your dremel with a cutting wheel and removing thosesharp points before you have to do trackwork/subroadbed/electrical work in that area. WOW WOW WOW! Just amazing and I'm extremely jealour of your layout room and size. Keep up the amazing work!
The access will be addressed in this weekend's update. As far as the screws go, I likely will cut them off at some point as it would only take a second.
Damn Daryl, you are fast. I think it looks great and I think you nailed the overlap at curvo and the track elevation separation where the tracks come back to the same elevation and it will be even more pronounced when you scenic it. The roadbed you use looks thicker than cork. Have you thought about contacting the company to find out if their dealers have any new old stock? You could buy from them before it’s gone and it could hold you over until it’s back in stock or there might be enough of a supply left to complete your layout. Best of luck. The layout looks amazing.
Joe, for your DDE sensitivity (cv 512) value try between 26 & 32. After you set the DDV calibration per instructions @ 16, it could not be sensitive enough going uphill. I have the same SD 70’s as yours but my grade is 2 percent. Then you have to just experiment with consistent speed matching depending on your load pulling uphill. One locomotive always pulls little more than the other. Lower values, less load sensitivity. Another issue is your cv vmid & vhigh values. I set my locomotives for 3/4 power, cv 6 @ 96 and cv5 @ 192. Rob
Hi Daryl, I know it may be a little premature, but what are your design thoughts on finishing the lower level. Wondering at what height the mainline track will be when you reach Evanston and beyond. You're doing a great job. When I first envisioned what the layout would look like, I had a much simpler vision. - Jim
Thinking out loud! If you’re short of Road Bed then why don’t you recover all the roadbed that is in the “Tunnel Sections” and use the on the open areas of the track & in the tunnels use ordinary rubber roadbed just a thought layout looks stunning 👍
As an avid follower of your old N-Scale layout, have to say for an HO scale layout this is looking very nice - glad I kept going as a subscriber. I think once you apply the scenery to the differentiated section, the height difference will be better exagerated, and all will be well. Looking forward to the switching yard next - Good Luck! NB: as a non-local based in the UK, the two lines cross on the differentiated section, with old mainline crossing new mainline? That must either make it difficult for the controllers, or fun for railfans, not knowing quite which line the next train will come along - Thanks!
I thought about it but the height required in the scenery would block the view of a train coming up the grade, so I left it out. Would probably work out better in N scale.
Do you ever miss your N scale layout? I do I have a partiality for N it was a wonderful layout and I miss the cabrides ahhh for the past but I do have to say I'm enjoying watching you build your new empire all the best
Looks like Hobby Innovations is out of the business for good, there's an update on their website saying they are retiring and all production is permanently discontinued... Sad to see them go, it looked like a really good product.
Fantastic progress as always, but it's been bugging me that your running your wiring on top of the crosspieces. You always end up having to fiddle with something wiring related so just seems like asking for more of a pain to work on later.
Overall I like N scale better and would recommend it over HO scale. That being said, for my particular goals HO scale is a interesting and fun change. I do not regret changing and am have a ton of fun.
