The first modules

 Started with some preparations. Still had 1 small modules from a previous project but they got water damage from store them... Took them out of my garage and put them in house to dry them with the heater on. It took them a week to dry:

After a week they dried good:

After they dried I took them out to make them connect to each other. I also had the lightcoves that belonged to them. Originally they where bolted to the module, now I glued them together:

2 new tops on the modules:

And in place:

Lightcoves bolted together:

And glued to the module backwall:

This will be the base for the new ACW H0 layout. To the left and right it will have staging yards of 2 feet long. Then the whole layout will be 4 feet staging + 8 feet of layout. So together 12 feet long and 1 foot deep.

Basic of the plan will be a design of Bernard Kempinski he drew for a possible ACW road show. It containes Alexandria and is called "USMRR Union Street switching district". I liked it so much I will adapt that name to my layout:

So far so good, keep you posted!

Grtz, Ronald.

Will it happen? A new H0 ACW layout?

 Long time no hear. A short update; I'm planning a new H0 ACW layout. It will not be that big, 8 by 1 ft. Working out a plan now, basic is the Bernard Kempinski plan of the Alexandria switching layout.

Keep you posted!

Grtz, Ronald.

And more.

Background fitted:

Preperation for top-corner:

Needed a set-up for the turntable, made it out of a piece of wood:

Where to fit? Here (as planned):

Or here:

Decided as planned, in the open corner. Set the plate, planned the rounded corner for sawing:

Done. Also draw the lines for the top plate:

And done:

Glued and naild on its place:

Front light valance fitted:

From the right side:

Here I have to round thr front top light strip:

Made 2:

Cut to fit:

And glued:

Corner strips glued. Now there is room for a 4 mm thick light valance:

Bottom valance placed:

And in the back:

So far so good!

Progress is made.

This morning the buid went on. Bought 2 plates of birch plywood:

What has to cut out?:

And cut out:

Mounted against the side:

Modifying the U:

Modified:

And there you can see what it will look like:

For now it's done, have to work. Tomorrow more!

Grtz, Ronald.

Let's build!

Ysterday I started with the build of the 3rd module of the 1:55n3 Kennesaw layout. I got myself a birch plywoog plate to draw the first two plates for the module:

Today I fired ub the sabersaw after dinner. First I cut out the part that will connect to the "old" part of the layout:

Then I lined it up to drill some holes:

Here I drilled the two holes on the underside and two new ones on the standing back of the module. That way it will be connected with 4 bolts as are the other two modules:

Meanwhile I draw a line on the back so the new one will follow the curved old one:

It fits!:

And ready for more after a good half hour of work:

Tomorrow more!

Last run to finish!

Yesterday we did several things to the layout, we "greened" the hill and made the road over the tracks:

I gave both sets of figures some sand covered on their supports so it looks better and more natural this way:

A litt;e dog is pee-ing on the tent:

Made some switch stands after some prototype photo's from styreen:

And on their place. Doesn't look bad, or?:

And with more green:

Today we did a lot of work, I went on with the green work on the left as my wife did the Lavy hotel. Maybe it is a little too romantic but we are very satisfied with the look of it.

SO; ALMOST FINISHED!!:

Pictures:

Overview

Left camp side:

Artillery shooting point:

The Lacy Hotel:

So far we did well. We hope you liked the building, I'm sure we did. There will be little updates from now, the layout goes to a Dutch Exhibition next weekend on 8, 9 and 10 March (http://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/news__press/on_traxs.html). After that it will attend in the same museum a half year exhibition that is called "tracks to the frontlines". It covers trains in wartime from the ACW (my layout!) to the present. It also will behold several models and real equipment from several countrys that participated in the several wars over the years.

So we keep you posted!!

Thanks for watching!!!!