You’re lucky I’m not your neighbor, as good as the video is I would love to watch it live. You might have to keep the garage doors closed or suffer the existence of an observer or unwanted helper. Lol. Thanks for doing these videos, they are quite informative and interesting.
Another great video, thanks Peter. good to see how you make these large layouts. I'm in the UK, making a 12ft x 3ft N Scale layout with Peco Code55 track work, but still gained lots of useful tips from your videos.
Great Vid Peter! Hey, someone give that supervisor dog a clipboard! 😉 Peter do you have a CO detector in the Garage? It seems like that propane heater can fill the garage with carbon monoxide.
Very interesting video Peter, I enjoyed watching your construction methods with your narration. At time stamp 22:30 you mention a type of glue you dab under the turnouts and track to bond them to the foam. I was not able to understand the brand name nor could I read the label at 24:41. What is it?
It's called "Crafter's Pick" and it's available at Hobby Lobby. Don't order it through Walmart as they sell half-sized bottles for the same price as the full-sized one at Hobby Lobby.
@@mpeterll fantastic, I'll pop over today to get some. I was going to use Liquid Nails for projects (as many others have done), but this seems much better. Did you ever locate another source for the rubber sheeting? I was thinking of using laminate floor foam underlay, but it only has glue strips every foot or so.
@@jhoodfysh I did a video on the roadbed material a few months ago - including a link to where I bought it. Even without the adhesive backing, you can still use carpenters glue. You'll probably also need masking tape to hold the ends in place while the glue sets/ I also did a video on that method about a year ago, before I found the latest product.
I really do like this voice-over-time-lapse video format, especially with the close-in camera views. There is still a place for the "stop progress" format mixed in to show specific details and combining the two would be excellent although I am well aware of the amount of time dedicated to editing. On the build side a couple of questions. Why is the helix sub-roadbed so wide? It appears to be wide enough to be a double track helix and the track is even offset to one side allowing room for a second helix track so.... And, does the foam-rubber roadbed need any relief cuts to allow it to make the required curves or is it intrinsically sufficiently flexible to make the turns without "bunching up" on the inside and being drawn tight and thin on the outside of the curves? As ever Peter, great quality work and thanks for sharing the "behind the scenes" effort.
I explained the wide helix subroadbed in an earlier video. The foam rubber flexes easily in the narrow strips. Regardless of the material, bending it around the curves is going to make the inside around 3% thicker on the inside than the outside (exact proportion is the ratio if curve radius to roadbed width). To put that in context, the discrepancy is about the thickness of a sheet of paper and makes no difference.
the higher levels of each helix is double track between the diorama level and the upper level. they are only single track between staging and diorama but he is using the same width at each level to make support simpler. Here's the plan video ua-cam.com/video/ZIJ8ZgG4PPc/v-deo.html
Your work always appears to be phenomenal.
You’re lucky I’m not your neighbor, as good as the video is I would love to watch it live. You might have to keep the garage doors closed or suffer the existence of an observer or unwanted helper. Lol. Thanks for doing these videos, they are quite informative and interesting.
Another great video, thanks Peter. good to see how you make these large layouts. I'm in the UK, making a 12ft x 3ft N Scale layout with Peco Code55 track work, but still gained lots of useful tips from your videos.
Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks.
You are definitely the best in the business 👏
Thank-you.
love your time-lapse videos
very nice work.
THANK YOU FOR GREAT DETAILED VIDEO
Great Vid Peter! Hey, someone give that supervisor dog a clipboard! 😉 Peter do you have a CO detector in the Garage? It seems like that propane heater can fill the garage with carbon monoxide.
Very interesting video Peter, I enjoyed watching your construction methods with your narration. At time stamp 22:30 you mention a type of glue you dab under the turnouts and track to bond them to the foam. I was not able to understand the brand name nor could I read the label at 24:41. What is it?
It's called "Crafter's Pick" and it's available at Hobby Lobby.
Don't order it through Walmart as they sell half-sized bottles for the same price as the full-sized one at Hobby Lobby.
@@mpeterll fantastic, I'll pop over today to get some. I was going to use Liquid Nails for projects (as many others have done), but this seems much better. Did you ever locate another source for the rubber sheeting? I was thinking of using laminate floor foam underlay, but it only has glue strips every foot or so.
@@jhoodfysh I did a video on the roadbed material a few months ago - including a link to where I bought it. Even without the adhesive backing, you can still use carpenters glue. You'll probably also need masking tape to hold the ends in place while the glue sets/ I also did a video on that method about a year ago, before I found the latest product.
@@mpeterll Thank you Peter, I think I remember that. I'll go back and look for it.
I really do like this voice-over-time-lapse video format, especially with the close-in camera views. There is still a place for the "stop progress" format mixed in to show specific details and combining the two would be excellent although I am well aware of the amount of time dedicated to editing.
On the build side a couple of questions. Why is the helix sub-roadbed so wide? It appears to be wide enough to be a double track helix and the track is even offset to one side allowing room for a second helix track so.... And, does the foam-rubber roadbed need any relief cuts to allow it to make the required curves or is it intrinsically sufficiently flexible to make the turns without "bunching up" on the inside and being drawn tight and thin on the outside of the curves?
As ever Peter, great quality work and thanks for sharing the "behind the scenes" effort.
I explained the wide helix subroadbed in an earlier video.
The foam rubber flexes easily in the narrow strips. Regardless of the material, bending it around the curves is going to make the inside around 3% thicker on the inside than the outside (exact proportion is the ratio if curve radius to roadbed width). To put that in context, the discrepancy is about the thickness of a sheet of paper and makes no difference.
the higher levels of each helix is double track between the diorama level and the upper level. they are only single track between staging and diorama but he is using the same width at each level to make support simpler. Here's the plan video ua-cam.com/video/ZIJ8ZgG4PPc/v-deo.html
Hi Peter , great video, you are only doing one track on the helix or are planning to add another track later, road bed looks wide enough
I explained the reasons for that in a video last month.
Hello Peter ,, Do you have a video on wiring a staging yard, very interested in this detail for a staging yard
I did that last week.