- soldered feeders to all rail pieces, joined/added connector
- added all remaining details
- filled gaps with baking soda/ACC
- spray painted primer brown
- installed wye ties and wye, with PC board ties for alignment
- cut/fit straight section over uncoupler
- drilled holes for track wires, fed them through
Panel work, to allow the barge extension turnouts to be controlled from "internal" and "external" locations:
- cut/marked two switch panels, two uncoupler panels, and a UP5 panel
- mounted switches/LEDs in switch panels, added terminal strips, wired
- connected the two panels with CAT3 cable, mounted to layout, tested all good
- wired turnouts 1 and 2; control and frog polarity control
- drilled out/added "external" UP5, connected to Loconet
Arduino Electro-magnetic Uncoupler Controller work:
- installed development environment on newer DELL3910 computer
- updated the control program to control two uncouplers
- modified original circuit, built new circuit, tested
- Updated two Kadee 307 uncouplers to 309 for better delayed action
(barge extension and north main outside track)
Barge extension Sea walls:
- cut foam core backer, sprayed black
- added vertical slats, horizontal beams, and poles, all stained with India ink wash
Float Ramp work:
- painted the bridge, assembled, weathered
- weathered the dock, added pins to retain the locking bars
- Painted the rails up to the dock extension and the rails to the dock
- installed the bridge on the float ramp, hooked up light wiring
More Barge Extension work:
- painted "water", added two layers of Mod Podge
- painted two panels of backdrop, installed over the room window
- lubed the ramp turnout assembly
- added barge alignment cleats
- weathered the barge
- updated switch panel legends with color and barge tracks
- ballasted barge tracks on the main layout
- painted "brewery" flat
- made back panel, floor
- searched/editted/printed interior views
- built and installed LED lighting
- cut, stained, built loading dock
- added interior figures
- built / primed / painted SS Ltd. rooftop water tank
- added "Old Frothingslosh" signage
- installed on base, added ground cover
Miscellany:
- ballasted more east yard track, north yard feed
- added Blair Line wood crossing to the outside and inside north uncoupling ramps
- built and installed five north main line dwarf signals
- built fencing for east yard, installed
Weathered the barge by "sponging" on a grimy black craft acrylic paint (I think it's called "Pavement").
Painted the masonite base with a 50/50 mix of cerulean blue and dark green, the brushed on a coat of "Mod Podge" gloss.
The sea walls are glued in place and temporarily screwed until the glue dries.
The window behind is blocked with some foam-core signage.
Wiring all installed; two Tortoise switch machines, an electro-magnetic uncoupling ramp, and various terminal strips and connectors (the white one is the umbilical to the main layout).