Model Railroad - Construction Progress 
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The humble beginnings of L-Girder benchwork construction!
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L-Girders and Keeper Joists glued and screwed in place, plus one leg!
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All four legs now, with halfway-completed bracing.
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The humble beginnings of L-Girder benchwork construction!
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L-Girders and Keeper Joists glued and screwed in place, plus one leg!
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All four legs now, with halfway-completed bracing.
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Plywood, with track-plan in marker (drawn earlier), is clamped into place atop the benchwork.
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No Clamps!  The plywood supported "beyond saw-blade height" on temporary risers.
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Cutting plywood away to create the subroadbed
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Plywood, with track-plan in marker (drawn earlier), is clamped into place atop the benchwork.
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No Clamps! The plywood supported "beyond saw-blade height" on temporary risers.
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Cutting plywood away to create the subroadbed
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Semi-completed subroadbed (looking East)
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Semi-completed subroadbed (looking Northwest)
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A wire coat hanger was the perfect tool to form the shape of subroadbed through the tunnel
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Semi-completed subroadbed (looking East)
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Semi-completed subroadbed (looking Northwest)
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A wire coat hanger was the perfect tool to form the shape of subroadbed through the tunnel
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Wire coat hanger, showing the route through the tunnel from the lower level
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Wire coat hanger, showing the route through the tunnel from the upper level
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Transferring the tunnel route form from the coat hanger to plywood
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Wire coat hanger, showing the route through the tunnel from the lower level
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Wire coat hanger, showing the route through the tunnel from the upper level
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Transferring the tunnel route form from the coat hanger to plywood
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Cutting out the subroadbed for the tunnel route
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Tunnel route subroadbed clamped in place for the final fitting (lower level)
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Tunnel route subroadbed clamped in place for the final fitting (upper level)
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Cutting out the subroadbed for the tunnel route
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Tunnel route subroadbed clamped in place for the final fitting (lower level)
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Tunnel route subroadbed clamped in place for the final fitting (upper level)
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Highlight for Album: Model Railroad Trackwork
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Album: Model Railroad Trackwork
Changed: 04/30/05
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