6ft straight S&SSofKS module

We be modulating ! Boy howdy !

Da modules ! Da modules !

Sharing a few pics from the weekend's activities indexed by the last 4 numbers on the file name.

1022 - an overhead shot of the space available to fill with modules - a former Masonic Lodge meeting room.

0529 - 45 deg 8ft OS curve # 6 - need to glue in four more pieces and it will be ready for the waffle bottom. 
A 45deg curved Speed-mo module can be seen in the upper right hand corner of this photo.

0418 - 45 deg 8ft OS curve # 5 - ready for the waffle bottom

0302 - 6ft Depressed center flat - on legs today - some cleanup to do in the trimming department
it's mate may be seen in the upper center of the overhead shot. Has a 45deg curved module top/bottom lying on top of it.

3427 - 45 deg 8ft OS curve # 4 - ready for the waffle bottom -- this one fully assembled in the RV !

Will get started this week on the last pair of 45deg curves required to complete the 360 degrees of curvature.

All for now

Mike the Modulist

Speed-mo - a modular experiment

I am working on a Free-mo module which is an experiment Joe Balint, Jr - noted developer of the waffle-frame module - have been having conversations about.

Basically it is a Free-mo module that has been built as a waffle frame and has a track on the 15 location of the S&SSofNC template. So - it has four alignment pins and quick disconnects and will receive legs with casters to enable it's integration into a S&SSofNC layout . A removable 1 inch  thick adapter plate will be applied to each end to allow connection to a Free-mo layout as well.

The trackplan and layout dimensional sketches is what I've developed thus far

S&SS of Kansas modules

5 of 6 modules in progress in Garden City KS. Initial plans are to build eight 45deg 8ft outside curved modules and ten 6ft straight modules.

Laying Track @ Griffin Jct

Coming along slow but sure. The wye is in.
#10R on the tail.
#6R on the East end of the Wye and a
#8L at the West end of the Wye.

Crossings at the double track mains will be handlaid.

After a practice run on a piece of scrap lauan I'll complete the crossings on the module.

Roadbed installation on Griffin Jct

Lauan roadbed installation has been completed on Griffin Jct.

Basement Modular - Fall 2011 Iteration

I have been working on the development of the modular/permanent layout. Here's the latest iteration. The modules are pretty easy to see. Along the walls there is a two level shelf layout. The module rail height is 48". The two shelves are at 45" and 59" respectively. Access to the upper level is via the helix in the utility room at the upper right.
The interior of the loop will only be accessible via the wye when ops sessions are conducted and there will be no ability to go completely around the inside loop. The fiddle yard will be at the end of the lower shelf level and inside a closet below a set of stairs.