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I'm glad you liked it! I've watched it twice myself...kinda relaxing, like most of the cab ride videos out there. It really feels like you're on a train ride with the best view!

I'm afraid with both helices built out already that I couldn't really make an effective video of how I did it, but I can refer you to my earlier videos of my construction playlist. Videos #5 through 7 or 8 show the progression of the first helix. Here's a little description of the electrical part of the work. Basically what I did was add two branches of 14 gauge main bus wire from the main wire that feeds the track for my staging level, and ran them up two of the support legs for my first helix. At every level of the helix next to those two legs, I connected feeder wires to the track so that power was supplied to each rail of each track on either side of the helix, ensuring continuity of current. I think you can see this pretty clearly on several of the helix construction videos. It has worked flawlessly thus far. I've seen others run the feeder wire along the track as it runs up the helix too. My way uses less wire and there's less current drop, but I'm not going to say it's the best way. Let me know if you have any further questions, I'd be glad to help.

​@@KandWRailroader I will try your method of wiring, and I'll let you know how it comes out"

@@petemotley535 Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions along the way although it really isn't a complex plan. I'm sure you'll do fine. 🙂

Thank you! Isn't that why we post all these videos and subscribe to each other, to help us motivate ourselves!? Cheers!

​@KandWRailroader You are so right, the modelrailroad community is like family

@@petemotley535 Agreed...probably the kindest, most supportive group I've seen out there.

Thank you!

@@fentoncentral-ngauge Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the compliment!

@@kcsthebetterway I'd like to see that on your layout too!

@@hotdogpilot6319 Thank you!

@@adammcintosh8402 Thank you for the compliment!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you and you are welcome!

@@stephenhottle6783 You're welcome!

@@KandWRailroader long way to go but looking great 👍🏻

@@stephenhottle6783 Boy you ain't kiddin'! I'm happy that at least one portion of the layout is starting to look like something, and I hope everyone feels like they are "getting their money's worth" for voting for the Royal Gorge Route to be worked on for the last couple months straight.

Enjoyable cab ride for sure. Thank you for sharing.

@@carl6629 Thanks for watching! I'm glad you didn't mind seeing my pet sasquatch reaching in to switch turnouts at the last second! LOL! (I'm the sasquatch...LOL)

Yeah...not too bad for my basic spray-can painting skills. I'll come back to add some color details at some point, like some spillage. I've never seen a tank battery that didn't have some spillage either on it, or around it.

@@achb-railway Thank you!

@@larryrogers5996 That"s a good idea.

@@Bliz0516 Ah...thanks for the explanation. Fascinating technology.

No problem!

You're welcome!

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You're welcome!

@@Vman7757 Welcome aboard and thanks for the tip!

Thank you!

@@derekalexander4030 Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm not sure I will use that other camera again, the resolution was disappointing.

@@derekalexander4030 I probably won't make a habit of buying my first product from other companies that may want me to promote their stuff, if it ever even happens again. I enjoyed doing the review though and would do others if asked. I look forward to showing the final painted product. I already cleaned off all the excess material which was much easier than I thought it would be, now I just have to paint it.

@@KandWRailroader Jim Tedesco does a live show and has multiple printers and does a lot of printing at very reasonable prices for other modelers. I looked at some of his tank cars that he printed and it appears that the lines are inherent in 3d printers but not in resin printing. Some people sand the lines and others use fillers. He changed the tank cars by using pvc tubing and then printing the ends and details separately.

@@derekalexander4030 That's interesting. I chose not to worry about the lines and see what a coat of flaf black does to them. It would be difficult to send with all the details around the tanks anyway. We'll see how it turns out.

@@derekalexander4030 You do have a point, there's no denying it. However, I have decided to try something different in that corner, partly because I don't want the entire thing to look the same from one end to the other. I think the creek kind of acts as a transition between the two sections, which is my made up excuse for getting away with being lazy...LOL.

@@foxtrotdeltausn4757 Several others have suggested that strategy as well so it must be a good idea!

Last night he emailed me photos of how it should look and the prototype from where he got the design to help with details and paint colors. I'll have to print those out for my update after it's painted.

Thanks!

@@randydobson1863 Thank you!

@@randydobson1863 Thanks Randy!

@@RFMCabooseNP1713 Indeed!

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@@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 Sure thing!

@@RFMCabooseNP1713 Thanks!

@@rettif9 I think it's about the same hardness, although the base excess may be harder. The piping and railings are all flexible enough they won't easily break. Sprue nippers work just fine I've found.

@@randyj6245 I like 'em!

@@KandWRailroader I checked out the website! Nice stuff.

@@randyj6245 I thought so. Already have my eye on some HO scale safety rails for my grain elevators.

I will have to refer you to Whistle Stop Models to answer that. You can follow the link to John's website in the description above.

Maybe instead of removing all of the flashing underneath the tanks, could you put scenery instead 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@stephenhottle6783 An acquaintance of mine recommended that as well. Sounds like a good idea to me!

@@stephenhottle6783 I don't think that will be okay. Because I see some other tutorials and they remove the resin excess resulting from the printing. Boulder Creek Railroad. Luke make a diorama about some petrol pump

@KandWRailroader seems like all of the ones I've ever been around either had gravel or dirt and weeds. Those pump jacks remind me of when I was a kid and my dad would take my brother and I out to Winfield Lake 👍🏻

That's the plan!

@@LJRLowevilleJunctionRailroad Thanks, me too!

@@ajoepetrucceJr Sure thing!

@@lindsayatlmrtransport8118 John sent me a photo of the prototype after I posted the video to show me how it was supposed to look. I couldn't make it fit that way initially for the video because I needed to remove some excess material first.

@@fentoncentral-ngauge Thank you!

@@joeraderblackrockcentralrr My pleasure!

@@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 Thank you!

I guess that would depend on the height of the mountain. I believe the tree line is roughly 10,000 feet, no? At any rate, the Royal Gorge Park and bridge is at about 7,000 feet in elevation and the river (the part I'm modeling) is about 1,000 feet below that. My cliff face is maybe only 100 scale feet high so I think some trees on top might be semi-realistic at least. Either way, I'm really just trying to mask the transition from rock face to benchwork, so it's an issue I'm willing to ignore.

I was not sure of what elevation you were working with. For what it's worth, I did something like your mountains on my last layout, I used lichen to add vegetation to the mountains side. I used hot glue to hold it in place. Anyways, food for thought, not sure how deep that top of the mountains is, I think you could also get by with a road skirting the edges, the mountain top mixing in tr

@@Mark-z5m3e I think your method is what I will be pursuing, using vegetation of some kind to kind of hide the fact that the rock face just disappears. The top of all the rock face is only a couple inches wide so there really isn't room to do much else. At any rate, if viewers spend too much time focusing their attention on my transitions at the top of the rock face, then I've done a horrible job modeling the actual railroad at the bottom and may need to re-think the entire hobby...LOL.

Oh wow...I didn't notice the date! Unfortunately no, we are not time traveling. 😢 I will try to do better with the focus next time, it was my first time using that camera and I couldn't even find the zoom! (found it after the recording). I had looked in to getting my own 3D printer at one point but decided it wasn't for me. I wasn't aware of the availability of free-to-download files (one of the reasons why I decided not to get my own printer), but the owner tells me he is generating his own designs all the time and simply needs time to add them to the website. Not having any experience shopping/buying/using 3D printed models, I am really starting from scratch with all of this, but I'm impressed so far. Thanks for sharing!

Agreed! I'm going to get them cleaned up and painted in time for my next update video so everyone can see what they look like with their "Sunday best" on.

I think that just became a thing! LOL! Hopefully I don't end up painting it pink or orange or something...LOL.

@@KraigSickels Thank you!

@@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY Thank you for the vote of confidence!

@@KandWRailroader no worries, I'm sure my grandson will be watching with interest as well 🙂👍

@@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY Glad to hear it! Cheers!

@@Gavin1849 You and me both!