Modeling Series Spaces To Places Spaces to Places V | A new path to the underpass, part 3

Spaces to Places V | A new path to the underpass, part 3

By Kent Johnson | March 4, 2024

Gerry plots out the space and base for the railroad overpass structure

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In this episode of Spaces to Places, we find host Gerry Leone in the thick of two projects! The main objective of his efforts was to build out the highway underpass and scenery along a layout peninsula. But Gerry also scrambles to complete trackwork reconfiguration that will improved the operation of his HO scale Bona Vista model railroad.

Want to see more of Gerry’s work on a classic, familiar format? Look for his Turning Spaces into Places Vol. 1: Rural Scenery DVD, available from the KalmbachHobbyStore.com!

11 thoughts on “Spaces to Places V | A new path to the underpass, part 3

  1. Enjoying Spaces to Places. Although I wouldn’t been surprised if a third option appeared for the 1×3 problem.

  2. I always look forward to your latest “adventures” Gerry. I did fail your “which did I do?” quiz, but thats to be expected.
    Watching your solution of shaving the 1×3 left me wondering…since you removed the 1×3 to shave it anyway, why not leave one end attached, using it as a pivot? Then, with the overpass temporarily in place, raise or lower the unattached end of the 1×3 until you had the clearance/level surface you needed and then screw that end in place. Voila!
    Just a thought, and perhaps there was no pivot point at the L-girder, depending upon how the 1×3 was cut and attached. Anyway…always enjoy your videos and please continue to inform and entertain!!

    1. Interesting solution, Jeffrey, and one that I hadn’t thought of. Although, I don’t think I could have done that because the 1×3 was attached to two L-girders on the right and I wouldn’t have been able to swing it out far enough. Thanks for the suggestion, tho!

  3. Typical of when I eat, because I nibble, I tend to over nibble!! However, I’ve always found ways of respiring my Over Nibbling Goof Jon Gerry!!!

    1. HA! Great term that I’ll have to use in the future! It’s sort of like Space X calling their rocket that blew up “an unplanned disassembly.”

  4. Gerry “DO NOT TOUCH YOUR TRACK WITH POWER ON”
    you are getting feed back in your microphone and audio “Buzz Buzz”.
    In some cases, you track will act like an antenna
    even with the power off and pick up stray RF that will be heard in your audio “Buzz Buzz”.

    1. Here’s the thing, you guys — the track power wasn’t on for 95% of this video. What you’re hearing is the inherent buzz in my audio cable that gets amplified by the video software’s limiter between sentences or words. That buzz is there all the time, and has been since Episode 1 of “Off the Rails” back in 2016. And if indeed the RF is caused by the track, there’s not much I can do about it since the series is about working on the layout!

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