The Sydney Project 13: Huge progress on the peninsula frames

Last week, I struggled with a troublesome grade and flyover that took me three attempts to get right. This week, I get back into the easier stuff and make a lot of progress; building and installing eight more frames to complete the lower peninsula.
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[@stephenpike3147]

Hard to believe seeing it today it’s been designed and built by one man! Extremely impressive Peter. Thank goodness for the CAD, modern tools and someone who can use everything in such a well organized and logical way. Do enjoy seeing how all those complex structures come together. Your attention to detail is amazing, but that is why it’s gone together so well. Look forward to seeing it grow further! All the best Stephen

[@donstratton6343]

This layout must surely be remembered as your magnum opus.

[@mpeterll]

Most likely.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Loving this build. The amount of thought into how to make all this benchwork work is next next level. Awesome!

[@mpeterll]

You're certainly not wrong. It seems that I am forever designing benchwork modules in my head, long after I finish work for the day.

[@Talltreejunction]

I love your videos, you are certainly an incredibly talented person and your attention to detail is unbelievable. Looking forward to the next one

[@mpeterll]

Same time next week.

[@Eric-kx2hm]

Dear Peter and Zeus, you are doing a wonderful job, congratulations. Eric from France

[@richblacklock]

I have a card table that looks exactly like yours and was my mother’s back in the 1950s. Always good to see the shop supervisor.

[@coolruehle]

I've been watching your videos for a number of years. I'm curious to know how you are able to disassemble and move these sections to the customer's location. It would be nice to see the joint between two modules, how the track is connected, how the modules are connected, etc. Also curious to know about how much each module weighs, on average. Thank you!

[@mpeterll]

I've published several videos where I dismantle layouts for shipping and pack them into trucks. I've also shown the bolts between sections on numerous occasions and talked about the sliding rail-joiners between sections. As for module weight; I've never weights them as it's not normally relevant. In most cases, I can move them by myself, and most of those that I need help for, it's more a case of awkwardness rather than weight. The helix module for the DRC project was an exception - it needed 4 people to move.

[@shed66215]

Amazing work Peter - always say that lol but getting those angles, levels, grades, depths, lengths and spacings correct is a definite testament to your abilities, planning and workmanship, though I think your 'supervisor' should get more camera time! haha As layout builds go, this one is truly epic.

[@TheSonofruss]

As this is a very complicated layout I am guessing you are going to install it personally and I look forward to seeing it installed

[@charlesemerson6763]

Beautiful work. You sir are a true artist in plywood.

[@MrBurnie8]

Fantastic progress

[@SPSteve]

Epic!

[@bobainsworth5057]

Good grief, i have trouble with level & plum snd you are figuring out where do i break this so it fits in truck AND if it will fit through doorways and stairways. Your frame work is beautiful , so extended , the kayout will be beautiful. Ih yes, you designed it also. I say again good grief! 👏👏👏

[@Wolfe351]

its certainly bigger than I thought it was going to be from the trackplan!! my dream HO layout would require a 50m x20m shed to model the part of the Tennessee Pass I want model!!

[@mpeterll]

You'd better start saving for it early.

[@vincenthuying98]

Dear Peter, awesome construction job! Like I said last week; whilst reviewing the design video for the Sydney project, the design now unfolds before the eyes. Love the way the workbench and dispatch areas are integrated into the layout design. Adding to that is the placement of the helix in this, let’s say, central position. Beautiful how the different sections interact as a foothold for the peninsula. Will become a great eye catcher when one enters the layout. Cheerio

[@mpeterll]

Yes, the client and I have already talked about how impressive a visitor's first view of the layout will be as he reaches the bottom of the stairs. The most spectacular industry complex right ahead at eye-level and the three stacked staging yards directly below the intermodal terminal, giving four shelves full of trains as soon as one turns to enter the room.

[@sparky107107]

funny, as I am watching I was thinking. What a complexed framing project. just as I finished the thought you said. not a complexed frame.. lol.. sorry just had to say that very impressive.

[@mpeterll]

Funny.

[@skywatcherca]

Thanks for this video: you are going to have a wonderful layout...

[@Lancelot_Jago]

Thanks as always. Say Hi to Zeus for me.

[@chrisbarr1359]

Hello Peter and Zeus, I'm a somewhat recent subscriber so I'm not familiar with some of your techniques. Could you please explain what wires you put through the holes you drill across the beams and if there's any color coding what that stands for? Thank you in advance for your time. Take care!

[@mpeterll]

All the bus wires go through these holes. Color coding methods depend on the complexity of the layout as there are a limited number of colors available.

[@chriskelly883]

In what roundabout ball park would a design/build like this cost? Asking for a friend? 😊

[@mpeterll]

Ask your friend to contact me through my web-site. Layout designs start at $1050, but each project is different.

[@strobelightaudio]

what are you using on the bottom of the legs for leveling?

[@mpeterll]

5/16" bolts and T-nuts.

[@chriscorrigan7420]

WOW. What a work of art. Designing a layout alone would be a challange but putting it together is a whole new adventure. This is definitely going to be a masterpiece when it finally has traffic running around.

[@mpeterll]

As has been noted many times before, designing these projects in such a way that they can be dismantled and then rebuilt adds many levels of complexity to each project.

[@legotrainchris]

I'm too lazy to go back to the plan, etc. to look ... How does one get to the dispatcher's desk area? There is the movable section at the far end, but I didn't see one in this video. Standard duck-under?