@Pingman posted:Question: Where are you fellas working? It looks like a commercial setting with the windows and exterior views of parking.
We are very fortunate to have use of an available storefront in a local shopping center. In a normal world, we would be presenting our layout to the public one weekend per month. The current state restrictions makes that nearly impossible.
What you are seeing is a combination of our 6x11 and 12x15 layouts. We did quite a bit of work to the 6x11 earlier this year. It is a representation of a typical postwar layout. Despite it's size, we have received numerous comments from visitors about how they had a "4x8 layout just like this" when they were a kid. This is precisely what we were trying to achieve.
The 12x15 is in the process of having the scenery completed. This layout was built a couple of years ago and has become our most displayed layout. This year we made a significant investment in (14) Menards buildings. The buildings will be powered using power converters sourced from eBay. The accessory outputs from the CW80 and MRC Pure Power Dual transformers are already prewired to terminal blocks on our layout. Especially in low light conditions, this layout should be spectacular once everything it lighted.
Our goal in combining these layouts is to have a scenario where we can maintain 6' distancing, presenting top notch scenery, and four trains in operation. While I cannot go into any details now, we are doing everything possible to safely re-establish running trains for the public. That has been one of the most painful parts of this pandemic.
