Roman posted:mike g. posted:
ROMAN, Nice extension, I guess you cant have too much track! Just watch out when parking, doesnt look like alot of space!
Well the photo is a little misleading. It's more of an overhang from the basic framing so both cars would actually go just under the edge. Plus there's the classic tennis ball marker hanging from the ceiling to protect my wife's shiny new Honda closest to the camera!
RSJB18 posted:new.
Roman- back to tubular? Tell us more, why the change?
Bob
Well, 3 things really. The layout as it is has been in the current unfinished state for several years and is rather hodgepodge to me with the accessories just kind of thrown in. I'm aiming for the Postwar display feel. My wife actually brought up redoing things and helping planning out a good track plan before final install. Great, huh!
The space roughly 4'x12'. I started with the idea of something hi-rail and of course O gauge fills that space up quick, especially with the accessories. I lost interest in building it as I didn't know what direction to go with it and just ran the trains. Seeing Chris Esposito's pictures over the years with his various layouts sparked the Postwar idea and I decided to go for it. Happily I kept a bunch of tubular track and switches so pretty much there's going to be little to no expense. Even the wood is left over from another failed layout project. I tried Gargraves flex to make my own curves years ago but was never pleased on how they turned out.
Last is I just didn't enjoy the look of my modern loco's on 036. It's nice to run them but the overhang is just a turn off. I have friend who has a huge outdoor setup with Atlas 080 plus curves that I can run nice long trains so I can get that out of my system. I've running mostly my Postwar stuff and smaller current era Lionel loco's at home.
Sounds like a good plan. Might as well enjoy what you have. I have a small layout and 027 curves so I know exactly what you mean. I only run short switchers and steamers.
keep us posted
