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Mark Boyce posted:

Pete, Excellent idea!  We should give that some further consideration.   It reminds me of cellular towers disguised as trees, and putting antennas and equipment inside church steeples.  

You got it, Mark!  Roadbeds could be pre-wired to connect underneath  tracks at intervals to prevent voltage drops, and to power switches. Fences, walls, and turf could be pre-wired to power accessories. Building facades could be pre-wired, or contain conduits for wiring, to light interiors. All this could be done with postwar technology. The more modern stuff can be done wirelessly through frequency controls, but where is the fun in that?

Mark Boyce posted:

Yes Pete, we have it all figured out for Mike!!  I had to go back and see whose layout build we were on before taking the side track off the main line!  There you go, Mike!  You will never have to crawl under that layout at all.  Might as well build cabinets underneath and stash all the stuff you will never use again!!  

...or a bunk with refrigerator, controls,  and overhead CCTV of layout.

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the wonderful ideas! I think I am past hiding the wire as its already under the table! I will leave that for Mark to come up with! LOL

The train room had a T.V., heat, and right threw the door into the garage there is a fridge full of my Coors Light, next to that is the restroom, and next to the is the coffee maker and Microwave oven! So I think I have it all covered!

As for Tank, there is a bed in the train room just for him if he ever comes back from the she shed dark side! LOL

 

mike g. posted:

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the wonderful ideas! I think I am past hiding the wire as its already under the table! I will leave that for Mark to come up with! LOL

The train room had a T.V., heat, and right threw the door into the garage there is a fridge full of my Coors Light, next to that is the restroom, and next to the is the coffee maker and Microwave oven! So I think I have it all covered!

As for Tank, there is a bed in the train room just for him if he ever comes back from the she shed dark side! LOL

You are way ahead of me in your set up there, sounds like you have it all!! I need to get with the program.

I don't see how Tank can possibly resist all that you have set up in your train room garage area? It's just perfect! I think he has been abducted and reprogrammed, some very strange and eerie forces are at work on him here! 

You have a great set up there Mike! I hope you are enjoying it too!

leapinlarry posted:

Hi Mike, well, this has been a really neat Journey, your train room looking great and now, give us some updates.  Happy Holidays to you and yours, and of course, Happy Railroading. Your frien from Tennessee, Leapin Larry

Hi Larry, I am sad to say there is no updates. Due to lack of funds, taking care of my mom's move. Plus we had to fire one employee at our mom and pop store cause she left it open all night, then one employee quit. So its been momma and I almost 7 days a week. She does days and I do nights all for the same little pay.

I do hope to get enough plywood this weekend to get most of the bench top done. Its all prewired, so after the plywood, then some 2" foam I think, then time to get more track!

Wow Mike, that is bad about what happened at the store!!  I'm glad it all turned out alright except for you and your wife having to work so many hours. 

How is Mom doing at her new place?  We are moving my 88-year old parents to another personal care home tomorrow morning.  I'm praying Dad will be more comfortable there, have more to do, and he won't worry about Mum so much!

Thanks Bob and Mark ! You know it's funny, we have such a problem with people out of work. But yet we are having a hard time finding anyone why wants to work! WTH?

Mom is doing good at my sisters house, She has her own room, plenty to do, grandkids to take care of in her mind, but they are really taking care of her! She gets out 4-5 days a week so sofar she seams happy!

Hi Mike, Thank You for the update, however, not exactly what I or any of our OGR Forum friends expected to hear. So, we will pray for your families and hope good things will come your way, and that sooner than later you will have more Layout time and Family time.  I understand your difficulties in finding good and loyal help as most folks want the money but don’t want to work for it.  I really like your new layout room and will keep my eye on your progress.  Thank you for answering my question, and keep us up to date when life gets back to some sort of normal. Your a very important part of the OGR Forum, best Regards. Leapin Larry

Hi guys,Thank you for all the nice words!

I need your advice! I am going to go down and get some more plywood today. My brother brought me 2 sheets that have the smooth on one side which is really nice! But I priced it out and its $47 per sheet. My questions is should I buy the same or could I get away with regular 1/2 plywood and just fill and blemishes ?

I am not sure if I am going to put foam over it, that's another question if I should or not?

All help would be great!

Mike  I have used the following two products from Home Depot  both 1/2 inch.   Personally,  I won't use particle board or the stranded OSB, just my personal opinion...  the first item is selling for around $29 and the second for around $35... both prices are for 1/2 inch thick and 4 x 8 foot 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/15...ood-166030/100012720

https://www.homedepot.com/p/12...-in-454532/203414055

Morning everyone, So I have a little dilemma, my wife/ CEO/CFO informed me she would like the reversing loop on my future layout to go away. She says it takes up to much room in what she call the very nice new train room. I would really like all your thoughts on this! I have attached a couple of photos for you to view!layout3d layout

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