 | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Dave Curtis
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| | | (...) A man after my own heart! I love yards, love designing yards. You have covered all the basic functions in a nice compact model. The car card system will be a lot of fun. I've always been a fan of "layouts with a purpose" -- producer/consumer (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Elroy Davis
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| | | | | (...) Heh. Compact is a relative term. It barely fits between the basement wall and the stairway. :-) I could actually make it smaller, but I designed it around the A/D track, which I made just long enough to hold the Adventurer's train that I built (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Peter Edwards
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| | | | Nice idea I like seeing yards in layouts. Even better if you can get some automation on switching and de-coupling. My only beef is with the switch layout. We see so many layouts where the design on the switch points is basic. I would rather see more (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Elroy Davis
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| | | | (...) I expand one more baseplate, it looks like I could angle my yard down, and actually gain a bit of length by adding some curves to the switches and straights that I currently have. I'd also have room to expand in the future. I'll have to play (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Peter Edwards
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| | | | (...) In lugnet.trains, Elroy Davis wrote: (...) Cool. I was worried that my reply was a bit arrogant. I spend a lot of time on the design of my layouts. Spending all year planning the design of the track and changes to the models, for an exhibition (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . . —Peter Edwards
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| | | | (...) Here's a colour version including the race track (URL) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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