Pix to go with reply to Steve on DISCUSSION side.

Steve, just wanted to show you that you can cram alot into a switching oriented layout, even if you don’t have a bunch of space.  This is our traveling O scale layout, that we take to shows.

Update on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7:49AM by Dave

I’ve been asked for some follow up, so first, I sugest that you read Steves’ comment in the “pick your brains” on the discussion page, which will give you a bit of insight as to why I posted the pix. 

To answer some questions.

The layout is currently 2’-6 x 16’.  It is made of two 6’ and two 2’ modules.  The 2’ end modules were supposed to be replaced with reverse loops in time for the O scale March Meet this year, but alas, didn’t git-er-dun.  All the structures are, quess what, paper!  The layout is actually a switching puzzle that I used to run at shows.  Probably get back to that soon.  Modules are very light weight.  6’ ones are about 20# tops.  It can be set up (on table tops) by one person, in about an hour.  Runs DCC.  Has an On30 stub siding crossing the wide gauge at the far end.  Built the whole thing about 6 years ago in two weeks. (minus buildings & DCC)

Dave

Update on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:53PM by Dave

I’m sure this is too small to really see anything, but I was asked to post the trackplan.  When you go from an AutoCad drawing to a .jpg, you loose alot of resolution.

"POSSIBLE" catalog page format

This is a continuation of a discussion about a possible “downloadable” catalog, we are having on the “discussion” page.  Can’t post pix there. Just thinking how a catalog page might look.  Comment, if you wish.  Nothing is in concrete.  I know the pix have shadows and the footprint is too light, just trying things on for size and layout.

A nice Rudy's mod

Jim turned Rudy’s into “Ray’s pool hall” and did his usual top quality build.

WARNING!!!

Friends, we have been made aware that there is someone out there refered to as clevermodels01 that is sending out email to view his pictutres on “My Daily Flog”.  At this time WE DO NOT KNOW WHO OR WHAT THIS IS.  It may be a modeler who is posting pix of kits he has built, or IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE!  When you click on the link, you are taken to a page that asks you to register with email address and password.  IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD NOT!  We don’t know who this is or what it might be.  We will try to investigate and let you know what we find out, but until we have some diffinitive information, we would suggest in the strongest terms possible, DON’T LOG ON!

As I said, we will keep you informed, but I think this might be a tough one to investigate.

Dave & Thom