I attended the Great Train Expo Show in Novi Michigan this past weekend. I was really disappointed in the layout displays. They had only one N scale and one HO scale layout. That was it. I've been to the show the last five years and I seem to remember more displays than that. Does anybody know...
My verbal pre-nup went something like this: "I am keeping my subscription to Playboy. I am keeping my Xbox. I am keeping my ping-pong table. I will still take road-trips with 'the guys'. And one day I will get back into model railroading."
However I did have to give up the drums, the...
All sorts of viruses making the rounds here in the metro Detroit area. Someone is either getting it, has it, or just got over it. I was blessed with a head cold for Christmas that morphed into bronchitis for the New Year. No sooner did that clear up when fate decided to smite me with an attack...
Thanks for the input Fred. Do you think track nails would work with the Woodland Scenics Track Bed? Has anyone else fastened their HO scale track to the Woodland Scenics Track Bed this way and how'd it work? Thank you.
Great ideas, all of you. I think that's what I will do... I've had my eye on the Atlas Yardmaster track plan for some time. Though I'm a little intimidated by the fact that if I enlarge it or tweak it I can't just order the kit; I'll have to buy the track piece-by-piece. I worry about the pieces...
Thanks Loren. Yes, I have seen that site before. I don't see any 5x9 sizes though. That's the size I am committed to. Does anyone else know of any HO 5x9 table top layouts that have 22" and/or 24" curves.
Thanks guys. That's kind of what I recalled from high school math. That helps me out. I know I can't get too crazy in an HO 8x4 or 5x9 but at least I can have an outer loop of track that can handle those beautiful long diesels.
Okay, here's a silly question (I know, there are no such things...) When they talk about a 22" curve what exactly does the 22" signify? What's the formula there? ...If you took 22" curves and put them in a complete circle does that mean 22" from the center out?
Thanks Mason. That helps me out a lot. Do the 22" and 28" inch radius curved track come manufactured? Are there any sizes in between those? I don't want to mess with hand laying and flex track if I can help it.
Okay gang here's the rub... I want to model an HO scale table-top island style layout (I know, I know, I can do what I want a lot better with a shelf layout...) where I can watch the trains go round-and-round. What I want to know is this: what is the minimum allowable dimensions/size of the...