One thing about spiral trackage on layouts you can find out who the really "loopy" modelers are. They have the most fun anyway.
John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:41 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: portable housing for layouts I wish I could have been able to obtain someone of your knowledge early on when I built my layout. When I built my spiral loop using the open L beam type construction, finding places to make or take measurements was difficult, as it's someplace in space. I finally convinced a fellow modeler, who had surveying experience, to stop by and help. I did in a couple of hours what I had already spent days just thinking about. Finding people on the net who can help is one of the benefits of belonging to various groups, that we're round when I was building. Your idea of the travel trailer is pretty good. I understand used versions can be had for very little money. Likewise in the boom and bust oil industry and related construction businesses, portable office trailers are often sold for next to nothing. Many are typically 12 X 60's or so with running water, AC & heating units. Just finding a place to put one is the trick. In this neck of the woods subdivision regulations generally outlaw that sort of thing, but having property further out from a city will work. On our recent local tour, I visited a gentlemen who built a nice metal quanset (sp) type building, fully insulated with urethane and nice HVAC unit--I was afraid to ask what something like that would cost, but looking at the rest of his hobby farm, I knew he could afford it and I couldn't. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > > > I'm a mechanical design engineer and have 45 years experience > designing and building production machinery and products. The only > thing I want to move on my layout are the trains. > > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6708 (20111213) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6709 (20111213) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
