Ken's situation with a kids is one that we deal with at every open house
and train show I'm involved with. He is also correct in stating that
the big kids sometimes do more damage.
Our club has been debating when and how to use our stanchions/ropes to
protect the layout or does it make us seem unfriendly to the masses.
On my home layout, I had a "rather large" visitor tour this past
November. Behind my "major city" aka Council Bluff's/Omaha, is a fairly
narrow isle where an operator can run the yard in the village of Madra.
This guy took one look and decided that isle wasn't for him--good! He
would have torn my middle isle apart getting in there! When I last
visited Jess Bennett for a photo session (MR) he was concerned about my
shooting from a pop-up. It certainly was tight but I got it done. He
said he was concerned because in the past Peter Loeb had come up through
the same hole and it looked like a volcano erupting. Peter is also a
large individual.
To continue, I've made a bit of progress on my layout. Over the years,
I've had to move several buildings to accommodate various photo shoots,
so they often were not planted properly. One of the things that helps a
layout's appearance is that buildings shouldn't have gaps at the
foundation line. I've gradually been working on that process with the
structures in my main freight yard. I've planted a water tank, a diesel
fuel tank and the control house.
I then readied a Southwind NYC combine, for it's trip to the spray
booth. The black paint on the roof was too glossy and the under-body
had some solder work done. The painting happened just before the SB
game. I might have time to repaint the sides to a 'more correct'
Pullman green tonite.
Between all that I finished up a couple dozen of my pine trees that I'll
be selling at an upcoming train-show. I was short of S/O scale size
trees. I don't sell a ton of them but it's my 'train' money now days!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 2/5/12 10:33 PM, mhrywest wrote:
Hi fellow S enthusiasts,wiped out the stops on the speed control. Darn
poor engineering on the controllers I would say. Anyway they had fun
getting the trains going and then chasing them around the basement.
They left the gondolas full of cows, horses and hay bales (to keep the
animals from getting hungry). Other than the little issue with the
handhelds and some trinkets to clean up, I have the fun memory of
their smiles and laughs left over. Good trade, I have had adult model
railroaders leave more damage after their visits.
Well, time to update the priority list for next week.
Ken Zieska
Ken
