Yes, Lee: Do you have any pics that you could share?? tx Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > ** > Lee, Can't wait to see your progress. Hopefully all your miracles will be > as great as the last. > > Gary Carmichael > > In a message dated 11/1/2012 10:18:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > I have laid out almost all of the track (except about 6 feet at the south > end of the yard) using a large template (60 sheets of 8.5x11 carefully > taped together) that I printed from my TurboCAD layout design. The template > makes it a snap to trace the track centerlines of the layout onto the > roadbed. Then I pasted FastTracks turnout templates at the appropriate > spots and drew in the tie outer edges to be symmetrical with the traced > center line. The footprints of the major buildings were traced from the > template as well. > > You can really see now what the layout will look like! And it looks great. > > So far the technique has surfaced one mistake I made in my TurboCAD > drawing, but I was able to use the turnout templates to design a workable > alternative. > > The goal is to have the main line done and trains running for Christmas. > That is a special time for this layout, for those of you who have heard my > story of The Miracle of the Exploding Wine Rack. > > This layout will be open for those traveling west from Scranton next year. > > Lee Rainey > > >
