CTT September Fastrack Layout Plan

[wallyworld]

lionroar88

IF you look at the plans you could easily make this a 'staged' progression. Start small and work your way up to what they show.

Personally I'm tired of all the whining about the ecomony. YES we we are struggling, ever hear of 'The American Dream'?

This will be my last response to you continually negative and derogatory posts. OH and furthermore, there ARE people out there that can afford the more expensive engines, so CTT is to review only what YOU can afford and want to see, bt ignore EVERYONE else?

 

I stated that I enjoyed the plan. Feedback if you care about a publication does not equate to whining or being negative or derogatory. If you care about the contents, you comment, hence these are comments that reflect the practicality of the plans as presented, as well as their potential for actually being built which is not a zero sum game as you describe it ,in the real world.suggestions for making these plans more user friendly is not whining.. Being a foaming cheerleader that takes or makes a comment personally is not my cup of tea. I sense a strange ownership psychology in your responses. You do not own this forum. I will continue to post comments and you can continue to foam at them, if you chose. A more mature approach might be called for..

[jwse30]

 I just got my issue yesterday and have only glanced at the layout you're referring to. My initial thought on it is "that's really neat. I wish I had a few more feet of space to try that out" I don't know how much it would cost, and don't really care. As mentioned above, it doesn't need to be bought at one sitting. I think it would take away from the experience if it were bought all at once.

 If you're interested in frugal railroading, they had a little article about making a building that was for sale due to  going out of business. Fits in with the current economy too. The last page listed a 2460 going for $35 (IIRC), which I think is a pretty fair price for a crane car. A lot of the items shown in the 1960 spread are pretty reasonably priced too.

 As I said, I've only glanced at this issue, but it seems to be one of the better ones lately. At least as far as the aspects of the hobby that I am most interested in. 

 

J White

 

[Anonymous]

IF you look at the plans you could easily make this a 'staged' progression. Start small and work your way up to what they show.

Personally I'm tired of all the whining about the ecomony. YES we we are struggling, ever hear of 'The American Dream'?

This will be my last response to you continually negative and derogatory posts. OH and furthermore, there ARE people out there that can afford the more expensive engines, so CTT is to review only what YOU can afford and want to see, bt ignore EVERYONE else?

[wallyworld]

 I thought this was a good plan but the same problem I had with similar layouts in CTT arose. There are something close to 200 track components in some 20 plus individual categories, and no less than forty five accessories The problem: cost. Or maybe not.The inference is that money is not an issue but you could probably count on one hand, where this consideration does not apply, especially in this long term depressed economy. If I were the editor, I would give further thought to this issue in terms of your readers. I will not get into the issue of reviewing a  $1,200 engine, but the same realities apply, at least one would reasonably assume so, or perhaps I am subscribing to a magazine, as good as it is, that caters to a higher income demographic.I think it's well past time for the editorial content to skew toward what we can do with the money we have rather than parse unaffordable perfection.

Lets face it, this is a design just like the design of a garage or a room. This is beside the cost. ..it is a project. and like any planned project, I think it would be helpful to have an approximate projected cost for at least the track, and power requirements. The square footage requirements for surface materials would be helpful.

The suggested accessories is beside the point unless you have money to burn in one fell swoop. I like the plans but frankly as they are presented , they are just a step above noodling around with a CAD, which many of us can do ourselves with proprietary software. To me a full two page spread formatted as a .comparatively rough concept without a projected cost could be better used for scenery or equipment based articles as a cost\value assessment of the magazine. I like the magazine, but...to me this sort of material is a frill, when more and more l have to budget carefully, not only for projects but for which publication suits me best.