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Monkey balls. At least that's what we called them. They are green and bumpy, about the size of a softball. I think they're actually called Osage Oranges. We used to put one behind the furniture when I was a kid. Two in every room to keep the creepy crawlies away. We had a problem with black widows and these kept them away, whether directly or indirectly by keeping other bugs away.
The layout is built modular, three sections of 5 foot by three foot four inches. Each section is bolted to common support underneath using 3/16 machine screws and nuts. I'm not too savvy at putting up pictures, but the track plan is #29 in Kalmbachs book "101 track plans". There is a cross over at one end and a 90 degree intersection in the middle. All sub-roadbed has been cut from masonite hardboard and can be dissassembled roughly near the joints of the 5' X 3' 4" platforms
Thanks, everybody. I'll go with the Atlas switches and above ground machines. Reliable and simple, I like that. I had a train set as a kid and have messed around with the idea of making a full fledged layout instead of the once a year around the Christmas tree, but my son is HUGE into trains. It started with Thomas toys and has moved into anything and everything train related. I've got all the sub-roadbed cut out and pieced together to make sure it's right, now I'll be making support
I chose code 100 based simply on availability. My local hobby shop always has it on the shelf. I got a 10% discount for buying the whole box (75 feet) at one time. If I need more I can get it with a ten minute drive. Thanks for the brand names on switches. I read about Atlas switches here and they seemed to perform well for those that had and discussed them, I'll look into them and the Peco. Another newbie question: How hard is it to install switch motors? Is it worth buying them already installed
Hello, all. My son and I (mostly me, he's five) are building a 5 X 10 foot layout in our basement. We've got a table built and the track plan trammeled out onto hardboard that's going to be the foundation for our cork roadbed. Trying to stay several steps ahead of where we're at, I need to begin looking for switches. I'll probably wind up going with either DCC or DCS from MTH, since I like the MTH K-4 and have one ordered. Since I'll probably go with some sort of digital control
Thanks to both of you. I figured my questions would be pretty basic, but I've never done a real model railroad before and didn't want to start putting things together only to find out it wouldn't work the way I'd arranged things. Nice to know I'm not a complete blathering idiot. Well, usually not. Texas Zephyr, I'd kinda imagined most DCC controls to be not necessarily complicated but more involved than "push button, turn knob, train goes". I admit I do like very
I've got a five year old that started on the Thomas stuff about age two. This has turned into all things train related, including watching real trains. A five year old railfan. He's been in the cab of a couple preserved steamers around here (N.E. Oh.) and remembers every location. Can't remember where he put his socks, but can recite the name of every railroad museum and display we've been to including what we saw there. Two weeks ago we were all driving down the road when he pipes
My five year old has been fascinated with the Thomas stuff for several years, since about age two, maybe three. That's what prompted me to put a train under the Christmas tree this past year and is resulting in a 6X12 layout in the basement, a place where he and I can go chill while my wife spends time with our daughter (arriving in July). I'm certainly not Anti-Thomas, but think it's a bit overblown, the brand name syuff is overpriced compared to other wooden railway stuff (of which
Alright, new guy here. I've enjoyed trains since I was a kid (who hasn't) and now I have a son who is REALLY into trains. So now I'm planning a layout in the basement. I'll provide as much detail as I can so you can answer my questions better. 1) The track plan is from a Kalmbach book, labeled the Nantahalla and Smoky Mountain railroad. I believe it's #29 in "101 track plans for model railroaders". I've enlarged it 50%, making it a 6X12 table. Curves are also enlarged
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