Well, my first attempt at photos was partly successful anyway. Sorry for the duplicate photo and I don't know why a couple of others didn't work. But it's a start. I need some practice with this, obviously.
Tom
Since a couple of us got on the forum seeing if there was much interest in having an "indoor layout" category (there wasn't) perhaps it might be worth seeing why we thought we might have something to show. My layout is under my house in Santa Cruz, California which is on the side of a hill. There is a lot of space ranging from 10 feet of headroom down to 6 feet scattered amongst several rooms. The diagram shows two separate mainlines (red and green tracks) and the gray sections are concrete/wood foundation walls. The little green line loop in the middle room currently under construction is an N-scale "excursion train" I use for additional animation. I started work on the layout after moving here in mid-2005 and add on as time permits. A few photos are included (I hope - my first time trying this).
Tom Beckett
Hello, St. Francis, and welcome!
We run an article on an indoor large-scale layout about twice per year. We also have an online photo gallery where you can submit your indoor photos (if you have any, please upload some! No one has so far). If you have a video of your indoor line, submit it in our user videos section.
As for adding another forum just for indoor, I don't see that happening now. You are welcome to post in any of the current forums, though.
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
I hear you.....you and me that makes a head count of two...anybody else?
The St. Francis Consolidated Railroad of the Colorado Rockies
Denver, Colorado
I'm not trying to contribute to a controversy here but perhaps some sort of headcount of those of us modeling G indoors might be of help in deciding if a new category might have merit. While I generally check most of the categories when visiting the site and I pay particular interest to any new indoor display that pops up, it would be useful to be able to go to one category that was devoted to indoor-only layouts. Just because I model indoors doesn't mean I won't look over what else is new in other areas, it just means I can quickly check for what has changed in my primary interest.
If some sort of indoor (primary interest, not limited to only interest) category needs a headcount, I'm in.
Tom (not related to Dave) Beckett
I would love to do indoor "g" since i can't, I have to deal with the wind, cold,heat,rain, darkness, falling leaves, and of course my faverite snails and weeds.
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
Once in a while they do have indoor layouts but as the title says Garden Railways. As much as I like an indoor layout not sure if I would want to see a section devoted to just indoor. Once in a while is ok. I also dont think there are many people with indoor G layouts. Maybe it would be better if model RR had a section devoted to G scale indoor. Might get more people with G to get model RR.
I model in what is supposedly g-scale in my basement....g-scale as in anything from 1:32 to 1:20.3, but nominally I stay as close to 1:24 as possible in structures and figures and all.
It seems to be modelling indoors in a different animal with a different set of needs than outdoor modelling.
What are the chances of getting a section dedicated to indoor g-scale?
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