It has been almost two years since I visited the MR forums. Two years ago I was working on a layout in my garage and it was every day I was on this forum - especially the weekend photo fun. You guys are really talented and this past weekends postings convinced me to start again - in earnst.
So, here are one or two picts of my current effort. I have moved into my main living room for the layout out of the garage (I live in Texas - enough said). The layout is based on an MR magazine article in 2003 called Clark Fork.
The backdrop in Clark Fork
View from the top
Tom
Looks like a good start with some pretty benchwork
Springfield PA
It will never work, entirely too neat! How will you ever find anything amidst all that organization? LOL. Seriously, it all looks great! Hope you continue to have at it and have fun
Kevin
WOW!
No, YOU rock!
the amount of space you have is amazing and such a good framework foundation on which to build your empire! ANd organized too! how DO you find anything?
I am jealous of your space allowance. I am a bit with envy, but I will get over it.
You are off to a great start, keep us posted as you move along towards "finishing" you layout.
"Rock on" dude!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Clearly way too tidy for a train room
Tom,
This is super-to-the bone! Please keep the photos coming. Can you post a schematic of your track plan?
When my hobby room was a mess I so often misplaced, lost, or stepped on parts. Since I've organized it, my stress levels have dropped a great deal and working on trains has become a pleasure again (when I find time to!).
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
Hi, Tom. Yes it has been a while. However, if you have done what you show in the images, you are pretty much there yourself. Just keep us posted with a few pix as you go along.
-Crandell
Ah, that's nothing. My workspace is that clean.. once every 6 months or so. That's when I find the 3 of everything I have that I bought when I couldn't find what I was looking for.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
You are either single, or you keep your wife drugged.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken You are either single, or you keep your wife drugged. Cuda Ken
Being neat and tidy allows you more time to drink and run trains. Being messy means you have to drink more to calm your nerves because you've just spent hours looking for something and still haven't found it.
My wife also offered me the living/dinning room but I chose this room instead. Wife's don't need to be drugged to achieve such things. But you do have to keep them happy other ways.
I prefer neat also. At least I try.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Looking really good. Welcome back we look forward to seeing more progress.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Neat is overrated, drugged wife, underrated!
I do try to keep the train room / garage clean. I even run a vacuum cleaner ever few weeks. But, it still a garage.
Looking forward to updates on both overly neat and tide layouts.
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. I was in the military in my early "career" and I know what comrademanship comes with that experience. I believe it is the same with the model train community.
First though, credit needs be given where credit is deserved. The benchwork which some of you may envy is the product of my very good friend on this very forum. You know him as DonZ. Back in 2004 I could not screw two pieces of wood together without splitting them. I believe I've learned a lot - all from Don.
Last. I work best when the area I have is neat and tidy. It is not always as you see in these photos. Someone said less stress. It is true. And, it allows me to focus. All of you know that modeling trains has a great variety of tasks - they go on and on. It is easy with train modeling to look at one thing and say "oh yeah, I need to finish that" - but - then find yourself either starting up and entirely new task or working on something else.
Thanks for the kind words regarding the benchwork, and welcome back to the Forums! Let me know when it's time to build more bench.
Say the word, and I'll have your train room cluttered in 15 minutes....
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.