Kinda sad

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Oklahoma Train Nut
I am thinking about joining the local club and building a module in HO. does anyone have any ideas for a reall interesting scene that could be a module?

Are you doing a straight, inside, or outside curve? Do you want serious, funny, realistic, whimsical?

Our most popular "scene" is simply a bridge over a deep canyon. Since so many people go from track level up this is more intersting because it goes from track level down. Unfortunately I can't find any pictures, and it is currently "packed" up in storage.

My son also did a fantasy "Mars" module it was an outside corner. Red dirt, steaming craters, Mars agriculture, flying saucer, bubble buildings. Kind of different and fun. Got lots of people stopping to look at it, almost more than anything else on the layout. It was sold when he left YIMR.

[Robert Langford]

Alex, Keep your chin up, do what the doc says to do, and look for the good aide. Last year I had a heart attack , two cardiac arrests, and a flood of blood clots. Ended up with amputation of two toes, 5 clots in my brain, much memory loss. Just turned 70, and won't give up. Model R.R. and watching trains is my salvation. Have a Merry Christmas.
BOB

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hear that, Alex. I'm in the same boat with homework right now. It seems that in these last two weeks before Christmas holidays, all the teachers piled on the work. I guess they wanted to get a lot of stuff out of the way before the break. Thankfully, once this week is over, the holidays will be here!

[Anonymous]

Good morning Alex, you are youth going for you. This medical condition is often outgrown, and you will get better with time. [tup][tup]

Lots of ideas here for you to consider. All seemed to be very simple to do. heck I might try one of those. [(-D][(-D][(-D]

[joseph2]

Good Morning.What time era will the module be in ? My idea would be to have a RIP (repair in place ) track.Outdoor RIP track is where minor repairs were done on all sorts of cars.So it wouldn't take any special buildings,just a shed or two.I have children your age and will pray for your recovery. Joe G.

[krump]

TrainNut - wishing you health and happiness, enjoy the hobby at your pace. You're in our prayers.

[twhite]

Hi, Nut, sorry to hear about your health--don't know if this helps, but I had an irregular heartbeat in High school, too. Seems I just outgrew it after a year or so (just turned 65), so you hang in there, kiddo--I'm going to say some serious prayers for you. About that module--RailguyHO has a really excellent suggestion--and it would be a chance to get some of those really cool Accurail stock-cars and wood reefer kits. And keep up the schoolwork--I know it gets hot and heavy about this time of year. Where I taught, we weren't allowed to give homework or assignments over the Christmas Holidays (which seemed fair to me), so we had to pack it all in before to keep the schedule. Have a great Christmas, and let the rest of us know how the module turns out, okay? like maybe some photos?
Best to you,
Tom

[AggroJones]

Sometimes medical problems can make modeling tough. I know first hand. Hang in there.
Keep pressing on, and we hope you feel better.

[Hawks05]

i know how it is with school work. i have 46 or so questions for english on the first 120 pages of the book Moby ***. also have a bunch of pre calc stuff to do and read for my ecology class. i'm going to have a fun sunday.

last week was the worst i've had since i've been in high school i'd have to say. everything that could go wrong did go wrong. i went to a friends house last night around 11 after i got off work. her and just sat outside talking. we figured we'd talk for an hour or so. i ended up getting home a little after 3. it was good to just talk, but dang was it cold out.

anyways as for your club, congrats. i wish i could join one but i don't feel like driving into the cities twice a week. for a module i'd go with the oil refinery idea or the stockyard maybe. both excellent choices.

[Anonymous]

Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you! How far are you from Tulsa?

[Anonymous]

I hope you get to feeling better,along with the stock yards, depending on the era,there would probably be a meat processing plant ice house icing platforms this would also give you lots of truck traffic transporting livestock in from the many ranches, ,hauling out some of the processed meat for local delivery.

[SP4449]

Hi OklahomaTrainNut.

An idea would be to use brown and green latex paint to depict dirt road/driveways and grassy areas then put a few of the buildings Walthers has to build a small town or residential neighborhood. It would take only two or three buildings that you can store in a box between layout setups so there would be minimal damage when transporting the module. A few ready made trees of various types, stored in a box between shows, would round the scene out. Not too difficult to setup and tear down but would be impressive and fun and easy on you when your strength is not so high.

My wife does her module this way and since it is easy to set up, she has the fun of building a scene quickly and then she can take it easy while the public enjoys her handywork. She has days she can hardly move so I know where you are coming from. Keep it simple, not a lot of clutter but just enough detail get your point across.

Good luck and good railroading. [:D] [;)]

[Anonymous]

Jim had a good point. A lot of people don't realize that the OKC stock yards is the largest in the world. A stock yard scene would do well for you. Have you chosen a club yet? ComRail is a large one in OKC, I don't know much about them, but if you have questions drop by Woodward's Hobby Shop on a Saturday and there is usually a member of the club working there.

Glad to see you back on here,
Greg (also from OK)

[Anonymous]

Hi Alex [:)]

I am sorry to hear about your heart rhythm I hope things improve for you.

I don't remember what time slot you are modeling but one idea does come to mind. Oklahoma sent "tons" of oil out by railroad tank car during WWII so an oil refinery and tank farm would work well. Another idea would be a stock yard shipping cattle in/out by rail.

[Anonymous]

I havn't got to do much with trains here latley. I have mounds of school work to do and I have this irregular heart rythm thing ( I had to wear a heart monitor) which gets me very fatigued and I go to bed early and don't get a chance to get on here and talk with ya'll. I did set up a train under our christmas tree, so that was fun. the dog is scared of it. I am thinking about joining the local club and building a module in HO. does anyone have any ideas for a reall interesting scene that could be a module? Thanks!