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Post by Adam on Jan 3, 2024 17:16:42 GMT
Thinking you should start your new years on the right foot and visit the gym more often? But, well, you really just don't wanna? Well, here is the next best thing from Menards!   |
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jan 3, 2024 19:48:05 GMT
That’s a neat looking building. I’ll put it between the MTH McDonald’s and Menard’s Arby’s drive through!!
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Post by david1 on Jan 3, 2024 20:06:45 GMT
That’s a neat looking building. I’ll put it between the MTH McDonald’s and Menard’s Arby’s drive through!! Neat building, I may need to find room or expand. Dave
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Post by curtis on Jan 3, 2024 22:32:40 GMT
I am already trying to find room. I have ZERO. And as for the gym....it is too much work to find room so I don't need it. That is above my exercise grade level. lol
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 4, 2024 0:01:49 GMT
I am already trying to find room. I have ZERO. And as for the gym....it is too much work to find room so I don't need it. That is above my exercise grade level. lol
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jan 4, 2024 0:57:25 GMT
I am already trying to find room. I have ZERO. Well, you could always to what I just did (and continue to work on) -- create an axillary layout for all the extra pieces that don't fit on the main layout:
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 4, 2024 1:17:30 GMT
Well, the footprint is only roughly 11" x 6" but it's 7" tall. Too big for my purposes/space but I like it - as an idea.
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Post by curtis on Jan 5, 2024 0:12:46 GMT
I am already trying to find room. I have ZERO. Well, you could always to what I just did (and continue to work on) -- create an axillary layout for all the extra pieces that don't fit on the main layout: Funny you suggested that. I started one in the basement at Thanksgiving. I plan in using it for Postwar trains and accessories but did make it 81 curves so I can run my bigger engines that I can not run on the big layout upstairs.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jan 5, 2024 6:38:54 GMT
Well, you could always to what I just did (and continue to work on) -- create an axillary layout for all the extra pieces that don't fit on the main layout: Funny you suggested that. I started one in the basement at Thanksgiving. I plan in using it for Postwar trains and accessories but did make it 81 curves so I can run my bigger engines that I can not run on the big layout upstairs. Great minds, etc. -- my "animation showcase" started its current form when I had to strip the previous iteration back to the plywood to install track with wide enough curves to accommodate my newly-acquired Williams GG-1 (there was literally no track on either main or test layout with radius or clearance sufficient to run it, and the supports on the el actually broke from the weight!). Here's a short video of the loop I created for it, with the added foam board, grass mat, and some additional animation pieces, but before I added the 'roads' and fully embedded the animated pieces:
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Post by healey36 on Jan 5, 2024 13:31:16 GMT
steveoncattailcreek - Hey, I thought you were a Marx guy! A friend of mine just sent me a box of Marx stuff...figured I might have some questions for you.
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Post by curtis on Jan 5, 2024 19:26:25 GMT
Good thing you have that Pipe foam around the edge. It will help hold it if it leans over. I WOULD STILL BE FREAKING OUT WITH TRACK ON THE EDGE!!!
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Post by atsda on Jan 6, 2024 0:14:19 GMT
I won't get the gym; however, for exercize, I plan to outrun my trains around the layout. Alfredd
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jan 6, 2024 0:22:13 GMT
steveoncattailcreek - Hey, I thought you were a Marx guy! A friend of mine just sent me a box of Marx stuff...figured I might have some questions for you. Yep, I am, but the GG-1 caught my eye and interest, so I needed to create a place to let it run, which also lets me use the few "big L" items that I've acquired or been gifted over the years *and* provides space to play with some animated/lighted pieces I can't fit on the main layout. So, I'll be happy to field any Marx-related questions that you have, and any questions on Marx stuff I can't answer I can pass on to the Marx trains listserv, and a bunch of *real* Marx experts.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jan 6, 2024 0:36:59 GMT
Good thing you have that Pipe foam around the edge. It will help hold it if it leans over. I WOULD STILL BE FREAKING OUT WITH TRACK ON THE EDGE!!! Fair point, but I needed every inch to fit track with wide enough radius to avoid derailing. I generally run it at modest speed, and the few times it has derailed, it tends to be just past the beginning of each corner, where there's more real estate to fall over on! So, yes, some danger, but mitigated, and so far, no problem! BTW, if the corners *do* prove to be a problem, I can always add dowel-and-wire fences, as I did on the main layout for the O-27 curves:  
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Post by curtis on Jan 6, 2024 1:45:53 GMT
Or invest in floor pillows. LOL
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