Howdy Y'all -- Just a note to let everyone know the list is still alive. I'm working on some small layout ideas and hope to have some sketches put together...
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Greg Williams
cprfan@...
May 4, 2001 11:50 am
Glad to hear things are moving ahead. I still am planning the mini switching layout but have been held back with other modeling projects and of course spring...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 6, 2001 8:21 pm
...some miscellaneous thoughts. Hello Everyone -- Just want to say welcome to the new members -- Small Layout Design is up to 93 members now. I think we...
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Carol & Jerry Jankura
jerry.jankura@...
May 6, 2001 10:00 pm
Jonathan: First, you have to get your priorities in order. Just remember, in the alphabet of life - Play comes before Work. How did you store that plywood?...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 7, 2001 2:05 am
Hello Jerry -- Thanks for the notes. Sadly, yes, the plywood was stored upright, but it was leaning flat against a stable surface. The bow was "outwards" or...
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Carol & Jerry Jankura
jerry.jankura@...
May 7, 2001 11:44 am
Jon: I'm not sure if you absolutely HAVE to age paint, but I've gotten some gallons that "aged" in the basement for about a year before I got around to putting...
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dunver@...
May 7, 2001 7:19 pm
I'd like to build a small HO shelf-type industrial switching layout. My interest is in UP diesel-era operation, and I would like to be able to operate rolling...
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donovansart16@...
May 7, 2001 7:50 pm
Hi y'all, I am a new member to this list - it was recomended to me by a felow member of another model railroad list. Anyway, I currently have a 10'4"x6'4"...
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donovansart16@...
May 7, 2001 10:01 pm
Y'all, I have just created a file in the group files area containing my layout's track plan and a few photo's I took of it in it's 'unfinished' state. If...
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Martyn Read
Martyn@...
May 7, 2001 10:07 pm
... Hi David, This sounds quite a challenging size and shape, but it certainly sounds feasible. From your list of requirements the only thing I'd question...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 8, 2001 5:38 pm
Hello David -- Welcome to the group and thanks for posting. I'm also in the Toronto area (I live in Keswick at the Stephen Leacock Memorial Trailer Park and...
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dunver@...
May 8, 2001 7:25 pm
John: Thanks for responding. I live in South Riverdale, near Pape and Queen East, and am an active member of a club in Scarborough. Rather than meet at...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 9, 2001 2:12 pm
Hello All -- If you're not subscribed to Layout Construction and are interested in the plywood-vs-lumber debate, there's a thread developing on warped plywood...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 9, 2001 3:07 pm
Hello -- I've been told that the link in my first message won't work unless you're subscribed to the Layout Construction list. Sorry about that! Try this: ...
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Martyn Read
Martyn@...
May 10, 2001 10:04 am
... The long car issue is not so much (long cars+small space), but (long cars+tight curve+small space) which will potentially give you the problems. If your...
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reinoud.kaasschieter@...
May 10, 2001 11:39 am
Hi All, Just today I found this mailing list by accident and signed up immediately. (Well, I'm already member of a lot of other modelrailway related Yahoo...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 10, 2001 9:12 pm
Hello Reinoud -- Welcome to the list and thanks for introducing yourself. I've just taken a quick look at your website and must say that I'm impressed --...
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reinoud.kaasschieter@...
May 11, 2001 1:39 pm
Hi All, ... track ... these "90- ... them. Well, there're several options here and the most suitable for H0 scale is: Kibri #4130 Waggon-Drehscheibe, price...
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reimundfitzhugh@...
May 12, 2001 11:08 pm
Just found this group a couple days ago, I changed email addresses due to switching internet providers and Yahoo wiped all my groups. Found this one in the...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
May 16, 2001 2:54 pm
Hello All -- Just wanted to let you know of another list on Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/model_railroading_just_for_fun This list is intended...
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Steven Zaretsky
zaretsky@...
May 25, 2001 8:44 pm
Hello all, I'm a new member -- I just discovered the group today. No room/permission for a layout at home (the wife keeps finding reasons that it would be a...
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Ken King
hoggerken@...
May 26, 2001 4:42 am
... Greetings Small Layout Design list. First time post from me. I am a "12 inch to the foot scale" railroader, also modelling Kelowna,BC circa 1980 in a room...
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Ken King
hoggerken@...
May 26, 2001 5:48 am
Hello again. Forgot to mention that this 9'2" by 8'6" layout of mine (Kelowna Industrial District, or "KID" for short) will be in HO with the primary focus on...
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leftcoaster@...
May 26, 2001 3:32 pm
G'Day, everyone.... Been with the list a short time; don't think I intro'd myself. Live in Brookings, Oregon, USA. After working in US-motif HO since 1957, I'm...
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Kenneth Sipel
ksipel@...
May 26, 2001 7:20 pm
Steven, I would go with N scale unless you want a switching layout. Can you turn HO in less than a 12 inch radius? What era are you thinking of? Ken...
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kwolson@...
May 28, 2001 2:13 am
... the ... I'd love to see you post some pictures as you make progress. A fellow modeler brought some video to an operating session that he had shot last...
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Peter Morgan
say_eh_ooh@...
May 28, 2001 3:52 pm
Ok this is my first time in here, and as I'm from the UK i find some of the small layouts in here to be anything but (12ft x 7ft??), so here's a question I...
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Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
May 28, 2001 5:28 pm
... Welcome, Steve! Lot's of good help here for ya. ... "Permission"?! Sounds like my wife. When she saw the area I would be using for the layout in the old...
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chacmool@...
May 28, 2001 6:45 pm
... some ... build ... I have a design ex-MR by Nick Palette that might just do you - email me direct if it might be of use, with a snail addy. I'm in...
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leftcoaster@...
May 28, 2001 9:21 pm
... fellow ... Thank you; it will be a while, however. Some of my benchwork is in place, and will be doubling as an exhibitionable module. Queensland Rail, and...
