... we ... to ... of ... Dear Bill: As you noted, there is too much to include in a small layout present on the line- if you wish to include all the features...
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denlippert@...
Sep 4, 2001 7:03 pm
Hi all, Some of you know me from other lists... I'm hardly a "newbie" to the hobby, but since I'm working on the first real layout design I've ever done, I've...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:09 pm
... Welcome to the list. While you have a "large" small layout, you're right in that smaller parts of it and what you learn from the smaller parts can apply to...
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Jonathan Piasecki
jonp@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:11 pm
Just wondering -- has anyone tried building any of the smaller layout plans that have appeared in Model Railroad Planning? I'm thinking of the collection of...
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Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
on30guy@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:38 pm
... Sounds to me like that's almost the way he's treating it, with the "support" simply stretched out to the next mini-layout and sceniced. One of my friends...
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denlippert@...
Sep 5, 2001 5:43 pm
... I actually came about this method from the system we've been using (fairly successfully!) at our club: the entire 40x100' layout was "designed" by one man...
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maurice@...
Sep 5, 2001 10:35 pm
Is anyone using any kind of operating system with a small layout? I'm talking car-cards or computerized systems. The waybill type car-cards seem to me would be...
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Michael Tondee
W4HIJ@...
Sep 5, 2001 11:11 pm
I have been investigating car card systems for my small layout. It is five and a half by seven feet in N-scale. I haven't really worried about the problems...
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Derek Heath
revelationjoe@...
Sep 6, 2001 8:03 am
Hi, I'm Del from Brighton, England, soon to be in Co.Leitrim, Ireland. I have been interested in small layouts for a long time as we have never had a spare...
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Emrys Hopkins
emrys@...
Sep 6, 2001 5:30 pm
You may want to investigate a program called (I think) "Wagonflow" - I know there's a detailed website about it but don't have the URL to hand. I think there's...
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chacmool@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:02 pm
Maurice Have you thought about Alan Wright's Tiddlywink Computer? He invented Inglenook Sidings and this is probably the simplest system for a small layout....
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Michael Tondee
W4HIJ@...
Sep 6, 2001 7:52 pm
Jack, I am not familiar with this system either but I would like to check it out. Would you be willing to E-mail me a copy also? Thanks, Michael ... From:...
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Kennedy How
howler37@...
Sep 7, 2001 1:07 am
... Well, my layout is a 4x8 right now (but will be bigger). I use the freebie Mad River Waybills program:...
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bhenders@...
Sep 7, 2001 6:09 pm
Maurice, I would not be concerned about reptition with car cards and waybills. By simply creating extra waybills that can be cycled through the available car...
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Michael Denny
nice_handy_mel@...
Sep 25, 2001 2:28 pm
Postings seem to have tapered off - so I'll fill the air. Since my last post, I have had to rethink my small N scale layout (Guelph Junction), and make it...
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Emrys Hopkins
emrys@...
Sep 25, 2001 6:42 pm
Hi from across the Pond. There's obviously something to be said for being crammed onto an island with so many others, even if it's just having to build layouts...
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Chris Gilbert
chris.gilbert@...
Sep 25, 2001 7:15 pm
Hi Michael I was just going to say the same thing about Model Trains International magazine. I was in the same position as you a two months age and started...
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emrys@...
Sep 25, 2001 7:52 pm
What a nice man (thanks, Chris). As promised/threatened, I'm back with some more suggestions - there are a couple of promising ideas at http://www.british- ...
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Chris Gilbert
chris.gilbert@...
Sep 25, 2001 9:15 pm
Michael You could try Bill Denton's N Scale KINGSBURY BRANCH http://members.aol.com/wdenton101/index.htm If you have not been there already Chris [Non-text...
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Chris Gilbert
chris.gilbert@...
Sep 25, 2001 9:23 pm
Michael You could try Bill Denton's N Scale KINGSBURY BRANCH http://members.aol.com/wdenton101/index.htm If you have not been there already Chris [Non-text...
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Darryl Huffman
darrylhuffman@...
Sep 25, 2001 11:01 pm
Emrys, Just a tip on URLs. Press ENTER twice before you type a URL. And ENTER again before continuing your thought. That way the URL will all be on one line...
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ufffam
ufffam@...
Sep 26, 2001 12:25 am
Speaking of MTI just got the latest issue in the mail yesterday. Another collection of good looking small layouts. One HO 18" x 80" waterfront with a scenic...
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Doug Humphrey
douglby@...
Sep 26, 2001 2:01 am
Darryl, Godd advice about the urls, but your URL in your signature isn't following that advice. :) Doug ... __________________________________________________ ...
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Darryl Huffman
darrylhuffman@...
Sep 26, 2001 2:09 am
Doug, I know how to use a colon and some other characters to show a happy face and a sad face. Do you know what characters I could use to show mud all over my...
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Doug Humphrey
douglby@...
Sep 26, 2001 2:34 am
I still think it is an excellent idea. I am new again to the hobby and I "surf" a lot of sites that I find in the newsgroups. I sure makes it easier when they ...
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Emrys Hopkins
emrys@...
Sep 26, 2001 6:31 am
Sorry about the split URL (which was http://www.british-ho.com/layouts/index_layouts.htm ) My only defence (and it's a pretty flimsy one) is that the "bad"...
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Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
on30guy@...
Sep 26, 2001 11:33 am
Also, should always add the http:// to the beginning of the URL, as some mail readers won't make a clickable link otherwise. Geren W. Mortensen, Jr. Columbia,...
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ufffam@...
Sep 27, 2001 6:27 pm
I mentioned the arrival of MTI #36 the other day. One of the track plans is an 18" x 80" HO plan of a waterfront line built by a custom builder here in the...
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maurice@...
Sep 27, 2001 10:29 pm
... <nice_handy_mel@h...> wrote: Now I have 1x3' or 1x4'. I'm moving into my ... best ... Michael In addition to my hearty recommendation of MTI, I also want...
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chacmool@...
Sep 28, 2001 6:19 pm
Michael Have you taken a quick look in the files page on this site? One or two may be what you need Jack (Shortliner) www.ModelTrainsInternational.co.uk ...
