My thanks to all of you who responded to my plea for help. The response has been better than I thought. Shortliner even sent me a picture of just what I was...
My website, "Micro Layouts for Model Railroads", is back online as of this morning at http://carendt.com . It has been unavailable since Sunday, because the...
... of this ... HOORAY!!! Welcome Back Carl! ... its traffic ... 200th layout ... I take it this means that the first print run of the book is now sold out?...
... No way! Plenty of copies avaiable for anyone in the world who wants one! <g> Carl Arendt "Creating MICRO LAYOUTS" http://carendt.com/booksale.html...
Hi Brian. Yes there is a single slip on the main, but in a trailing situation to trains coming on from the right. This means that to run round or to switch is...
Hey everybody. There's a movie coming out called THE STATION AGENT, and its lead character (Peter Dinklage) works at a model shop. It's the best pro-train...
I have been charged with a task that I'm sure all will envy. My manager today asked that we create a small HO scale layout for our office. I work for a...
Some folks get all the luck! :) Can the layout be viewed from both sides or only one? I'm trying to picture fitting all that into a 3' space in N scale, and...
I just posted a sketch of my home layout- It's not a micro layout by any means, but much of it is less than a foot wide, and it actually takes up no room, as...
... Do you have a belt sander. Just sand it down to size. A saber saw could be used also. Make yourself a jig/fence that you clamp on the bottom. Donald...
One of the long sides will be against a wall - Layout will be visible from the front 3 sides. I have already ordered a "Walking Beam" oil pump with the motor....
... Administrative Administrator - Now THERE's a title for you. BTW, my sympathies to you having to spend the company's money on model railroading. Will you be...
Only if I can get away with it...maybe on extended lunch hours. I will be getting several kits and the boss seems interested in assembling one. Kelly Will you...
I've added a "quick and dirty", hand-drawn, modified file to Andrew in Oz's folder in SLDfiles. It is not as clear as it could be due to having to be...
Hey Shortliner! If'n ya don't find the specific file yer lookin fer, I have a copy of the plan.... sent ta me from ya while I was scratchin' m' noggin'...
Hello, I did not know the boss could have fun on a job. Are you guys hiring? Happy Modeling, Jeff ... From: K Russell Subject: [small-layout-design] Re: In...
... Andrew - I have looked at your designs, and also seen your messages on LDSIG. My first comment, as one who's been designing and building layouts for a...
Hmm, I went to the Walthers site and couldn't find a Walthers refinery in HO, only N. found the Volmer refinery (6"x4") and one from Plastistruct (20"x24")...
The Refinery that we ordered was: Cornerstone Series(R) United Petroleum Refining Walthers Part # 933-3705, p. 456 Walthers 2003 HO Scale Reference HO scale,...
... OK, that explains it- I searched under 'refinery' not 'refining' ... Good idea! I uploaded a sketch (oil rr) in the Chenango Railways folder under files....
Kelly, Check out http://www.plastruct.com/Home.html They have individual components (valve, tanks, etc) and a refinery kit also. Just do a search for refinery...
I've posted a trackplan to Andrew in Oz's folder. It is one I found a good while back on the web, and now seems to have been removed, so I can't credit the...
Here is the site: http://www.brant.net/gvmr/layout.htm There are some good photos on the site as well. Geof ... found ... so ... Barry ... of ... 4'x3'in ... ...
... Geof Thanks for that link - the last couple of times I looked all I got was a 404 Error - so I thought the site had been taken down! I shall print copies...
I have loaded up (files section/Russell Junction/RAM RR) my first pass at a track plan. I added storage tracks to the one side to hold a variety of cars - to...
