Recent content by Hookedtrout

So when's he open for business? I'll be right over. Looks great. :thumb: :thumb: Hook

A lot of great info Scott, thank you. The most interesting thing you bring to light is what's in the layout for me so to speak. And interestingly enough I've done a lot of reading and learning from the forums and the crazy thing for me and only time will tell where this will all take me but at...

Thanks Russ:thumb: I'll get a guage coming in the next order so I have one here and I'll check the rest of the items as you advise.

Spent a few hours out in the shack today playing. :D I pretty much had the track laid out so it's just a matter of exactly where I want the sidings so I moved them around and played a bit with some different ideas. I'm liking it more and more as I move along and the creative ideas are starting...

Well...I thought it was small enough to keep me out of bankruptcy but I'm starting to wonder now. :rolleyes: It's 12' X 10'

Read back through your post a second time and I read table as my whole layout deck and after reading it again I questioned my first thoughts. I'm new enough to all this train terminology that some of it I don't have a clue, what is a table area. :confused:

Sounds like pretty sound advice Scott. I think I'm going to route some wire under the deck for the DCC and get it all ready to hook up and then do some of the paper type landscaping to give me a general idea of how far out the mountain/tunnel area is going to come. From there I think I'll just...

I'm hanging :D and if the truth were known I'm enjoying every minute of it.

BLI Mike arrived. Thanks :thumb: to everyone that recommended the BLI Mike Light. It showed up today and it is a beauty. Wish the track was wired and set up to run so I could give it a whirl :( can't wait to hear those whistles blow. Good things come to those that wait I guess.

This should prove to be a busy week for the U.S. Mail as well as UPS at our house. The digitrax has already shown and I'm reading the 3 instruction books dilligently every night at work. The BLI Mike should show this week along with a ton of other stuff ranging from layout supplies to rolling...

Getting it to move wasn't too difficult I just put it on the track and prayed once I had a little oval together and away it went. Now putting up with the squeal from the old motor was a chore however. So I ordered me up some oils and gave it a good oil bath and it's pretty quiet now. Not near...

Oh don't give it up. I want to see the picture, fix it would be a much better choice. :thumb:

Look pretty nice but I'm afraid my 18" radius would be a bit small for that big of a Diesel.

P.S. I tried your "Here's Me" link and it comes up a dead web site. Hook

Thanks, the building sure turned out be a lot more than I planned for but the change in plans really gave it an old "Train Shack" look which is fitting I guess. The building is built so it can be used as a guest house IF we ever stop playing with the trains. It has vinyl low E glass windows...