HI FOLKS:
Am an older member; absent for quite a while [ mrr'ing on back-burner due to health problems and then later, joined other forums ]. Really do LIKE the revised Forum format and appearence! Now, somewhat sadly, have spare room to finally put up HO a-t-r home branchline layout [because an older son joined U S Army and another's pondering switch from ARNG to the same. GOD BLESS THEM BOTH for wishing to defend their Country! ]. But this is really stressful, coming into our lives now, as wife and I are both retired seniors. Hopefully, the layout will become some very needed stress-relief for us!
Academy Thread: BEFORE PLASTER CLOTH was interesting reading. BUT it brought back memories I'd almost forgotton about. At 13/ 14 years of age in my pre-HO days, had built a cellar Lionel layout, using wire window screen/ plaster method, on old doors over wood forms. Only problem is that we had no plaster; what we had was lots of ASBESTOS CEMENT! I worked with this stuff for several months, building hills on the layout! Clearly remember how easy it was to mold and even did this with my hands, rather than a trowel or putty knife, because of the unwanted tool marks they left; Go Figure! There IS A GOD because my Dad constantly used this stuff to repair our old steam-boiler and he lived to be 93 and yours truly has life-long asthma and's made it so far! BET there's other old-timers who did the same!
Was curious about how many folks here are into around-the-room modeling. Just hoped to share some experiences with them. Am using Don Spiro's October, '05 RMC Shelfwork article, to construct layout 15" wide [more-or-less] and 51" high [clears all the bedroom furniture!]. Will run wireless Lenz DCC, walk with my trains; do my own switching using Sergent Engineering couplers [no 'glad hands'/ track magnets!] and C.I. ground throws. Starting with REA warehouse, a coal/ oil dealer & feed-grain mill along the first 14' of r-o-w on one wall [that's enough, LOL! ] . TTFN.....Old Tom aka papasmurf in NH
Am an older member; absent for quite a while [ mrr'ing on back-burner due to health problems and then later, joined other forums ]. Really do LIKE the revised Forum format and appearence! Now, somewhat sadly, have spare room to finally put up HO a-t-r home branchline layout [because an older son joined U S Army and another's pondering switch from ARNG to the same. GOD BLESS THEM BOTH for wishing to defend their Country! ]. But this is really stressful, coming into our lives now, as wife and I are both retired seniors. Hopefully, the layout will become some very needed stress-relief for us!
Academy Thread: BEFORE PLASTER CLOTH was interesting reading. BUT it brought back memories I'd almost forgotton about. At 13/ 14 years of age in my pre-HO days, had built a cellar Lionel layout, using wire window screen/ plaster method, on old doors over wood forms. Only problem is that we had no plaster; what we had was lots of ASBESTOS CEMENT! I worked with this stuff for several months, building hills on the layout! Clearly remember how easy it was to mold and even did this with my hands, rather than a trowel or putty knife, because of the unwanted tool marks they left; Go Figure! There IS A GOD because my Dad constantly used this stuff to repair our old steam-boiler and he lived to be 93 and yours truly has life-long asthma and's made it so far! BET there's other old-timers who did the same!
Was curious about how many folks here are into around-the-room modeling. Just hoped to share some experiences with them. Am using Don Spiro's October, '05 RMC Shelfwork article, to construct layout 15" wide [more-or-less] and 51" high [clears all the bedroom furniture!]. Will run wireless Lenz DCC, walk with my trains; do my own switching using Sergent Engineering couplers [no 'glad hands'/ track magnets!] and C.I. ground throws. Starting with REA warehouse, a coal/ oil dealer & feed-grain mill along the first 14' of r-o-w on one wall [that's enough, LOL! ] . TTFN.....Old Tom aka papasmurf in NH
