How do I get started?

[jon-monon]

Originally posted by Matthyro
While Jon does the MAIN supervising, others can do the woodwork, track laying and sceniking but just give me a pile of empty cereal boxes, some white glue and thos $1 acrylic paints and I will make some buildings for you

No, no, no. I volyteered to supervise the peanut gallery, the hecklers. What your talkin bout could turn out to be real werk! I could get hurt. It takes knowledge and experiance. I could probably help empty some cerial boxes, if I'm not too busy with the beer. I could supervise some plastic people maybe.

 

[davidstrains]

Jon, do you see what Val has done with the dioramas? A group of guys from this group is going to be pretty busy just trying to keep that standard in constructing a full sized layout. It looks as though she could work circles (or maybe that should be 'track ovals") around us.

 

[sumpter250]

A group of guys from this group is going to be pretty busy just trying to keep that standard in constructing a full sized layout. It looks as though she could work circles (or maybe that should be 'track ovals") around us.

Looking at the guest list, I can think of far worse fates. I feel honored to have been included in the invite.
Pete

 

[t. alexander]

Hey all, I am just now reading this thread and would like to describe how I wired my switching layout. It went something like this.. "lets see now if I put this wire here", ZAPP, "hum nope". "Ok what about here", ZAPP, "nope". "Ok, Here,.. BINGO!!"
and so on. It's a good thing there are no fuses as I would have went broke replacing them.

Btw I would like to atest to jon's electrical expertise.
I had a wiring problem on another forum (not train related) that involved the head lights on a vehicle I have.
Now, when I flip a light switch on or off I wonder how do it know jon, realizing this suggested I simply get one of those million watt spot lights and hold it in front of me when I drove at night.

t.