Hello all from S. Florida!
I stumbled on this forum a while back but have mostly been reading until now.
I'm returning to model railroading (OK, what I used to do was less model and much more "railroading") after a good many years and having a blast. I'm primarily in HO, but I have located all the O scale stuff I had growing up.
I'm an ex-pat Californian and my interests really lie with the western roads (if it weren't for the internet, that'd probably be a tough call living in Florida) and the general trains I grew up watching. Anyone else here remember going to Roaring Camp in Felton to take a ride on their Shay? Yes, I adore Shays, but mostly because that's really the very first train that I ever remember.
I've gone so far as to acquire an MDC Shay kit (2-truck) and am slowly working on it. I'm still waiting for the NWSL gears to get here before I can really do more than de-burr parts. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the pry-bar far enough into to my wallet to spend $200 on the out of print book everyone recommends, though I have found all kinds of sites including a Yahoo group with good information. We'll see.
Also I am building a 4' X 9' layout on foamcore that can be taken apart in case I actually need to use the guest bedroom for guests. I'm going to try and lay some roadbed this weekend. Haven't really settled on an era yet (there are things that I find fascinating in just about anything I see.)
I did decide to make the layout something simple that can grow and evolve; for now the idea is to use it as a series of studies in technique.
Well, I've rambled on for quite while longer than I'd thought....
Dan
I stumbled on this forum a while back but have mostly been reading until now.
I'm returning to model railroading (OK, what I used to do was less model and much more "railroading") after a good many years and having a blast. I'm primarily in HO, but I have located all the O scale stuff I had growing up.
I'm an ex-pat Californian and my interests really lie with the western roads (if it weren't for the internet, that'd probably be a tough call living in Florida) and the general trains I grew up watching. Anyone else here remember going to Roaring Camp in Felton to take a ride on their Shay? Yes, I adore Shays, but mostly because that's really the very first train that I ever remember.
I've gone so far as to acquire an MDC Shay kit (2-truck) and am slowly working on it. I'm still waiting for the NWSL gears to get here before I can really do more than de-burr parts. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the pry-bar far enough into to my wallet to spend $200 on the out of print book everyone recommends, though I have found all kinds of sites including a Yahoo group with good information. We'll see.
Also I am building a 4' X 9' layout on foamcore that can be taken apart in case I actually need to use the guest bedroom for guests. I'm going to try and lay some roadbed this weekend. Haven't really settled on an era yet (there are things that I find fascinating in just about anything I see.)
I did decide to make the layout something simple that can grow and evolve; for now the idea is to use it as a series of studies in technique.
Well, I've rambled on for quite while longer than I'd thought....
Dan