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Had a little change of heart about the Athearn set. See my update in the reviews.

Railohio mentioned the same thing. As much as I like the looks of the set, I will probably stear clear of it now. I don't want the kid's train derailing at every turn. Especially if he's going to have my crappy trackwork on his layout. :D I've noticed that about a lot of MTL's sets. Their...

A train set it is. Unfortunately I don't see much difference between this one and some of the train sets that cost about half as much. I'm really not unhappy with the engine it's self. It's the best part of the set actually. The cars, track and transformer seem to be lacking though...

I got the Athearn set today and I'm somewhat unhappy with it. You can read the full review here: http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?p=849664#post849664 I'm seriously considering sending it back and finding something better for my buddy and his kid. I really like the looks of the...

That would be cool but I've never used flex track before and not sure I want to make my first venture into it on someone else's layout. :D (I'm seriously considering it for my own later on though.....) And how did you get it to work with all 11" curves?? Edit: I think I got it!

Yeah.... I have ideas in my head for a full blown, large layout someday as well. Railyards, track switching, multiple trains and the whole works. Then I look at the price of remote switches for all of that and think I should build another Scenic Ridge. :D This guy makes insane money though...

Is ConCor the only ones who have made an N scale Goose? I've tried a couple of Google searches and that seems to be all I can find. I promise I'll quit derailing your thread now. :D

I agree that this layout isn't much for switching options but I'm doing it this way for several reasons- 1) This layout really ins't about what's running on it afterwards. The guy wants to see if the kid is going to have the stick-to-it enough to actually build a layout before they start a...

And one more question....... Do you think I'll have room for 3% inclines on here or should I go with 4%?

I liked your writeup on the ConCor Goose. I'd love to have a Goose someday but I don't think it will be that one! :eek:

I'm not seeing a picture? :confused: Edit: Nevermind.... There it is. :mrgreen: Awesome job. I just don't have the patience for those tiny little parts. I'm getting mine from http://www.tabletoptowns.com

Is this the website you've been using? http://www.jvmodels.biz/n_scale_models.htm

Sweet. :thumb: And I fixed the S-curve. I had to change the bottom half of my last loop from 11" to 9-3/4" curves and add two half curves but I think this will work. (Although the S curve did look cool, I don't want it inhibiting anything that might or might not run on the layout later on.)...

Next question...... Will 2" risers give me enough clearance for the train once track and roadbed are installed?

Cool. I'm going to leave it as is then. Everything I do to change it either leaves me short or over somewhere and no matter what lengths I use to fill it, some part of it is still off.

Well, the overland passenger cars are supposed to be 50 footers, I think.

Do you think these would cause a problem? http://www.ehobbies.com/ath10031.html That's the set we ordered for it. I've been trying to eliminate it but nothing looks quite right without it.

Actually, the new plan eleminates switching altogether. The layout really isn't about running or switching, it's to see if the kid has the patience to do something constructive besides blow up cars and shoot gangsta thugs on his Playstation or X-box or whatever. If he can get through a small...

I followed Jesso's diagram for his desktop layout, expanded it a bit and added a bridge. I think this will make a good starter layout for my buddy and his kid. I like it better than the simple over/under I did before and it shouldn't get too expensive. Not bad for 2-1/2 x 4-1/2 feet, anyway.

Yeah, but I still have to buy the whole set of risers to get that 2". I've been prcing this thing out and I'm looking at almost $100 for track and the foam risers so far. I wonder if it would be any cheaper with flex track??