In the past few years, when planning a layout for myself, I’ve taken a more time oriented approach. How long do I want it to take me to reach the fifty or sixty per cent completion point? How long do I want an op. session to last? Will I be operating primarily solo? What work […]
I added a blog entry on my business design blog comparing on peninsula designs vs. multiple peninsula designs. Here’s the link: http://shelflayouts.com/2016/09/the-case-for-only-one-peninsula/
I love this video by Snuffy’s Cat Productions on the Malabar Job. In particular, check out the use of fusee’s for the grade crossing at the 2:07 mark. LogicRail Technologies makes a nice fusee device that’s easy to install. Modeling this safety procedure adds time to an op. session, effectively “stretching” the size of your […]
Tom Klimoski keeps turning out great videos of his Georgia Northeastern Layout. His latest is an ops. related piece on his Elizabeth Yard Turn Job posted on YouTube. Two-dimensional drawings will only take you so far in terms of visualizing scene composition. Christian Summers got around this by building a 1/10th scale mock up […]
I’d say I’ve finally passed the half way mark on the LAJ layout. I feel a bit of momentum building analogous to pushing a boulder down a hill. My next order of business is motive power. The Athearn LAJ CF-7 has been impossible to find. If anybody has an extra they want to part […]