DavidM…
I’ve been thinking about a couple of lines you typed, way back up in your first entry…
You typed : ““Some members goaded me into it. Once I get the track cut in I’ll go back and lay roof shingles for now as I can’t afford much more. Not doing everything I should do but it will have to do for now.””
It’s your railroad, and your timing to do what you want to do and when… I think the last thing you’d want to do, would be to put in something temporary, that didn’t work right, and then get frustrated with the whole thing…
I have a lot of things I want to get done to mine, but can only do so much at a time… When I do work on it, I want to get it as right as I can, the first time, so I don’t have to go back and tear things out, and redo them… If I had to keep going back, and tearing things out and redoing them, I think it would be a huge turnoff for the hobby to me…
As I said earlier, I applaud your work, but do it when and because you want to do it, not because your being goaded in to do something…
Just my 2 cents worth…
PS: but keep us updated, as Gavin said…