Now that my first Bug Mauler runs on battery power, I had to play a little, do some switching and such. So I laid a few sections of Aristo track and several switches down on the garage floor, just to see if it’s as much fun as when I was playing with my Lionels 60 years ago. It is and I can’t wait to move into the backyard and put together something bigger (but still temporary).
Sorry about the photo quality. It’s an IPhone quickie.
Joe,
There is nothing wrong with that, I did it many times, before I had a layout. Still do it once and a while
in the winter.
Don
When I got my first large scale train, I’d set up an oval in the driveway , hook up a transformer and away I went…
I set my in a apt to try it frist
Hey Joe, good to see you getting some track time in
Track planning tip, you have alot of reverse S’s with that set up, that could give you trouble with couplings buck longer cars off the track, you can eliminate that by flipping the LH and RH turnouts like this it also is more efficient track planning;
(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Joe%20track%20suggestion.jpg)
Hope to see more.
Wow Joe, you sure do have some oil stains on that garage floor. You must have had some real leakers parked in there!
Jeez, Zullo, what are you, the EPA?! 
Actually, what appear to be stains are what happens when you don’t know what you’re doing with Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop. Ya crank up various enhancement sliders and bad things happen–like the floor looking blue at the top of the photo. Truth is, only four cars have ever lived there and none have been leakers, especially “Queenie,” our newest (2003), which I love and doesn’t go anywhere. So, N-yah, n-yah on you!
Vic, those are great tips! I see what you mean. In fact, the derailments I had were backing through those twisties on the left–for the reasons I mentioned (K-Dee hanging on the rail, bad frog). Your plan makes sense and I’ll keep it in mind next time around.
Speaking of which (BIG ANNOUNCMENT!), on our morning walk my wife said she would be OK with my putting decomposed granite under those trees I’ve posted about elsewhere. “But not the yellow kind, 'cause it would clash with our gray house.” Fair enough.
So I says, could I leave the track down all the time?
“Sure. But maybe you could put a few buildings around to make it look better.”
Whoopee! I’m callin’ “Granite R Us” tomorrow.
BTW, I guess I’ll spend a C-note and do a couple of days at the Narrow Gauge Convention in Pasadena. See you there, ya?
SAve yer money and buy more track!
Ok Joe admit it, you’r parking a V12 Jag E in there aren’t you…well that was the case last time I saw stains like that.
Great news about the yard, wish I could have that kind of luck.
Bart, yeah, more track would be nice. But I enjoy seeing some really great modeling 'cause it inspires me to…lie down and take a nap. So I think I’m gonna head for Pasadena. The vendors, including Bah-mann, will be there and so will some of the magazine’s contributors, whose work I admire. Plus Vic is gonna have his pizza layout there, I believe,
Vic, my proposed layout site is just that narrow strip under those Pitts, not the bigger part of the yard. But it’s a start and I am really jazzed. In fact, everything else is suddenly on the back burner while I research decomposed granite, track plans, and all else.
Finally, about them alleged oil spots: I never had a Jag, much less an XK-E V-12, although our former publisher, Dick Bartkus, did. Maybe still does. Our (meaning the old Road & Track bunch) art director has a beautifully restored XK-E 6-cylinder, which he tells me is now worth about $125 thou. My car, which isn’t seen in the photo (it’s to the left in the other bay) is my '67 Porsche 911, which doesn’t leak 'cause I never drive it. When it did, it leaked a bit, but only around the oil tank located in the right rear fender well. And that’s only because the gasket around the oil tank wasn’t tight. But if you mind your Ps and Qs and keep 'em maintained, make sure ya got the latest gaskets, seals, and stuff, Porsches are not leakers.
JAGUAR… Just About Guaranteed Un-roadworthy And Rusted
My first car was a Porsche, I had to porsche it up every hill I came to.
Phil, I’ll reply with the same line I posted on my Decomposed Granite advice thread elsewhere on LSC, which is what Gilda Radnor used to say to Bill Murray on the old SNL shows: “Oh Todd, you’re so funny I forgot to laugh.”
Get old? Me, Boomer?! Never gonna happen. Wanna hear me make farting noises with my armpit?
Joe Rusz said:
Get old? Me, Boomer?! Never gonna happen. Wanna hear me make farting noises with my armpit?
In a few years you won’t need to use your armpit…
