Let’s see now. The area in question is dead flat, next to the patio. It’s about 15 x 3 feet and covered with cocoa shells. We tried growing impatiens, then begonias there, but the Pitts (pittosporum trees) are making a lot of shade, so DW has given up on the flowers.
Umm, yeah, I will be sure not to make the Trex joints and the track joints occur in the same place. And if I use the same material on my for-real layout (coming to a theater near you) I will probably secure the Trex (is that its acutal name?) to 2 x 2s driven into the ground.
When not used, the boards will undoubtedly rest under my trusty old 911, which doesn’t see much action but is appreciating nicely. The car guy in me says, “Shame on you,” but the lazy hoarder says, “Oh, lighten up!” I ran my plan by DW and she approved, but I think it’s because she’s on jury duty and feeling beaten down.
BTW, she told me that because our impatiens (and we have about 1,000) are suffering from Downy Mildew, which is sweeping the nation, I am free to run some trains in one of her precious flowerbeds. Only thing is, this will require using curved track, elevation changes and all. “And yet…” as Homer Simpson once said.
I inventoried my Aristo track stash and while I have lots of straights and curves, I have only three wide angle Aristo turnouts, two rights and a left, so my options are very limited. My ultimate plan was (and now “is” ?) to buy more switches as needed.
Guess I’ll run over to Home Despot or Loze and check out the planking.
