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Hello all,

I'm a new member -- I just discovered the group today.

No room/permission for a layout at home (the wife keeps finding reasons
that it would be a bad idea) so I've decided to try another resource.
There are over a dozen empty cubes in my company's new office (with
more to be built) so I've decided to take over one temporarily.

The layout will be L-shaped - 94" X 70" - the shelves will be 23" wide.
I plan on placing the layout directly on the desktop surface. I'll
probably use foam for the base.

I'm hoping to build a small slice of the New Haven's Naugatuck line. I
still haven't decided on the scale - I have New Haven equipment in both
HO and N.

I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions from the group.

Thanks!

Steven Zaretsky

Steven,
I would go with N scale unless you want a switching layout. Can you turn HO
in less than a 12 inch radius?
What era are you thinking of?
Ken


Steven Zaretsky wrote:

At 09:26 AM 5/26/01, "Steven Zaretsky" <zaretsky@...> wrote:

I'm a new member -- I just discovered the group today.

Welcome, Steve! Lot's of good help here for ya.

No room/permission for a layout at home (the wife keeps finding reasons
that it would be a bad idea) so I've decided to try another resource.

"Permission"?! Sounds like my wife. When she saw the area I would be using for the layout in the old house (roughly only 16 by 13 feet) she asked how much room do you need for one of these THINGS anyway. I told her it was like money, there never seems to be enough.

I finally got my space, though. When she fell in love with the house we are now in. . . basically, I didn't. It is old and the basement has posts and brick support walls here and there. . .and naturally all in the wrong places I wanted something with a large, open area in the basement. I also thought it was too pricey for us and not in the best interest of our approaching "declining years". I told her the compromise was that I would go along with us getting her dream house ONLY on the condition that I got the ENTIRE basement. She wanted the house so bad she readily agreed (though it seems I have to regularly remind her of our DEAL). You may want to file away this "strategy" for future reference.

Good Luck on the new layout and hope we can be of help!



Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA
BRHS, TP&WHS, La Salle & Bureau County Model Railroad Club

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