That they are Bob, but I had to have two of the more expensive ones. And I will!69hemibeep said:Hobbies are great have a good time, and give us a report
Hey I have Mopars and Jeeps :loco:Roadcuda said:That they are Bob, but I had to have two of the more expensive ones. And I will!69hemibeep said:Hobbies are great have a good time, and give us a report
69hemibeep said:Hey I have Mopars and Jeeps :loco:Roadcuda said:That they are Bob, but I had to have two of the more expensive ones. And I will!69hemibeep said:Hobbies are great have a good time, and give us a report
There are special specifications that the modules need to be build to. The most common size is 4' long, but vary form 1 and 2 foot fillers, to some scenes that require up to16'. I build my modules at 4' each and use two, along with a 3' corner for my scenes.. There are specific track spacing and electrical rules to follow so that each one can connect together. This means that I could take my module anywhere in the world where they also build to the same rules and we could assemble an operating layout. For each show there is one co-ordinator who knows how much room they have to build a layout in. In our case we have a space of 34' by 84'. In n-scale which is 1/160 full size, 33' equals a mile, or 5' equals 3/8 of an inch. So we have over 7 scale miles which is a pretty good run. We have the potential to run 100 car trains and have it look good. Most of the guys that do these shows are good modelers and have taken a lot of care to make sure that the track, and electrical work is done correctly and we rarely have problems. We got the rest of this layout assembled today and we run tomorrow. More pics to follow then.SomeCarGuy said:
In some ways building a module could be compared to building an engine. If a piston and rod don't line up with the crank correctly, it won't work right. And like in your case Gary, the timing marks were way off and caused you all kinds of grief. We have 3 main lines tracks that have to be placed at specific points at each end of the module so it matches up with any other module it may be placed against. If they aren't placed correctly, we can't line the track up and trains can't run over this spot with out derailing So yeah, there is a lot to it, but it is fun!Hoosier Bird said:Wow, that is cool. A lot more to it than I was thinking.
I'll get more pics Dave. But try and find some time to run your trains now. Last summer I didn't do much at all with trains. This year I'm doing more with the them in between the car stuff and am enjoying both more. If I was missing Carlisle because of some other reason then what I'm doing this year, well, then the car stuff wouldn't have been as much fun.Basketcase said:
Here you go Gary. While this video isn't of this show, it is one of a module that is here, and is owned by a fellow club member. It is based on an actual Great Nothern terminal that once exsisted. In the other videos look for the Northeast N-trak, or Winterfest n-trak, and you will get a very good idea of what we are doing this weekend.Hoosier Bird said::cool: