Welcome!

@ Robin W

Welcome aboard!

  Tom

@ Robin

Hello Robin,  welcome to the forum...…….

Welcome!  It’s great so have

Welcome!  It’s great so have you aboard especially since you are a fellow L&N fan.  I’m looking forward to your interaction.

Welcome - and about posting images

Robin,

You'll find a cornucopia of free help with MRH. There are over 100 of the previous issues of the magazine available in the archive for downloading, including the monthly subscriber bonus extras. There are many videos available here and videos referenced within the magazines. There are also many beautiful and valuable treasures here. Ooops, no, that is in Colossal Cave, another Adventure game.

About posting images - surely you can attach as you have done, but you can also embed the image into your post this way:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/help/how-to-post-an-image

Ambitious!

Welcome Robin. This looks like quite a project. I’ve posted the first pic for you here. Keep us updated. 

settling on the "perfect "layout design..

  Don't worry about it, there is no perfect design. Time is better spent building something and learning more about what you really enjoy in a layout , then you can work toward a better design but still not perfect....DaveB

To my New Friends in Model Railroading

To my New Friends in Model Railroading., 

Hi ,Joe, Tom, Rick ,Jerry, Bill, Niel, and Dave. Thank you for the warm welcome, and advice, as well as the links to check out some of y'all's layouts. Look forward to future correspondences on "the best hobby in the world"!!! I will try and post some more pics of my layout as it progresses. 

Welcome to the best site in

Welcome to the best site in model railroading. You will likely meet lots of new friends on this site. In addition to just looking for tips etc you can also see how other folks have built layouts as many chronicle their activities in the form of a blog. If you choose you could begin a blog on your railroad and you might attract several folks that will contribute ides and suggestions as you go. Once you set that up you can put links to your sites like youtube etc in your signature. I started one on my railroad clubs activities a while ago and the link is in my signature line.

Having Fun

Robin,

I too extend a welcome. I’m impressed with your plan - it is challenging and sounds to be great fun. You mentioned problems with layout design and scenery.  That’s not problems. That’s “Having Fun.” Heck, all I have is some locos sitting on a book shelf, some passenger cars stored in boxes, and a layout dream. Wish I had your problems. Keep us posted on your problems - oops, your fun. 

always having fun

guess problem isnt the right word because even when there is such, its still fun . I am wanting a 2000 sq foot layout to fit in a 12 x 11 room. 

I started collecting and building up while i was still in the Army, so i can relate to just having the Loco's and rolling stock on shelves. you can always , detail them up more and weather them, also build small shelf dioramas with structures . keep in touch.

Hi rick

Checked out your website, totally ROCKS!! what part of Florida do you live in? 

me ? i grew up in Orlando area, but have family in Pt St Lucie . 

that Dewalt Arm Saw is a collector piece . Love it

The area i am trying to model is the Bloomington In-- Linton Indiana areas its the former Monon Line that was merged in by the L&N around the late 60's /70 

Hi Robin

Welcome to MRH site. You will get lots of ideas, tips and questions answered here. 

My layout is based in northern New Jersey but im in Florida also.

Welcome. You'll find, as I

Hey Robin W!

I live in South Apopka close to the Apopka / Ocoee line.  I’m glad that you enjoyed my website.  I don’t update it as often as I should as I post first on my blog here on the MRH forum.  I’m grew up in St Matthews, KY right next to the vet busy L&N double mainline watching trains.

hello again

Apopka, or as i remember the locals call it .. Aye-pocca ... LOL... i lived actually over in Altamonte Springs during the high school years of the late 80's. Grad 89' .. even back then though i was involved with music, and such i still had a decent very basic layout. the oval with a few turn outs . 

so far my current layout is the 4th layout in 8 years, i wasnt happy with the first three, trying to cram a dream layout of 2000 sq ft into 120 sq foot bed room..lol.. 

Rob

SCL?

I grew up in Tallahassee, so SCL black was all I had to look at for trains until Family Lines grey came long in my teens.

It's a very rarely modelled RR that I've ever noticed, even among modelers where it ran. I am lookin forward to seeing what you can do with that concept!

Robin W. - I’m also modeling

Robin W. - I’m also modeling in a 120 square foot space in my 10 foot by 12 foot room.  My last layout space available (basement) 1,400 feet.

Don't worry about trying to get the perfect layout the first or

fourth time!  We have had a number of guys discussing or building what we have called "chain saw" layouts.  Until you build a layout, you probably won't know what sort of operational problems you will have until you build it and try it out.  When you build something and have problems, you tare it apart and rebuild until you find something that works.  The other thing to keep in mind is that you can't put 5 gallons in a 1 gallon container.  If you want a bigger layout than what you have space for currently, you have a few choices.  You can build something on a temporary basis to use until you have a larger space.  You can build something that might be a small part of a larger layout.

In either case, you gain experience and a chance to have some fun.

In the mean time, this is a great place to hang out with a bunch of model railroaders to enjoy trains. 

what is a chainsaw layout?

I have never heard that description before sound funny (Lol). Need help learning some of the lingo . 

Welcome

I'm a scenery guy so any help you need there, just ask.

A chainsaw layout is a practice layout where you try and learn new techniques and you don't much care about making mistakes because you can "chainsaw" it and put it in the dumpster. I'm not that big a fan of the concept because I believe one should not be afraid to rip out and redo on their "permanent" layout.

Chainsaw layout

Ha, ha - Chainsaw

That article was one of the first I read in MRH. I liked the idea so much that I made a billboard for my new layout. My old layout I started in late 2004 on a 4x4 sheet of plywood and did enjoy it although it was far from developed, Here is the billboard:

chainsaw term

Ah , that's what i was figuring... i guess i am in away doing that ... minus the chainsaw, and i am keeping the majority of the original layout , just making some structural changes , i am eliminating one of the helix's and creating a top shelf with four sides . with a turn out leading down the helix to the bottom shelf. 

I would include some pictures at the moment but i am still learning my way around here using this blog system..