Hi guys,

I intend to run my new layout using Ring Eng RailPro system which I have just purchased. Since I had no DCC "anything" I decided this was best for me.

My question is: 

I would like to use the Proto87 easy turnout kits as I will need over 40 for my layout. But it seems to me that with RailPro being a DC system that insulfrogs are the way to go. That way I do not have to worry about powering the frog in any form or fashion... EVER!

While the leg team and the L-girder team were wrestling with their components, my third class of seventh graders would construct the frames that sit on top of the L-girders. Four removable layout sections, three at 8’ and the fourth somewhat shorter to fit into a niche behind the main entry door. The design of each of the frames was based on a simple rectangle with cross pieces 16” o.c. but to accommodate the undulations and protuberances of the track plan no two frames were exactly alike.

I got this really great texture from Clever models. It would make an awsome background building, except its only about 18 feet tall. It should be more in the 30 foot range for a rail served industry.

Are there any photo shop/ gimpers out there who know how to Stretch this so the metal siding part of it would be taller?

Thanks

Dick

Hello,

I have just closed on my new house and have been surveying my new layout space, which is approximately 40' long by 17' wide, plus a nice (huge!) HVAC closet with more than enough room for a helix, a staging yard and workbench area. However, unlike in my last house, this space is already finished and has a carpeted floor. And while I do own the house and can strike a nail anywhere that suits my fancy, what I'm hoping to discover is a "kinder, gentler" way of building the layout such that it has a lower impact on the room.