tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post8046461609112756448..comments2024-03-25T15:23:21.286-04:00Comments on Central Vermont Railway: Think Layout’s Lifetime, not Lifetime Layout? CVSNEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875631602890773160noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-49579052802486032462018-01-04T21:07:08.810-05:002018-01-04T21:07:08.810-05:00I'm backing your ideas completely here. My lay...I'm backing your ideas completely here. My layout, in its current state, is 12' feet long and amounts to the biggest industry in my one-town layout design. I don't plan to be in this house for more than 8 years, so I'm very strategic about how much more of the layout I build and how I build it. The idea is that I would like to be able to adapt this layout to a new basement in 8 years when I move.<br /><br />Hunter HughsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-62529685984597803912017-12-19T18:57:08.646-05:002017-12-19T18:57:08.646-05:00I'm about to embark on my first layout, an int...I'm about to embark on my first layout, an intentionally small footprint along a 10' and 7' wall in N scale. Not my dream layout, not my dream scale, but one that is intended to get experience building and operating, and to see if it's the type of concept I prefer. It'll be framed quickly because of small size and track will go down soon after and wired to trouble shoot and get into operation. Flawless operation is the goal before diving into scenery, detailing, weathering. I see it being a 3-5 year project lifespan before moving on to the next layout that won't be bigger (space won't change) but will be more focused and more scratch built. And I plan, as the N scale layout matures, to begin to build rolling stock and engines for that next project. Going small and focused gives me the chance to accomplish a lot, get skilled quickly, and have fun from the start. And no remorse when it comes time to tear it out. A large layout becomes work. I'm in this as a hobby.<br /><br />Dave Eggleston<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-81477802945860898282017-12-15T16:51:38.762-05:002017-12-15T16:51:38.762-05:00Good friend, Jim Hediger said years ago that many ...Good friend, Jim Hediger said years ago that many layouts out live their owners and often get stale as well as over built. I agree. There's nothing wrong with having several railroads in different eras/scales in a modler's lifetime. It's a hobby after all.<br />Being a retired railroader and primarily a solo operator I seem to fall into to the simple and less categorey meaning easy to build, maintain and operate. But that's just one opinion.<br /><br />Barry Barry Karlberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065266572772294966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-22305422557331667882017-12-15T15:00:41.670-05:002017-12-15T15:00:41.670-05:00A phased approach is another way to approach this ...A phased approach is another way to approach this problem. If you are set on a prototype and think you might want to do it again after you move, then a phased-modular or sectional approach is a good way to proceed. Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041125155303909803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-91042417457226586502017-12-14T13:03:15.047-05:002017-12-14T13:03:15.047-05:00Plenty of us over here have a lifetime layout, but...Plenty of us over here have a lifetime layout, but it can be like the workman’s pick axe: three new heads and two handles, but still as good as the day it was bought.<br /><br />By which I mean, look at something like Peter Denny’s “Buckingham Branch”. It never started off with the idea of it being permanent, but the idea itself did become permanent. The Buckingham terminus went through 3 major phases and phases 2 and especially 3 had several significant marques, and the various other stations changed, grew and shrunk as well. It was housed in 2 separate locations before Peter died, and us in its third home under new ownership.<br /><br />It is possible to stick with the same theme, gradually amassing a sizeable collection of engines and equipment, but to build new layouts to suit the available resources of time and space (and money).<br /><br />You can have a lifetime of layouts on the same theme, without any of them being a lifetime layout.Simon Dunkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524485143477411155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-38870354789826280652017-12-14T10:54:58.442-05:002017-12-14T10:54:58.442-05:00Own a layout, rather than being owned by your layo...Own a layout, rather than being owned by your layout? This is crazy talk 😀renegourleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482920983974157527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-77473808917580397112017-12-13T15:23:21.298-05:002017-12-13T15:23:21.298-05:00I think that is an excellent perspective. Many Bri...I think that is an excellent perspective. Many British modelers build a small layout to completion (sometimes with the purpose of showing it at exhibits) and then sell it or rebuild it into something else. They don't have the space to let it sit around forever while it is being worked on. There is nothing wrong with starting a layout you will never finish if you enjoy the build, but if it never reaches a point where you are satisfied with it then it is a failure. DandHColonieMainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665437234296761161noreply@blogger.com