Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Found some deals ordered some prints

Last weekend I attended the Greenberg show in Richmond, VA.  Normally I don't find much other than a book at these shows, but last weekend I hit the jackpot.  A dealer was selling off three BTS kits and I was happy to buy them.  A wood rack (2 pack), boxcar with radial roof (3 pack) and a flat car are now sitting in my to be built pile. 

Also, this week I broke down and ordered large prints of the City Point yard and the Line out to the trenches.  These charts are a great resource and should allow a closer inspection of track arrangements with the caveat that they need to be cross-checked against photographs as the two don't always agree.  Also, they should make great wall decorations in the train area. 

I added a link to another user who is doing City Point in HO.  He has done a lot of cross-checking against photographs.  The plan shown on the link is over 30 ft long in HO.  In O that would make mine 60 to 70 feet which is way too long for my small space.  Time to rethink some of my assumptions.  More on this later.

1 comment:

  1. Think about selective compression, especially in O Scale. You can do a reasonable job in much less space.

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