ezdays Wrote:Gee, isn't that the reason that Mikey started this thread in the first place??????

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ezdays Wrote:I've even replaced missing parts with bits of bent wire, try that in G scale...

Sure you can!! I use 12 Ga wire!!

I spent 9 hours on Thanksgiving and my friend came over for the last 3........

"Old" 9' long X 5' wide ceiling layout
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New - 16' X 5' with 8' dogleg layout...
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Empty Space - Note the end of the old layout to the left:
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New section:
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Some "numbers"

Old section
18' of track in oval...
4 hangers holding it to ceiling.
Clearance: 9" high X 2" either side of mainline

New section:
50' of track including a 12' display track, yes there is 38 ft of mainline.
11 hangers
Clearance 12" high X 4" either side of mainline - We can run even larger stuff now!!!!

Things to do:

Buy and install foam insulation roadbed
Trim roadbed
Install track
Wire track
Run Trains!!!!!

ngauger Wrote:Things to do:

Buy and install foam insulation roadbed
Trim roadbed
Install track
Wire track
Run Trains!!!!!

Sounds like a plan

Cheers,

Kev

Well, I'll be darned, as the saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way. Glad to see that you didn't have to bust out any walls or anything. Looking good.....

Thanks! Every time we look at a wall, we seem to hear a Groan...

ngauger Wrote:Thanks! Every time we look at a wall, we seem to hear a Groan...

Have you ever thought about going UP. Yeah, just raise the first floor a couple of feet and you have room for yet another layer. I know what you're going to say, "that's going to be a big problem in the kitchen", but wait, there's a solution to that if you're interested.

FYI, I couldn't work overhead like you're doing, I envy anyone that can. I had problems getting my G scale train off the overhead shelf to get it ready to sell.

Keep going....

When we were screwing the all-thread into the joists.. we were joking:
"Hey!! What's that Lump in the living room carpet"?!

I know what you mean.. with my tendonitis, I have a bit of trouble reaching overhead too

What's the radius on the new section?

We went down with ours -- on shoe racks under the Lionel layout.

I still have to explain why we can't fit another track on the lower shelf of the she racks.

BR60103 Wrote:What's the radius on the new section?

We went down with ours -- on shoe racks under the Lionel layout.

I still have to explain why we can't fit another track on the lower shelf of the she racks.

It's all 4' diameter (2'Radius)... The new section has 2 feet of straight track to the right.

Here's a rough block drawing:.. All curves are 2' Radius, so it's not to scale.

That's a neat idea for Lionel.. a shoe rack

ngauger Wrote:...I know what you mean.. with my tendonitis, I have a bit of trouble reaching overhead too

Try doing that with "oldenitis". It's possible to climb up a ladder and it took you so long to get to the top, you forgot why you're there.