01-18-2016, 03:01 PM
Monday !!
Spent the weekend at the "World's Greatest Hobby on Tour" show at the convention center at Schaumburg, IL. Just got finished breaking down and storing the trailer in the garage ( so I can get the car back in there ), and got all the modules back down in the basement. Waiting for the Aleve to kick in and relieve the back ache.
I have some "re-constructing" to do, to get the dual gauge track-work to split off the HOn3 from the HO standard gauge, with a little less problems. The angle of the diverging tracks appears to be too sharp to allow smooth operation, so wasn't able to operate that area during this last weekend's show. It has always been "touchy", and I suspect temperature caused expansion and contraction, added to the sharpness of the curves, may have caused the problems.
Everything else at the show went perfectly, so it was far more a success than a failure.
We ( Lake County Society of Modular Engineers ) are scheduled to be part of the High Wheeler Train Show, sponsored by the Fox Valley Division of the NMRA , on March 5 and 6 2016, at Harper College, in Palatine, Il. Hoping to have the problems resolved by then.
Spent the weekend at the "World's Greatest Hobby on Tour" show at the convention center at Schaumburg, IL. Just got finished breaking down and storing the trailer in the garage ( so I can get the car back in there ), and got all the modules back down in the basement. Waiting for the Aleve to kick in and relieve the back ache.
I have some "re-constructing" to do, to get the dual gauge track-work to split off the HOn3 from the HO standard gauge, with a little less problems. The angle of the diverging tracks appears to be too sharp to allow smooth operation, so wasn't able to operate that area during this last weekend's show. It has always been "touchy", and I suspect temperature caused expansion and contraction, added to the sharpness of the curves, may have caused the problems.
Everything else at the show went perfectly, so it was far more a success than a failure.
We ( Lake County Society of Modular Engineers ) are scheduled to be part of the High Wheeler Train Show, sponsored by the Fox Valley Division of the NMRA , on March 5 and 6 2016, at Harper College, in Palatine, Il. Hoping to have the problems resolved by then.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!