04-28-2009, 09:32 AM
I wish I could have held true to my catch line in my opening post, "Stay Tuned, more interesting stuff to come..." I am sure that at some point there will be something to come. I have done nothing with my layout in at least 2 weeks. Come to think of it, I have done nothing, at all, in the last few weeks.
I have alot of 3D stress about alot of things that I won't go into detail about that has caused my mood to become really bleak recently. I don't want to work on a project and get mad because it isn't measuring up and throw it out. So, until my mood improves, and the stressors in my life slow shrink away, I will pick back up, until then I will enjoy the works of others while mine gathers dust.
I really do have some stuff planned that will be interesting. Most of it industrial in nature. In my chosen era, and location, a very large chunk of the industrial war machine supporting WWII was produced. The Sherman Tank, aircraft parts, jeeps, trucks of all varieties, howitzers, ammo, weapons, etc...
Their is going to be an aluminum forging plant, a portion of the GM defense plant (Buick City), AC Spark Plug (which was churning out ammo at that time), Grand Blanc GM facilities which was producing the Sherman as well as aircraft components and engines. Given the evils of selective compression, I will only be able to provide a representation of these places as each and every one of them could be a layout unto itself. I will admit that I am probably biting off more than I should, since in all reality, I will probably never have a real operating crew. I might have a few people come by from time to time to operate on it, but that is about it, as I am just not a people person. I would say that 99% of the time, I will be the only person operating this layout. For me, it is less about the layout's operation, and more about the homage to the history of the location, and time. I might go and run a switcher for a while and just move cars around, for no other reason than to be in the moment. Other times I will work with switch lists and a fast clock running a through freight setting out and picking up along the way. Maybe it will be all passenger service bringing "Our Boys" home.
Matt
I have alot of 3D stress about alot of things that I won't go into detail about that has caused my mood to become really bleak recently. I don't want to work on a project and get mad because it isn't measuring up and throw it out. So, until my mood improves, and the stressors in my life slow shrink away, I will pick back up, until then I will enjoy the works of others while mine gathers dust.
I really do have some stuff planned that will be interesting. Most of it industrial in nature. In my chosen era, and location, a very large chunk of the industrial war machine supporting WWII was produced. The Sherman Tank, aircraft parts, jeeps, trucks of all varieties, howitzers, ammo, weapons, etc...
Their is going to be an aluminum forging plant, a portion of the GM defense plant (Buick City), AC Spark Plug (which was churning out ammo at that time), Grand Blanc GM facilities which was producing the Sherman as well as aircraft components and engines. Given the evils of selective compression, I will only be able to provide a representation of these places as each and every one of them could be a layout unto itself. I will admit that I am probably biting off more than I should, since in all reality, I will probably never have a real operating crew. I might have a few people come by from time to time to operate on it, but that is about it, as I am just not a people person. I would say that 99% of the time, I will be the only person operating this layout. For me, it is less about the layout's operation, and more about the homage to the history of the location, and time. I might go and run a switcher for a while and just move cars around, for no other reason than to be in the moment. Other times I will work with switch lists and a fast clock running a through freight setting out and picking up along the way. Maybe it will be all passenger service bringing "Our Boys" home.
Matt
Don't follow me, I'm lost too.