07-03-2010, 06:46 AM
Thanks guys. One good thing about not having enough free time to actually work on the layout is that I've had plenty of "brain time" to spend on it. The bad thing, of course, is that I don't have any track down yet! I hope to remedy that soon.
Here's some answers:
The track plan was drawn with 3rdPlanit and "scenic'd" using PaintShop PRO 6. The other drawings are in PSP too - I think they're is up to version 10 or 11 or something, but I like the older version because I think the UI is better, and later versions seem to be more oriented to photo editing than plain ol' drawing. I know I could use 3rdPlanit for scenery too, but for a plain 2D drawing I found PSP to be faster.
I guess you could call my shed a small barn. It's made of wood and insulated, and heated with an electric heater. I can keep it fairly comfortable in the winter time. My house doesn't have a basement, and the garage gets too dirty/has too much kid traffic to safely house a layout. So it's the shed or nothing, and nothing is not an option
My first layout was built in the late 70s/early 80s when I was a teenager. It was two nested loops on a 5x9 table with no specific theme other than running trains around. I did have ATSF power, except for a Pennsy 0-6-0 I bought on a whim. Had a lot of fun with that until college and career took over.
I'll keep you guys updated on progress!
Here's some answers:
The track plan was drawn with 3rdPlanit and "scenic'd" using PaintShop PRO 6. The other drawings are in PSP too - I think they're is up to version 10 or 11 or something, but I like the older version because I think the UI is better, and later versions seem to be more oriented to photo editing than plain ol' drawing. I know I could use 3rdPlanit for scenery too, but for a plain 2D drawing I found PSP to be faster.
I guess you could call my shed a small barn. It's made of wood and insulated, and heated with an electric heater. I can keep it fairly comfortable in the winter time. My house doesn't have a basement, and the garage gets too dirty/has too much kid traffic to safely house a layout. So it's the shed or nothing, and nothing is not an option
My first layout was built in the late 70s/early 80s when I was a teenager. It was two nested loops on a 5x9 table with no specific theme other than running trains around. I did have ATSF power, except for a Pennsy 0-6-0 I bought on a whim. Had a lot of fun with that until college and career took over.
I'll keep you guys updated on progress!
--O'Dave