However, at this point I do NOT think I want to reuse ALL of the existing bench work, instead just retaining an L shaped portion and access to the closet for staging. Now with this TOC19 layout idea, I'm not so sure about dismantling all of the existing bench work. (It is currently doing this and more, including storage/etc. I was going to totally dismantle the existing bench work, and reclaim the room for nothing but computer use, bookshelves, and a hobby workbench.
(Still needs the interior finished when the contractor can get to me.) This leaves this current bench work in this small room unused. Long story short, the KC Lines concept outgrew this room, and the new out building is the result. This was going to accommodate the "first" KC Lines idea. At this point, there exists "around the walls" table top bench work complete with homasote, and blue sky w/clouds backdrop.
This room is only about 12' 9" x 9'6" plus a 9' 6" x 2' closet. I'm currently sitting at the computer here in my "Computer/Hobby" room.
Now, as for my idea on how to do this IF I decide to do it: The KC Lines is based more on prototype, the TOC19 would be total concoction and much more creative. Yes, my "givens n' druthers" for a TOC19 based layout are TOTALLY different than my "givens n' druthers" for my 1960s era KC Lines layout. Needs finished and paint/decals/weathered, or simply paint/decals/weathered, or simply weathered.)īruce: Thanks for the encouraging input. As it is, I almost have enough equipment to cover a small TOC19 layout, though much of it unfinished. There would be a lot more TOC19 equipment needed. the wife doesn't think so.ĭaveB: Well, I did briefly consider that, however, the scope of the upcoming KC Lines is far past what I could handle doing a dual era. Rob: Only 40 minutes left? Boy, time flies when 'yer havin' fun. then pull up a chair an' have yerself a read. and IF you're up for some "Dream n' Design". would it ever be cool to have a small TOC19 layout. perhaps sound logic will prevail, and I'll soon poop-can the TOC19 idea.īut at this point, boy oh boy. I would love to be able to accommodate both: My HO diesel theme AND an HO TOC19 layout. I'll be darned if the desire for an HO TOC19 era layout hasn't reared it's pesky head again. I still have TONS of rolling stock kits and lots of FINISHED HO TOC19 rolling stock pieces. I found HO steam projects left mid-stream when I left HO behind and tried Sn3 for several years. I found engines I didn't even know I had.
I'm so glad I'm past all that vacillation nonsense.įor some stupid reason, I dug out my remaining steam engine projects from almost 30 years ago just to see what all I still had. It was a constant dilemma back then: Diesel or steam? Steam or Diesel? I never could make up my mind to actually pull the plug on my HO diesel theme layout and rebuild to accommodate my TOC19 stuff.
One of the things I enjoyed a LOT was kit-bashing steam engine kits (mostly MDC Old Timer kits) and kit-bashing rolling stock. You see, many decades ago, I used to have this urge to model a TOC19 theme in HO scale. Of course, every now and then, just for gits and shiggles, I will cruise eBay looking at HO scale steam engine kits, TOC19 rolling stock, and such. I have more V scale TOC19 projects than I care to admit, but I do have fun dreamin', scheme'n, an piddlin' in that virtual medium.
I'm barely started amassing the rolling stock I'll need. I would use V scale (Microsoft Train Simulator) to indulge in my love for the TOC19 era's, both standard and narrow gauge.įor my near-future KC Lines layout, I'm right at 80% done purchasing motive power to represent all the prototype lines in KC during that time. Via HO scale, I would model the railroading memories of my youth from the Kansas City area during the late 1950s/early 1960s.