I found it useful to try to standardize on box sizes, as this helps when packing the vehicle and stabileses the load.

I used the boxes that 5 packs of copy paper comes in for the stuff I moved myself. These are relatively thin but can be stacked two or three high in a normal car without problems.

For the stuff the removal company moved, I used some three ply special card boxes that my then employer used to ship their products, these were approximately 15"x12" x8" and had very solid walls (three thicknesses of three ply) and could be stacked at least five boxes high. The outside boxes that toys and stuff gets shipped in from China are very suitable to be re-used, particularly those used for 2 sets of inline skates as an alternative.     

Pack books and magazines in boxes separate from models and mark the boxes heavy. 


Have fun with your move and look on the positive side,

Terry2foot

There are also modelling focussed designations such as;-

OO9
O14
O16.5
SM32

where the letters designate the modelling scale and the figures the actual track gauge of the model in millimetres,

Terry2foot

I got to know this area well from business trips. Here's what a former work colleague, who has more than a passing interest in industrial archeology and local history and still resident in the area has sent me today;-

This does sound vaguely familiar, but I can't cite a reference to confirm it.  The tracks are certainly on the VT side and and close to the river.  The area that's probably being described is at the west end of the Ledyard bridge that goes from Hanover to Norwich VT.  I think drownings have been historically somewhat routine events there from Dartmouth students diving off the bridge.

Until the construction of I-91 there was a small village (Lewiston) just north of the bridge on the VT side and that's where the station was.  The Interstate took everything that was left of the village in the mid 1960's.

Complicating things is the fact that the river is dammed below this at the the Wilder Dam in W.Lebanon/Wilder VT so the river in the Hanover/Norwich area is actually the pond behind the dam and considerably above its natural level.  The current dam was built in 1952 and, I assume, raised the water level higher than the previous dam- which I think may have been a wing dam and didn't completely block the river.   It seems likely that the locomotive would have gone into the river longer ago than 1952.

http://maineon2faq.fotopic.net/p21848367.html

take a look at what a loco similar to the Bachmann Forney looks like on an 18" radius curve, 


Terry

For those members who like something different in the world of Two Footers;-

Take a look at;-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-XcHHINis

for a short video of the new Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Manning Wardle clone built new from scratch in the Boston Lodge shops of the Festiniog Railway. It would appear that the loco is now undergoing it's first trials.

For those who recognize the incorrect cab profile, they did a rather neat thing. The cab as shown is designed to suit the restricted loading gauge on the Festiniog. There are add-on bits for each side of the cab that build up the cab profile to that as built for the L&B.

and here's a very short clip of the loco moving under its own power for the
first time;-

Replica L&B engine "Lyd" moving under her own power at Boston Lodge. Hopefully they will get her to Woody Bay soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4JDEnVSqac

Enjoy if you watch,

Terry2foot

It can get very cold up Mt Washington, even in August, take plenty of layers!

We went up the cog about 15 years ago, and reasonable price accommodation was easier to find around the N Conway and I93? corridor, but just be careful of driving fast in the early morning. Have seen bears, moose and fishers? on the road.

Enjoy your trip,


Terry2foot

I think that either PFM or NWSL offered scale calipers once.......and they were pretty expensive.

If you are currently using the "special offer" Chinese digital calipers available in the UK, then they have switchable metirc/imperial displays. I find the small 0/4" or 0/100mm very handy for my modelling.

A word of warning though; (for all sizes) remove the button cells between sessions otherwise they run down.


Terry2foot

Quote from: buzz on May 01, 2010, 11:30:08 AM
Hi all
I know way back in time, in the UK old passenger cars have been turned into quite comfortable homes and also holiday shacks.
regards John

I've posted a picture of one such house in the UK which actually used two coaches (one either side) at http://terry-smith.photoblog.me.uk/p64652648.html

Enjoy if you visit.

My good friend Simon Leigh from New Zealand confirms that this is not just a UK phenomenon, as similar properties are found along the Coromandel coast of New Zealand,


Terry2foot

Car and light truck based rail cars are small. How small? take a look here;-
http://mainetwofooters.fotopic.net/p22306463.html

Ok, it shows a two foot prototype, but it's still a full size vintage automobile based railcar, and it was small, and based on the figures that Model Railroader uses to populate its layout plans then I'm nowhere as big as their staff members!


Terry2foot

Seen on a sign attached to the till/register of a local model shop "the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys!".

Says it all,


Terry2foot

I have no knowledge of any such sites, but there are two real groups that may be of interest;-

Slim Gauge Circle (also has a Yahoo! group associated with it). Primarily for UK modellers of American Narrow gauge (all scales/gauges welcome) has met at Bilton twice a year for past 20 years or so. 

7mm Narrow Gauge Association, I'm not  a member but occasionally visit local group shows. Primarily UK based, but increasing number of members run Bachmann On30.


Terry2foot     

I've said Yes and No and now type;-

Accoridng to a US based member of Yahoo! Special Interest group you can go to the following links and see the UK TV program on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9AESJtWj4
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9AESJtWj4&NR=1> &NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obk2gHNO-Ig
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obk2gHNO-Ig&NR=1> &NR=1

Note that this attempt was for the longest model railway, not the furthest run by a model train.

Interesting program, especially the logistics behind it,

Enjoy it if you view,


Terry2foot

The MaineOn2 Yahoo group has published photos of models of the various Maine  Forneys on their Fotopic site at http://maineon2faq.fotopic.net/c810302.html which should be easily accessible,


Terry2foot

The rodents in my area just love to chew foam and build nests in it.

Foam scenery might be more trouble than it's worth, but you might notice an infestation earlier as all the chewed bits blow all over the place,


Terry2foot

Hey Matt,

this is a fantastic reference and keep up the good work.

Anybody else who wants to see how narrow gauge cars were constructed and what the interior looked like is recommended to Matt's original reference and the ET&WNC link on the page.


Terry2foot