I hope all agree because I have seen some of Mike's earlier work on the S-Trains list and it is really nice. S Scale apples is an interesting twist. All hand made if memory serves me.
Plus I'm sure I'm not the only one on this list who has a combination of S Scale, Hi Rail and AF. I started in AF at minus 4 months (dad bought me a train set for Christmas '48 and I was born the following April) so I guess I've been in S longer than I've been alive. I have since been scratchbuilding scale cars and adding mostly scale to my collection but on occasion I will add an AF piece I really like. My big decision now that I am looking for a retirement home with space for a layout is how to build it to accommodate both scale and hi-rail. I'm debating between code 131 rail that handles both or having 2 sections, 1 for hi-rail/AF equipment and 1 for scale. Since I will be either hand laying or using SHS or other commercial track, not AF, I believe the scale should run nicely on the hi-rail part, just not the opposite. Any comments before I get started would be appreciated before I start acquiring track. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 11/13/2010 11:10 PM, Pieter Roos wrote: > > From what Roger describes, I see no reason why Mike's layout should > not be of interest to this list. AF is "off limits" in terms of how to > repair reverse units, or how many variations of a particular car were > made. Just as Jace's comments on converting AF cars to scale are > in-scope, a well scenic-ed layout featuring craftsman kit or scratch > built structures is certainly welcome in my view. In the same vein > that Brooks Stover is welcome to comment or upload photos of his > layout at any time. > > Discussions of why we should all use highrail standards (or the > reverse, for that matter) are NOT of particular interest. How someone > builds models, especially quality models, should always be welcome. I > think Bill will agree whole heartedly with me. > > So far as I am concerned as co-owner of the list, Mike is free to > upload away! > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Sat, 11/13/10, Roger Nulton <[email protected] > <mailto:roger.nulton%40comcast.net>> wrote: > > > From: Roger Nulton <[email protected] > <mailto:roger.nulton%40comcast.net>> > > Mike sent me some pictures off > > list. He has a really fun layout. Very nicely > > done. Lots of craftsman kit structures, well built and > > finished. The apple orchard and cornfield are > > outstanding: the cornfield is the best I’ve seen! My > > wife loves the baseball field and I may have to make room > > for one on my layout now, drat <g>. > > > > He has conquered DCC as well. The layout is high > > rail, though, and may be disparaged by some on this list, > > sadly. > > > > Great job, Mike! Thanks for sharing the photos with > > me. > > > > Roger Nulton > > (AF>Hirailer>S Scaler) > > > > From: Michael & Linda Marmer > > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:43 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Fw: Unbelievable > > > > > > Hi Roger, > > > > I never had a photo album on my layout on this list, sorry > > about the mis-lead on the email. > > > > The reason I never had a album here, as it is not a > > strictly scale layout, but a mixture of kits, new track, not > > AF, Plasticville and AF accessories, that blend in nicely. > > > > I did want to violate any rules on this list about writing > > about AF, as this is the list list for it nor having > > pictures. > > > > My main reason for posting this message was to show you how > > a person who is into O gauge and has no clue about S, that > > he was very impressed about the S things he saw on the > > layout which has many scale things on it. > > > > I can make a photo album on it, if the group says that is > > okay. > > > > I did contact CTT yesterday about the layout which I know > > is not a magazine for scale things. > > > > Mike Marmer > > > > From: Roger Nulton > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:26 PM > > To: S Trains ; S Scale ; Steve Conard > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Fw: Unbelievable > > > > Those are some nice compliments, Mike. You should be proud! > > What's your > > photo album called and where is it located? I can't find > > it. > > Roger Nulton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael & Linda Marmer > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 6:09 PM > > To: S Trains ; S Scale ; Steve Conard > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Fw: Unbelievable > > > > Some of you have seen the finished pictures of my layout, > > as I do have a > > photo album on the list, but have not updated it for some > > time. > > > > I am on the TCA list and I think David Dewey, Bruce > > DeGailler, Sr. and I are > > the only S people on the list for the TCA. It is usually me > > writing about 2 > > rail track vs. 3 rail track in fun. Oh wait, Jim Lyle is on > > the list, sorry > > Jim, I almost missed you here. > > > > Anyway, Doug, below and I go at it in fun and today I sent > > him pictures of > > my layout. > > > > Here is his reply below from a O gauger, as many O gaugers, > > do not know much > > about AF or the new products for S today. > > > > Doug wrote some nice things about the layout and Linda and > > me. > > > > I have been in touch with Roger Carp till August as I told > > him the layout > > was done, as he said he would get back to me, as last year > > he was pushing me > > to get the layout done for the magazine. Well, it is done. > > LOL I just > > emailed him about it. > > > > My layout does not have fancy landscaping, mountains, two > > level track, but > > it has a personality of its own, as the ideas just came as > > I went along. I > > got kits from BTS, Bar Mills, GCLaser, and some others, it > > has Plasticville > > on it that is painted and blends in well. It has AF > > accessories on it and > > they blend in well. It has has track on it from > > www.classictrains.com with > > their scale crushed ballast as Roger really like the > > ballast on it. It is > > a good mix of AF thing and scale things using S Helper > > trains, cars and > > engines and some AF converted to DCC engines with several > > DCC action AF > > cars. > > > > And the baseball field with all the AF smoke fluid funnels > > on the baseball > > lights, all 64 bulbs. > > > > Many ideas come from several on this list and the TCA list, > > as well as from > > Linda. Hence the Apple Orchard she has on the layout. > > > > Anyway, just thought I would share what someone in O gauge > > who had no idea > > about S had to say about it. > > > > Thank you for reading. > > > > Mike Marmer > > > > From: Doug > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:47 PM > > To: Michael & Linda Marmer > > Subject: Unbelievable > > > > Hi, Mike... > > > > What a labor of love that layout is! And how proud you must > > be for all the > > joy that both Linda and the trains must bring into your > > life. You are one > > lucky guy, I hope you know that. > > > > What I find so outstanding about your layout is the > > observation that it is > > not all junked up with clap-trap pieces of rubbish. So many > > model train > > layouts lack only the kitchen sink, but they are just a > > thoughtless > > hodge-podge of toy-like stuff. I do not see that anywhere > > in evidence on > > your painstakingly accurate design and implementation. It's > > as though we > > were viewing a real-world scene from a little helicopter > > hovering over the > > layout. You have gone to incredible ends to make everything > > as reminiscent > > of the prototypical as you possibly could. > > > > Until you sent me those great pictures—and thanks tons > > for going to all the > > work in assembling them for me—I would read your posts on > > the TTML, but I > > could not appreciate what you were writing about. The > > pictures change > > everything! > > > > My own "retro O-27 Lionel layout" is still in the design > > stage while I put > > the finishing touches to a year-long project of > > hand-crafting 50 DVDs of my > > high school reunion. I organized it, I did the videography > > (over an hour's > > worth) and then I was elected class historian when we all > > got together in > > August of 2009. > > > > Thank you once again, Mike, for taking the time to share > > your love and > > passion about "S" gauge/scale with me. 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