Office chairs...my plan exactly. Having rotten knees, there's no way I'm going to stand and watch trains. Therefore, my track height is exactly 40 1/2 inches above the floor, give or take a little in some places. (deliberately) My scenery goes down to just above your sitting leg height and all the way up the 24" backdrop in some places. Getting under isn't too bad, although I do try to minimize that. All of my office chairs scoot, on a (what will be) painted concrete floor, some "scoot" better than others and my control is all tetherless NCE DCC walkaround. There are 23 indoor floods in the ceiling plus one "moonlight". Plenty of light. It is an "around the room" design and will eventually have an island. Yet, room to "scoot" is a must. I am about 3/4 done with all the benchwork, alot of the basic scenery and track. I try to get a section done enough that the trackwork is satisfactory, scenery decent and all in place then go back later for the superdetail. Hopefully when I hit the jackpot and have more dineros. Or when Shabbona Bob. comes up, or Brian from Springfield. I need the expert help! I gotta get my framework covered before anyone sees it...
John A. Albee, Realtor [email protected] Prudential Snyder Real Estate #1 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, IL 61701 Mobile 309-830-6097 Office 309-665-0787 www.johnalbee.com From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:44 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} eyes, legs, knees etc. From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:34:33 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} eyes, legs, knees etc. we're trying to find a way to fasten our tripods to our motorised wheelchairs--you know the ones advertised constantly on TV! I recently had a conversation with Michigan HO scale modeller Doug Tagsold who has designed his new, lower layout to be operated from wheeled office chairs...an idea his operating group likes. If aging modellers adopt this idea, there is no reason why mobility scooters could not be used as well, providing the layout was at ground floor level. Ideal for California basements. We joked with each other that as long as we were using scooters, why not equip them with Tsunami decoders and travel along to the sound of our favourite prime movers. This all means we probably need to speed up our layout building or find some young kids to help in stringing wires under the layout, replacing switch machines and adjusting the track in the far corners of the layout. Speed up or stop altogether, tear it down, and build something friendlier to work on. A radical idea for some but a liberating one as well. Build your new, around-the-walls layout on narrow, removable shelves and do your trackwork, wiring and scenery at a more comfortable height and location. I have chronic neck pain and my bifocals work the wrong way for looking up at wiring. My layout is being built in 4 to 6 foot sections that I can slide off the L-girders and set up on saw horses. It's been years since I had to crawl under a layout to wire anything. Food for thought. Cheers Jim Martin
