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Gloomy day
Dec. 13th, 2011 10:09 pmJust the weather, that's all I mean. Supposed to start raining tonight and continue all day tomorrow. Bleah. No looking at the meteor shower for us.
At lunch time I was able to locate a couple of potentially useful CAD programs for experimenting with track layout. These let you specify the brand and scale of track you are using for your model railroad, and then provide a menu of all the standard curves, switches, straight pieces, etc. So you can click and drag to assemble anything and see how it will fit in a given space and whether you come out even when closing a loop or whatever. Very handy. Also found some sample layouts on our preferred manufacturer's website that use some amazingly clever tricks and arrangements. Some fairly complex layouts that fit in just 2x3 feet or a bit larger.
Received a birthday gift of cash in the mail today that will probably end up buying track pieces for this project.
Farrier comes in the morning to trim hooves, and I'm back on the old Wednesday schedule (no split shift, yay!) so I'll be here to hold them for him. Not a bad birthday present, that. Gary wants me to go with him into Chicago on Thursday to visit hobby shops near his mom's house. He's as enthusiastic about this as I am, or perhaps even moreso.
Anyway, need to find bed for now.
At lunch time I was able to locate a couple of potentially useful CAD programs for experimenting with track layout. These let you specify the brand and scale of track you are using for your model railroad, and then provide a menu of all the standard curves, switches, straight pieces, etc. So you can click and drag to assemble anything and see how it will fit in a given space and whether you come out even when closing a loop or whatever. Very handy. Also found some sample layouts on our preferred manufacturer's website that use some amazingly clever tricks and arrangements. Some fairly complex layouts that fit in just 2x3 feet or a bit larger.
Received a birthday gift of cash in the mail today that will probably end up buying track pieces for this project.
Farrier comes in the morning to trim hooves, and I'm back on the old Wednesday schedule (no split shift, yay!) so I'll be here to hold them for him. Not a bad birthday present, that. Gary wants me to go with him into Chicago on Thursday to visit hobby shops near his mom's house. He's as enthusiastic about this as I am, or perhaps even moreso.
Anyway, need to find bed for now.
