Chevron_GATX
Member
I live in a house, but I'm fairly space constrained (living in Los Angeles, unfortunately, we don't have basements). Also, I have a number of other space-consuming hobbies: A full-blown music studio with a drum kit, three half-stack Marshall amps, a ton of keyboards, etc. I have a living room which is mostly now a converted photo studio. The garage is probably a no-go situation as well: It's used for photo and lighting equipment storage which is quite bulky. A pulley-based raised platform in the garage isn't totally out of the question, but I'm using quite a bit of the overhead space for additional equipment storage. So, I've been trying to think of more out-of-the-box ideas:
1. Since I plan to eventually build a dead-rail system, an outdoor layout isn't totally out of the question. Has anyone done this in HO dead-rail? Though, I imagine the weather-proofing required to protect delicate scenery (and any scenic lighting) would largely make an unprotected layout impractical.
2. I once went to a guy's house (a movie producer) who had a huge separate building, used as an office, in his rather spacious backyard. He ran an O-scale train around the walls, around the entire perimeter of the rather large space. No scenery, however. I've been half-thinking of an around-the-wall layout, but it would kind of ruin the aesthetics of the house's interior (it's mid-century modern--very sparse).
Any other ideas?
1. Since I plan to eventually build a dead-rail system, an outdoor layout isn't totally out of the question. Has anyone done this in HO dead-rail? Though, I imagine the weather-proofing required to protect delicate scenery (and any scenic lighting) would largely make an unprotected layout impractical.
2. I once went to a guy's house (a movie producer) who had a huge separate building, used as an office, in his rather spacious backyard. He ran an O-scale train around the walls, around the entire perimeter of the rather large space. No scenery, however. I've been half-thinking of an around-the-wall layout, but it would kind of ruin the aesthetics of the house's interior (it's mid-century modern--very sparse).
Any other ideas?