Ballhog24
Woody
Ok, after discussing the conversion process and figuring out time tables; we have decided to run our 2005 Christmas display with track power instead of converting to battery. We'll re-visit the conversion venture early in 2006.
With that said, we have laid out what is going to start as a very basic track plan, and I'm going to post some pictures and hope I can get some advice from others in the manner of ideas, suggestions, etc. on getting this thing off the ground. After I make this post I'm going to tear the front deck apart and rebuild it, so hopefully later this evening or tomorrow I'll have updated pics from the ones I'll have on here now.
This is the area of our 2005 Christmas train layout. This space is going to be 30 feet long, left to right, and 15 feet wide, front to back. I know it's just a basic loop for now, but time is not on our side.
If you notice the green water hose, and the white rope, that is where I'm planning on running the track at this point. The sitting deck you see will be torn apart and rebuilt closer to the house, a bit larger, and I have a couple ideas for the track either running in front of the new decking, or "through" it. If I can make the "through" interesting enough, I'll stick with it.
With that said, we have laid out what is going to start as a very basic track plan, and I'm going to post some pictures and hope I can get some advice from others in the manner of ideas, suggestions, etc. on getting this thing off the ground. After I make this post I'm going to tear the front deck apart and rebuild it, so hopefully later this evening or tomorrow I'll have updated pics from the ones I'll have on here now.
This is the area of our 2005 Christmas train layout. This space is going to be 30 feet long, left to right, and 15 feet wide, front to back. I know it's just a basic loop for now, but time is not on our side.
If you notice the green water hose, and the white rope, that is where I'm planning on running the track at this point. The sitting deck you see will be torn apart and rebuilt closer to the house, a bit larger, and I have a couple ideas for the track either running in front of the new decking, or "through" it. If I can make the "through" interesting enough, I'll stick with it.