Re: Garden railroads

Hey Donna, I kind of meant my last message as tongue in cheek.  No 
worries.  We men are professional time wasters.'

DF

Donna wrote:

>It has just been a rough week of nothing going right and nothing getting
>done.... should not have vented on this list... sorry!
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>It really is a great hobby. I enjoyed it when the other railroad was up
>and running....  and I will again.
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>Donna
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>>I'm sorry I brought it up!  I know how your husband feels.  It's not
>>easy being us you know.  I still haven't done the third of the front
>>yard I supposed to do.  It's a matter of digging up the water system
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>and
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>>laying new hose.  It's like a gigantic wall that I can't seem to
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>overcome.
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>>DF
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>>Donna wrote:
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>>>Yep, everything is to scale, plants, houses, mountains, people....
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>You
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>>>look at plants in a different way.... will this look like a tree next
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>to
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>>>the house? Will this ground cover keep the tiny leaves.... stuff like
>>>that.
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>>>I think a starter set is a 4ft circle.... but trust me, you never
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>seem
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>>>to have enough room....You can buy an engine, cars, track, and
>>>transformer for 200-400 bucks.... then you get hooked.... and more of
>>>everything is needed... some locomotives can be 5-6K, depends on what
>>>brand and what you want (we do LGB).... and then there is the plants,
>>>houses, landscaping,....
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>>>Right now I am a bit disgusted with it... Dh expanded.... but never
>>>finished it, so it is a total mess! I have plants in holding beds
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>since
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>>>last year and they are not going to make it in the display this
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>year...
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>>>not good! One part of my pond is dismantled so the new waterfall from
>>>the train area can get hooked in... been like that since last fall...
>>>and the list goes on....
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>>>Donna
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>>>>So Donna, on these garden trains the idea is to suit the garden to
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>>>>scale of the train?  How much room do you think is adequate for
>>>>something that size?  Also, just give me a guess as to how much a
>>>>locomotive would cost.  Usually, I like to work in smaller scale.  I
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>>>tie
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>>>>flies that are smaller than your pinky finger nail.  I have hand
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>>>painted
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>>>>soldiers in battle scenes that are about the size of your thumb
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>nail.
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>>>>Until I became so busy I was doing an HO scale train scene at
>>>>Christmas.  But I can see the attraction of a garden train as well.
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>>>>Thanks
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>>>>DF
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