Railhead001
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Many of you may have noticed I have not posted much lately for my layouts or reskins. Reason being, several assets on my Black Creek Sub layout went "faulty" over one night for no apparent reason other then TANE being TANE. The frustration level is pretty hard to even put into words. Pissed only partially can describe my feelings. Anyway that was as they say, the last straw. And yes I tried a bunch of database repairs, reinstalls, downloads etc etc... to no avail and mind you it was not just 1 or 2 items involved but many assets hence the high frustration level. (And did I mention I made no recent updates to TANE or changes either, worked fine one night, next night KABOOM.)
So I made a major decision. That being instead of buying a new PC which really I do not need, I am sinking some cash into making an actual MRR "L" shaped shelf layout, 2' by 11' on one wall and 2' by 8' on the other in HO scale. Ironically, I decided to make it loosely based on my CSX Black Creek Sub layout with the focal point being a Tropicana Juice plant supplied by boxcars from a produce warehouse (Sunrise Produce) that gets oranges from an orchard and then shipping juice by reefers to a cold storage warehouse (McCook) along with a kitbashed (Cargill) Corn syrup truck/rail transfer facility to supply the Trop plant with and a new industry which will be a soda distributor.
Secondary industries will include a freight transfer warehouse (Touchstar), cabinet manufacturer (Urban Cabinetry), lumber yard and previously mentioned soda distributor.(Some names sound familiar?) All inter dependent industries. At this point I have just completed purchasing 2 DCC/Sound equipped locos and several pieces of modern rolling stock. Track will be ordered shortly as well as the modular benchwork.
The detailing skills I learned with TANE should carry over nicely. One I start the actual construction I will be posting videos and probably comparing scenes to my virtual layout. I might even make them as close as possible to see if I can recreate them as a real MRR.
I want to thank everyone who has contributed to my enjoyment over the past couple years with TANE and making it a fun hobby more times then not, especially the asset creators who I could not have made my CSX BCS without their skills and talents.....
Best wishes to all and I hope everyone stays healthy...
RH001
So I made a major decision. That being instead of buying a new PC which really I do not need, I am sinking some cash into making an actual MRR "L" shaped shelf layout, 2' by 11' on one wall and 2' by 8' on the other in HO scale. Ironically, I decided to make it loosely based on my CSX Black Creek Sub layout with the focal point being a Tropicana Juice plant supplied by boxcars from a produce warehouse (Sunrise Produce) that gets oranges from an orchard and then shipping juice by reefers to a cold storage warehouse (McCook) along with a kitbashed (Cargill) Corn syrup truck/rail transfer facility to supply the Trop plant with and a new industry which will be a soda distributor.
Secondary industries will include a freight transfer warehouse (Touchstar), cabinet manufacturer (Urban Cabinetry), lumber yard and previously mentioned soda distributor.(Some names sound familiar?) All inter dependent industries. At this point I have just completed purchasing 2 DCC/Sound equipped locos and several pieces of modern rolling stock. Track will be ordered shortly as well as the modular benchwork.
The detailing skills I learned with TANE should carry over nicely. One I start the actual construction I will be posting videos and probably comparing scenes to my virtual layout. I might even make them as close as possible to see if I can recreate them as a real MRR.
I want to thank everyone who has contributed to my enjoyment over the past couple years with TANE and making it a fun hobby more times then not, especially the asset creators who I could not have made my CSX BCS without their skills and talents.....
Best wishes to all and I hope everyone stays healthy...
RH001