Z SCALE MODULES IN THE WORKS

so, one of my plans for myself and the train club im a member of is...

www.T-TRAK.org

to have some sort of reperesntation of Z scale T-Trak at the train shows every year.
i had asked the president of the club if he wanted me to propose to the club to make these modules (which would include allocating some fundage for it) at one of the meetings. he never got back with me.

i had handed him some paperwork from the T-TRAK site for Z scale T-Track, last december...
tried several times to bring it up in a meeting beause the club now owns some z scale train cars (no engine as of yet). and i got shelved for another meeting, many many meetings.

finally i just asked him, after a meeting if he wanted me to go ahead and make some then id have them to show the clu, for them to decide upon, or not.
thinking for that was, if they said there was no need for them, or "how would they be transfered, blah blah" or "who would monitor them, blah blah blha" id have them, regardless, and when the club wated to use them, id have them for that reason...

took long enough to get my z scale INTO this club to begin with, but thats another long story for another post...

so, as soon as he agreed to allow mw to just go-ahead and make them for myself to show the club, my next issue was...how would i get them done? craig has no tools to cut anything with...(i really do need to get him some tools for holidays, just build up a set of tools).

i was talking about this at one of the last meetings--or was it when we visited him at his house? i dont remember now, lol (within 3 months) and one of the guys (who i adore! LOVE HIM!) said hed be willing to cut the modules for me...

so ive been waiting for a paycheck that was free and not seriously committed to any funds so much...
and i emailed this guy.
asked if he had looked over those plans and had an estimate for me for cost of materials, and labor included to cut this stuff...

he emailed me back, said he thinks he has most of the materails on hand at his place, and says he thinks to cut them, hed do it for $10-15 per module...not too bad a rate. heck, im not even sure what the cost for materials would be so his qotes fine with me...

anyway, hes gonna cut everything.
i told him id be willing to assemble it, to give me something to do...

then we have to think about track, and purchasing Z scale track.

ive been looking for Z scale structures...
found a CD for sale on Ebay that has over 150 z scale building plan for papaer modules on it..
i was thinking of  printing up the digrams, and then either gluing them to blocks of wood the size they are, or cutting styrene and using the print as a template, might just be easier to glue them to blocks...theyll need some stiffer structure if they will be moved around allot.

cd was being sold for 9.99...gonna have to get that.

this will be so good to have, because we can customize these independent modules anyway we want too, and have any season, any theme, any era wed like on them...
and they arnt that large to begin with...so portability is easy...

MICHELLE

T-TRAK BUTTON IDEA

since i was on such a creative streak with my own division within the train club and making a shirt and buttons, i felt i could go as far as to venture into another division of our club...T-Trak.

i have a couple of modules that the club uses for shows often, but i dont run any trains on them for any reason.
but i AM part of that because i own some modules, and am currently trying to get a module done that is a carnival scene. WITH animation, and lights...

back to my reason for this post...

because i have an attachment to t-trak, i decided to create buttons for that division.

i even put the copywrite (C) on the t-trak name so there wouldnt be any confusion as too ownership and use of the name.

MICHELLE

OK NRAIL T-TRAK SHOW- NORMAN, OK LIBRARY

Z-SCALE T-TRACK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS

http://www.t-trak.org/z-scale-1.html
http://www.t-trak.org/z-scale-2.html

i have asked a friend of mine in the train club to put together some base modules for the Z scale t-track division of the club. at this point, im thinking ill own some (if not all) until the club decides to make or purchase their own. i can do the scenic and do the module crafting (putting them together). i just want to have the ease and access, as well as different visuals, on hand for any shows the club might be involved in.

at current we have..myself, lyndle smith, and gerlad gardner in the Z scale division, and craig, if you want to add him...he has bought all my Z scale...he likes N-Scale better tho. CHEAPER! lol

MICHELLE

NOTE* NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED!

TRYING TO PURCHASE AN N-SCALE FARRIS WHEEL FOR A LAYOUT IDEA ON T-TRACK

so, ive had this idea for AGGGGES! id go more into it, but im afraid someone i know will see this and know what the surprise is about. so i wont go into details about the idea itself.

just talk somewhat about the items purchased for this idea.

i look on ebay with some variance of regularity for N-SCALE carnival/Fair/Circus items (for this idea i have). i dnt come across them frequently enough tho. which is disheartening, because this idea really does rely on these types of items to make it have the impact im looking to have.

so, the other day, last week, actually, i was looking on ebay, and came across a farris wheel in n scale, that was being sold. NO BIDDING. its a BUY IT NOW ite, (i prefer those, personally)

so, i had to wait for a new paycheck cycle to roll around before i could invest in this item.

today...i placed the order.
but, was stopped because im not really sure what the SHIPPING is from Australia. and this product (this particular one, anyway) is coming from Australia.
so, i had to send the seller an inquiry about the shipping.

hopefully that will be soon, so we can at least have the 1st item of this idea planned out and done.

one of the things im also thinking about doing, is changing the color scheme of this farris wheel.
to something back, with neon green and neon blue, and maybe neon pink

its to add the the appeal pertaining the the idea.

MICHELLE

ROSE STATE SHOW-T-TRACK MODULES

every year as a club, several times a year all together, the club has the opportunity to show off the newest layout modules.

T-Track,

annually, we do a show at ROSE STATE College, here in Oklahoma.

these are a few pics of the T-TRACK modules in the layout on display.

ENJOY! MICHELLE

MexiCali Module. Mine.

Dino Dig, Done by Robert Becker, Owner- Michelle Williamson