Rescued from the dumpster but now????

[TimF]

A week ago I got something from a friend before it ended in the dumpster, what would you do with it?
The track is Fleischmann piccolo, glued with white glue directly to the door, the ballasted area is with Roco HO ballast




Tim

[Denver Road Doug]

Run some trains!

I would probably turn it into a winter scene as a Christmas display maybe.   Truthfully I've never been big on recycling layouts as to me that's a very personal kind of deal coming up with a plan and a scheme and my own way of doing it, etc.   But if I had it, that's probably what I would do.   Running trains is always fun, IMHO.

[TimF]

Hmm, the "yard" tracks are not completely fixed so I could take the turnouts up and rearrange them a bit, the biggest problem is the weight of the door...it is really heavy maybe 15 kilograms at a size of 200x95 centimeters  any other ideas?

[ryan_wilkerson]

I've saved a couple layouts...one of them is really something. My sons can finally run trains since my layout isn't close to being runnable. I'd say you have a good start here. I would make sure the trackwork and wiring are working well and then start with some basic scenery to bring it to life.

[thomasjmdavis]

My first step with projects like this is to paint the surface flat gray or black (or maybe white, if you go with Doug's Christmas idea).  At any rate, I have found that to be good psychologically- when I paint the surface, I begin to think of it as "the layout I am working on" rather than the "door (plywood/foam/etc) with track on it."

Tom D.

[TiVoPrince]

Soak
track with water and remove most of it. Cut down the solid door to a more manageable size that actually fits your life. Restore loop plus whatever else will fit. This could be your opportunity to run trains from a completely different scale, locale or era that you love but cannot sucessfully integrate to your regular operations.

Confirm that your favourite tree base will fit. Enjoy your holiday layout for years to come...

[tom mann]

Put in on ebay for $15,000.  Call it "***RARE TRAIN LAYOUT FLEISHMAN PICOLOO (SP) TRACK BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WOODGRAIN DOOR MUST SEE".

[Jeff AKA St0rm]

Put in on ebay for $15,000.  Call it "***RARE TRAIN LAYOUT FLEISHMAN PICOLOO (SP) TRACK BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WOODGRAIN DOOR MUST SEE".

+1.

It will sell in 10 min.

[delamaize]

Put in on ebay for $15,000.  Call it "***RARE TRAIN LAYOUT FLEISHMAN PICOLOO (SP) TRACK BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WOODGRAIN DOOR MUST SEE".

+2

or, turn the "Yard" into another passing siding, remove the rest of the yard, put a large scene block down the middle, use one side as a forest scene, and the other side a small whistle stop town, using a natural barrier, like a tunnel, or dense forest to hide the transition.

the layout I currently have, which I bough used, is 2 sided, one side has a passing siding along a hillside, with a river between the tracks and the edge, the other side is another passing siding, that makes a lazy S curve, and was suppose to have a rural station and a gravel road. I'm adding a farm on the inside of one turn, and the other has a bridge over he same river scene. Here, https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=29592.msg319276#msg319276 you can see what I started with, I had to relay both corner, and I am still in the process of fixing the scenery after the rebuild. now it's a pretty good layout, although it isn't without it's faults.

[nkalanaga]

If you have the room to spare, it could be used for a test/break-in track.  No need for finescale track and ballast on that, and the open area could be used for tinkering with the models and holding the tools you're using.

[robert3985]

Put in on ebay for $15,000.  Call it "***RARE TRAIN LAYOUT FLEISHMAN PICOLOO (SP) TRACK BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WOODGRAIN DOOR MUST SEE".

+3  Hahaha...PERFECT!