I've already got a couple of blogs I forget to update but there is nobody - NOBODY - reading them that wants to hear another word about the darn trains. My little 30"x48" layout is having a crisis anyway. After a couple of unsatisfactory attempts, I've decided the grades have to be far too steep to get an over/under into so little space. Oh, it can be done but it just looks weird (I want it because it looks so COOL) and by the time I get the cliffs and landscape in there won't be any room left for buildings. So I tossed it out, got some fresh pinkboard and a grass mat so I could at least watch my Canadian Pacific roll around in circles while I decided what to do. The currently flat little town has a local diety, Daisy, a 3 year old tuxedo cat whose whims have taken out trees, knocked over cars (I have to replace sooo many couplers!) and generally caused havoc. I put in a pond, experimentally, and stuck a couple of fishermen in the water. It was starting to look pretty good actually. Then one day my fishermen are gone, poof, vanished! Just a piece of broken rod left. Did she eat them? Hide them in one of those secret places cats hide things you'll never find unless you move? RIP little fishermen. I can't watch her every second. Why can't these little tiny people just defend THEMSELVES for once?
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Arh, cats and model railways
Arh, cats and model railways aren't overly compatible...
Whilst you're now seeing the results of a giant traipsing around the countryside, you will later find out the less (immediately) obvious effects, like hair clogging up the drive mechanism of your locos, and binding up car axles...
ByranAnd we know this how?
Byran
And we know this how?
Maybe it was the pillow I
Maybe it was the pillow I stuffed with what was removed from your locos
But yours are certainly not the only locos to pass over my bench that are full of cat hair.
No problem with cats here.
My cat stays in the house, the trains stay in the garage. Never the twain shall meet. (hopefully)
I figured when I saw your layout in the forums that you wouldn't be happy with the steep grades. Been there-Done that! Keep checking out plans for small layouts and I'm sure your get some other ideas. Meanwhile, at least you get to watch your train on a loop. That's better than putting it in a box somewhere. Keep us posted.
It was worth a shot
Great.
I have 3 catzillas and I
Daisyville Express
Ah, the dreaded 'Fur ball Express. .'.
Oddly, my felines don't give me any trouble with the layouts, and the only one who ever really wanted to closely examine the machinery, was extremely careful where it put its paws as it checked everything out (and it still lived after the event!!).
I also had one cat that was absolutely fascinated by a Hornby clockwork set I had running inside the house, though it was noticeable that its bravery DID increase as the train slowed down . .
Komata
"TVR - serving the Northern Taranaki . . . "
And now a word on dogs.
*speechless*
OH Yummie!
I really like cats.
Barbecued and deep fried.
Moose
(more maniacal laughter)
The version of that that
The version of that that I've heard, was;
"Cats, I love cats... I couldn't eat a whole one to myself, but I love 'em".
OK, OK, I will. Shame on
OK, OK, I will.
Shame on you guys for picking on Hetairas Cat. Cats are the most perfect pets in the world. Even better than dogs. The clean them selves and don't need to be walked.
Is that what I was supposed to say. dear? Can I come back in the house now? It's Durn hot out here.
BTW: Cat paws are almost as good as crab claws. Ouch, Ouch, No put down that frying pan !!
See ya
Daisyville Station
Always remembering that:
'Dogs have owners, CATS have staff. . .'
(Mine doesn't pay me very well . . . . . ')
Komata
"TVR - serving the Northern Taranaki . . . "