Heat you feel opening the trunk is engine heat and often not same temp for things in the trunk.
Unless you're missing heat shields or have other problems, the trunk won't get hot enough to melt your trains. More so w/ 4 cyl. Even driving on warm days.
Many people remove shield to do other work and don't put them back. Or have shield and/or trunk has "rusted out" and don't fix/replace them. Or have exhaust leak(s) pointed to whatever.
But don't put frozen or cold food in there for a long trip. You can't fit most hard coolers including small units because of shape alone. Soft "coolers" might fit But Most have very little or no insulation.
------------------ Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. (Jurassic Park)
Any fiero owners out there into the art of model trains?
Can't say I've ever jumped into model trains as a hobby, always enjoyed them and go to the model train shows/exhibitions frequently. Over Thanksgiving I and family went to Union Station in Kansas City where there was a huge display of operating model trains. It was really cool seeing all the interacting trains and scenery they build. Way more effort and expense than I would go to (at least in the scenery) but, I do think it's a cool hobby.
I have this 8x8 O gauge setup for the holiday season in my basement now. These are mostly my fathers trains from the 1950's which still run well. I did spring for a new Thomas the tank engine locomotive for my son so there are some modern cars....yes the setup is messy but with kiddos it is hard to keep it all in order
With my elementary age daughters and the buzz words being STEAM or STEM i think Lionel could make a great series of trains which would be a build your own from a kit. Assemble a drive motor or transformer....3d design and print shells for cars. It could be great to learn about electricity and technology while engaging a new generation.
Thanks. Inherited it from my grandfather. He never got around to finishing the landscaping so that's one of the things I'm working on. One tool that has proven to be invaluable with this hobby is a 3D printer. If you're into model trains, do yourself a favor and pick one up.
Never really got into model RR but have always had a fascination with full scale trains. I live less than 1/4 mile from a busy BSF track and hear 2-3 pass every day. Some around here dislike the noise but I enjoy listening, picking out the sound of the locomotive(s) from the rest of the cars as they pass always wondering where it came from, where's it going? Most are just box/flat and hopper cars but have also seen a couple with nothing but US Army armor on them. (I can see Ft Hood from my back yard.) This little ice storm has evidently put a temporary end to that I assume. Haven't heard or seen one pass in 3 days now.
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I wanted to set up a model railroad (nowhere near as impressive as yours) that was mounted to the wall up about 7.5 feet off the floor going all the way around the upstairs "Man Cave". I don't want to give up that much floor space and don't have the patience to build nor the funds to buy all that scenery. And, it'll take about 100 ft. of track to go all the way around that upstairs room with support structures screwed to the studs every 16 inches. Other priorities have kept that on the back burner but, maybe someday.
Edited: This thread motivated me to go and actually measure how much track I would need to circumvent the upstairs "Man Cave". Make that 174 ft of track. Hmmm.........
Rams
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MANY years ago I had a 2'x4' setup with N-gauge trains and you can fit a lot in a small space. Sorry, I don't have pics from that time. The next thing smaller is Z-gauge. https://www.trains.com/mrr/...in-scales-explained/
I never had a layout, but I was a member of this club that has an enormous HO scale layout: http://emrrc.net/ However my interest has waned over the last 15-20 years or so and I've sold off most of what I had that was valuable. The increasing need to use reading glasses to do anything as I got older was part of it.
I never had a layout, but I was a member of this club that has an enormous HO scale layout: http://emrrc.net/ However my interest has waned over the last 15-20 years or so and I've sold off most of what I had that was valuable. The increasing need to use reading glasses to do anything as I got older was part of it.
This I can relate to............... But, that doesn't mean I intend to quit having fun. Just have to stand closer.
