2020 Shows in Greater Vancouver

[Bill Dixon]

But when the border opens and they let you into the country

The first will happen at some point;
The second... Well; If the Mounties catch me smuggling in TT trains... It's all over!

I wouldn't worry about it.
The trains will be seized and you will be sent home.
Sometime later, we will buy the trains cheap at the police auction.<G>

[Bill Dixon]

It needs four six foot tables. I have three and can borrow the fourth from work.

Check.

It needs five four foot tables. I have one. We either find/borrow four four-foot by two-foot tables, or we make them. One sheet of 4' x 8' plywood could be cut up to make four tables. Add some basic 2"x2" bracing underneath, and either basic legs, or cobble something up for them to sit on and we would be good to go.

I have the plywood, we only need legs. I can make a few as I have a sh!t ton of scrap lumber. What is the height of the table surface so i can match it?

The top of the table is 29" from the floor.

[Richard-B]

The trains will be seized and you will be sent home.
Sometime later, we will buy the trains cheap at the police auction.<G>

That's sooo comforting...
Katalin says I don't look good in an orange jumpsuit!

Kat really enjoyed her visit to Vancouver last November... which gives me a reasonable expectation of being able to come up next year for -some- event if the scheduling permits.

I also acquired a new Honda HRV which will nicely fit TT-Tracks sections in the back...
It was purchased 10 days before the shelter-in-place took hold here in Alameda County... one of the earlier in the US, and has essentially gone nowhere since. Oh well...

[CFRiad]

Operation "Layout in Garage" -- status report
I cleared about 50% of the spider webs. It's tolerable.
I improved lighting. We can close the door now and we are less dependent on weather.
Now, onto the plywood.

One sheet of 4' x 8' plywood could be cut up to make four tables. Add some basic 2"x2" bracing underneath

Yeah, it will need bracing, won't it? Half-inch plywood is as floppy as cooked lasagna. Back to Home Depot, I guess...

[Bill Dixon]

I realized yesterday that I underestimated the number of tables needed.
For the two new loop corners, the bigger one will sit nicely on a six foot and four foot table as diagrammed. The two four foot sections are strong enough.
The new corner needs more support as it is built of smaller pieces.
So I decided to build another four foot table.
Job one, find plywood.
Went to Home Despot on the way to work. Strike out.
Went to Loews after work. Found the pre cut plywood pieces buried behind two pallets of doors. Muscled one pallet out of the way to get at the 1/2" plywood. What crap! There was enough of a bow in each piece to use it as a boat.
The 1/4" birch plywood was behind the other pallet. Muscled it out of the way enough to get one sheet out. Much better quality and a bit cheaper that the 1/2".
Added some 2x2(nominal size) bracing. The result is solid and nice and light.

Top side

Bottom side.
Now to make some legs
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[Bill Dixon]

The table is finished.

Reasonably stable. Not suited for heavy loads but good enough to hold up a return loop. The legs are removable. May paint it blue. Need some dry weather to do that.

[Bill Dixon]

The last two local shows I was watching have cancelled.
The Nanaimo show was supposed be November 1. No way it could happen with crowds limited to 50 people.
BottosCon is a gaming convention in November that I like to attend. With attendance limited to 50, there was no way for it to financially survive so it has cancelled as well.
With our reasonably tight control of Covid prohibiting any events, I am surprised that any US group, where the pandemic is not under control,would even think of having an event. There is no way for them to be safe. You would not see me attending any of those events.

So what is going to happen next year in 2021?
Even if a good vaccine comes available early next year, I don't see any shows happening before June. That writes off any shows in March (Western Rails if it happens again), April (Calgary), May (Nanaimo) and June (BCSME setup).
So maybe setups at BCSME June/July/August if things have settled down.
June is also decision month for the fall shows. They have to decide if things will be safe enough to hold their shows in October and November.

So what about the NMRA show in California next year. I don't know. With the current state of the pandemic in California, I am not optimistic.
As well if the US does not get the pandemic under control, the US/Canada border will stay closed so I will not be able to go.

So a pessimistic view of the future or a realistic view?
I don't know. We can only wait and see how the future unfolds.

[ConducTTor]

if the US does not get the pandemic under control

We don't intend on doing that. Forget the US exists

[Richard-B]

We don't intend on doing that. Forget the US exists

"...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, ..., shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Some politician said this a while back...

[ConducTTor]

We don't intend on doing that. Forget the US exists

"...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, ..., shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Some politician said this a while back...

I have so many things to say on this subject. But the forum rules forbid me to. You can PM me if interested lol