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Regular poster 357 posts porthos Regular poster 357 posts
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Kris
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kcsphil1 Prolific poster 1,262 posts
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We'll definitely be

Looking forward to the pictures.  And welcome to the fray!

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ChrisNH Super User 1,267 posts
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Good stuff.. I like that you

Good stuff.. I like that you gave thought to having a shelf under the layout on the same bracket system.

Chris

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jarhead Prolific poster 1,734 posts
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 Isn't this layout featured in MR for the month of June ?? If not it seems mighty close 

 

 

Nick Biangel 

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porthos Regular poster 357 posts
porthos

Well not intentionally.

Well not intentionally. I favor Ian Rice's trackplans so I'm quite sure it shows a lot of similiarity to anything that he has drawn up and presented. Construction on this actually started last October and has been moving ahead slowly. I'm pretty sure that I would have noticed anyone sneaking into the house to take more pictures. I haven't seen the June MR but I can guarantee that its not my layout. Its interesting though, I don't normally buy MR now I will have to go at least look at the June issue.
Kris
It's not denial. I'm very selective about the reality I accept. -- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he just picks himself up and stumbles on. -- Winston Churchill
Tardis Express: When it absolutely, positively, has to be there yesterday.
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feldman718 Prolific poster 1,357 posts
feldman718

Shelf Layouts

I just order Ian Rice's Shelf Layouts book. Kalmbach sent me an e0mail that they shipped it out to me today so I don't have it yet. But your layout sure looks good. Could you show us more of it? Am I wrong in thinking what you are building is a switching layout?

Irv
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ChrisNH Super User 1,267 posts
ChrisNH

I just order Ian Rice's

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I just order Ian Rice's Shelf Layouts book.

I piggy-backed the book on a Mother's Day order from Amazon.. I can't wait.. his other books were excellent.

Chris

“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”           My modest progress Blog
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porthos Regular poster 357 posts
porthos

Thank you but its barely in

Thank you but its barely in the beginning stages at this point. Construction has halted till after trip to a convention for my other hobby in Dallas. So construction will move forward after May 20th. I have plenty of kits to build and locomotives and rolling stock to strip down and repaint. Scenary will begin to move along as well. I'll be working back to front on this one.

This is very much a switching layout. On the right side will be vertical staging (which you can see in Ian's book as well as Issue 38 of the Layout Design Journal). On the left side I'll have to go with some type of cassette staging since it exits that side at the front rather than the back of the layout. That's my expansion point for taking over the rest of the living room wall. 

 I picked up Ian's book last week. It has some good stuff in it and I always enjoy reading his books.
Kris
It's not denial. I'm very selective about the reality I accept. -- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he just picks himself up and stumbles on. -- Winston Churchill
Tardis Express: When it absolutely, positively, has to be there yesterday.
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