Dream and design
Critique...PLEASE!
I have posted this on my Facebook page with lots of good feedback from some very prolific modelers so I am asking more for critique here.
Background: I have never built a full size layout. I now have a nice space to build a decent size layout without it being too overbearing. Throughout the years I have purchased and built, destroyed, and rebuilt modules for fun. So this will be built with the TOMA approach...kinda...
Angled or undulating?
I realize this question is probably one of taste, and potentially prone to differences of opinion, but I can't grow my own thought processes without hearing from others, so here is my question.
Plan Ideas
Hi guys, after being an armchair modeler for over a decade, I have finally secured a room in the house for my layout. I have attached a plan (I hope). I am not very good with computers sorry.
The size is 20Ft (6.1m) x 13Ft (4m). It's a bit of an odd shaped room, but it is what it is.
sectional layout -- a la "Riven/Myst"
If you've played Riven, you know it is composed of highly detailed islands and areas with puzzles connected by pathways.
are all modular layouts strictly standard modules
i'm curious if all modular layouts are strictly composed of standard (interface) modules or if modules possibly used in a home layout might be arbitrary shaped/sized and connected with something other than a module?
I understand that there are standards (e.g. FREMO). a conventional (FREMO) modular layout
the Continental / Trans-Continental Connector, Layout Theme
I happened back across this posting I made to another forum a few years ago. Thought I might repeat it in its own subject thread as it is still very much a guiding theme with my new layout plan.
I just like Model Trains,...of all sorts....the scale miniaturization.
I'm particularly fond of steam engines, and particularly the large ones. I'm a fan of C&O, B&O, NW, etc, etc.
And as a kid of course I had the ubiquitous Santa Fe diesel engine,...those famous worldwide recognizable colors.
Anyone recommend a good track planning service
Looking for a track olanning service. My father in law wants a logging layout in his new space of the basement. I am too busy with work to sketch anything out(read i have never done it before and i have no imiganation). I looked into a couple people that where advertised here but they both flaked out after the second communication.
Thanks
mike
Lumber: Its Manufacture and Distribution - Ralph Clement Bryant (free book)
I'm investigating logging subjects to help with developing a logging scene on my new layout. I ran across this book source that goes WAY BEYOND the info I need, but it is a very significant resource.
....a very comprehensive book about Timber,...and its a free download
Lumber: Its Manufacture and Distribution - Ralph Clement Bryant - Google Books
Thoughts on changing history?
In my current design thread for the upcoming NNEScenic V3, I mention a conundrum I have. What I thought would be my best option between two layout locations turns out to involve about a 25 mile stretch of track that was abandoned and removed 8 years before the period I want to model.
Redesigned harbor section of my layout
When I designed my layout 30 months ago, it was designed with operation in mind, catering for up to 6 operators and a dispatcher. After my first official operating session, I realized there was a serious design flaw in one area, the harbor. I wanted to have the water at the back of the layout, against the wall, so that I could animate a ship gently rocking with the waves in the harbor, by using a slow rotating motor, geared down even further to create a gentle up and down motion you experience when a ship is docked in the harbor.
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