Layout design
A Little scenery makes a big difference
A little scenery makes a big difference. One of the goals of this layout is to get a little scenery down at the same time I get the operation going. All my previous layouts had the scenery wait while I focused on large swaths of benchwork and track.
I think the 30 minutes roughing in the tree line on the backdrop and the afternoon making the trees was well spent.
Here is the Wilmington area with the fascia under construction:
July 8th Layout Progress Update
Progress has not progressed at break-neck speed, but it definitely hasn't been spinning its wheels either. In the first photo you can see the old nightstand that I have re-purposed as benchwork for the layout. The second photo a the mockup of a factory flat that will go against the backdrop between the city and rural areas. The backdrop itself will be a 12"x24" sheet of 0.060" styrene.
Wilmington July 2016
The majority of the Wilmington trackage is in. Have to finish the coal dealer and the coal dump at the shipyard. Haven't finalized the coaling facilities at the service tracks, the turntable and approaches are stand in's until the real ones can be built.
Are all the good layout themes already taken?
I've been struggling with developing a unique and plausible theme for the new layout. Whether based on a prototype or proto-freelanced, I'm running into the "Someone else is already doing or has already done that" wall.
It's getting a bit discouraging. It's like being at a high school dance and finding that all the girls you find attractive are already taken.
need layout built
Hello Gents,
Being new to this site, I would like to ask: are any of you layout builders?
I need a quote for a layout build. I dont have time to do it myself. I am old school so it will be DC. I would like to run 4 trains or more at 1 time. Mainline, european mountainous.
Can anyone give me a ball park?
I have all of the track.
I have a space of 13' long by 50" wide.
I can be reached at: nonisl@comcast.net
OR
larry.nonis@aircompressors.com
I live in Michigan, 48047
HO Scale track plan, opinions and ideas welcome.
I've gone from a big Christmas tree layout to a double deck with a two track helix and now to this single level semi-modular design.
Free-mo at National Train Show in Indianapolis
Good morning all,
Since we are only a week away from the National Train Show in Indianapolis, I'd like to invite MRH members to stop by and say "Hello".
The railroad is comprised of modules from Massachusetts, New Hampshire,Ontario, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota; all using the Free-mo standard. The green squares are 5ft x 5ft in size. Our space number is L-7010.
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