Layout design
Preliminary Plan
I have a preliminary plan for the left side of the new layout which will start construction in January. I would appreciate comments and suggestions once you have viewed and thought about lit.
Colorado Front Range update for September 2015
Well we are all back from vacations and the convention and here is an update video for the September month.
Layout Tour aad Trains are running
Enjoy
Mike Deverell
Can somebody take a look at this switching arrangement ...
First let me apologise for the poor quality of my diagram. I can't work out how to do straight lines on the drawing software I've got. Hopefully I can explain myself.
End of a Branch Line and length of passing track.
Trying to solve some problems on an HO layout I am building 14' x 2' with an extra 12' x 18" dog leg fiddle yard, baseboards built, sufficient Peco Code 83 bought.
Its 1995 a Santa Fe Branch line only beating closure because of three lucrative industries, a major monsoon flood took out two bridges further down the line that shortened the branch mileage considerably.
module guidelines
The "One module" challenge contest introduced in the September MRH is a great idea. Manageable modeling avoids ambition overload. Building 4 to 8 feet at a time gets usable results, and provides good learning opportunities for people at all levels of modeling. New techniques are welcome.
A basic tip: 3/4 inch MDO plywood is good for framing, especially if much moving is likely. Modules used for portable displays need robust construction.
Horseshoe & Cottonwood Update #6
Hard to believe it has only been three months to the day I started to H&C. And lots new since update #5!
Eight Feet of New Jersey - Beginnings
Well, I think things have progressed enough that I can start a blog about it.
A few years ago, I decided to make a shelf layout. A few incarnations have occured, design-wise, but I've settled on an idea, and started construction.
The layout is, quite literally, eight feet of New Jersey. eight feet long, one foot wide, it features a whopping eleven feet of trackage, with a single turnout, representing a single industry, somewhere in New Jersey.
Track Schematic for the Dispatcher
Took some time to doodle up a schematic for the dispatcher and probably crews to use for the future operating sessions on the HBR. I still need to add car capacities at the various sidings and spurs. What else do people have on their schematic maps for their crews and dispatchers?
If you thought T Scale (1:450) was small check out TY Scale (1:900)
I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.
The largest of these is 4"x7"
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