Layout design
LED Strip Lighting - how far out from backdrop?
Hi all,
I'm in the process of installing the layout lighting for my BVLC layout. I'm planning to use 'warm white' LED strips, which are self-adhesive on one side, and run them along a valence at the top of the layout. The valence itself will be made out of plastic, and will be supported off the backdrop by thick wires - the same type of wire used in those indoor clothes drying racks. This is needed, as the layout has to be free-standing (my house is a rental).
Utopia
My layout benchwork, which consists of a pair of 78.5 x 11.5 bi-fold doors topped with foam, has been up for most of the year. During that time I've done nothing to it other than add a backdrop and fascia.
Decisions, decisions... UPDATED!
I'm writing this because it helps me ( so I'm hoping) and I'd like to get some other opinions on this matter.
A Short-line in O Scale (4' 8.5")
BLOG started July 2015, as a planning and building BLOG for an O scale short-line.
Layout Update: July 2015 - Main/Third Level DCC Testing Results
I finally completed the wiring for the 4th power district on the main level/third level. This is the track that runs from Michaelson Jct. (aka Ottawa Jct., KS) both to the West Helix and on the branch line that runs over the top of the West Helix to the third level that has the cities of Michaelson (aka Ottawa, KS) and then to Elizabeth City, OK (aka Tulsa, OK).
Gateway Central XV HO Scale Switching Model Railroad
I just ran across this looking around on the net:
http://www.gatewaynmra.org/2010/gateway-central-15-ho-scale-switching-model-railroad/
Wow! What potential this has! It could easily be lengthened or made part of an existing layout. The possibility of detailing is endless. Operation would be challenging and fun.
Backdrop Photo
Trying my hand at designing my own backdrop using GIMP, a free downloadable software program similar to Photoshop.
I think I may have messed up my layering, as the sky tone goes from a nice soft blue on the right to purple on the left.
Anyone else out there using GIMP know what is going on? I can't find anything in tutorials to help, though I suspect it's some feature or function of the layering, as I am adding each image a a layer.
HOn3 EBT in a 10' x 12'?
Hi all,
I'll be moving into an apartment and will have a 10' x 12' bedroom for a layout and office/work area. What I'm looking for is an operations oriented HOn3 East Broad Top track plan (single or double deck) that includes major points, both scenic and operations wise, and an area in the room for a workbench/computer desk. Any ideas? Thanks!
Nathan Kline
Crossing the Main????
After a week away in dreary, humid, rain on me every day Florida, I returned to do a bit of work tonight on the Idaho Belt at the paper mill. I'd been tweaking the track plan for this area because while the prototype mill this layout is based on is on a branch that sees no through traffic inside the mill, my version will. And that makes me wonder about the placement of my power plant spur and the pulpwood spur.
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