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Thankfully we have a dog and the only thing he likes to do is hide his ball under the baseboards in the Layout Shed.

Pete.

Next step is to build the baseboard. The original plan was to modify the 2 boards I use for running in my locos . That would have involved reducing the width of both boards and shortening the length of one. They both have MDF tops so they would need replacing. So I've decided to build a new one piec...

I think I'm going to enjoy this ! Not exactly a light bulb moment, but a crazy laughable thought. Remember the good old autochanger with records stacked ? How about doing it with layouts ? Several in a stack and move the one you want at any given time to the top to either use, or work on. Geoff T. ...

Goods yard over a fiddle yard - sounds familiar https://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=33932&start=465#p654209 But you have decent clearance :D Jim Thanks for that Jim. I have a feeling that the track plan for ROBINSON ROAD will look very similar to the one here. ...

I think I'm going to enjoy this ! Not exactly a light bulb moment, but a crazy laughable thought. Remember the good old autochanger with records stacked ? How about doing it with layouts ? Several in a stack and move the one you want at any given time to the top to either use, or work on. Geoff T. ...

Well after literally months of thought and head scratching I have finally made a start on my small layout. One grey, wet lock down day I was sat in the layout shed deep in thought. I decided that the only way to store this new small layout would be to devise some support structure above the fiddle y...

We have lift off Houston lol. After months of lockdown lethargy and thinking about it I've finally struck the first blow and started constructing my small Goods Depot layout. I'll start a new thread in the 'Layouts under construction' thread. Not suprisingly the layout will be called 'Robinson Road ...

Sat having a quiet moment or two in the layout shed earlier this week I decided after months of 'thinking' about it I needed to make some positive progress with this little project. The main stumbling block was where to store the Goods Depot layout when not in use. So after a bit of a think I decide...

Was just going to place an order for some Shapeways couplings price (£12.55) but it turns out the postage is nearly £10 so I'll give them a miss for now and stick with the good old tension couplings.
I'll look out for them when I next go to an exhibition whenever that maybe.

Pete
RailwayRobbo

I'll just quote again what I heard a guy tell an exhibitor about his layout at an exibition many years ago. "You do know that those cows weren't introduced into this country till after the period you are modelling." The operator just gave him a smile then looked at me, shrugged his shoulde...

Some try to keep to even the correct traffic for a period they are modelling. Simply a matter of choice !! I run what I want, when I want, and mix GWR wagons from the 1920's with stock that wasn't manufactured until the late 1950's. As Glencairn says it's your railway so you set the rules - if ther...

I bought their twin track short bowstring bridge. It had a slight bow in the deck when it arrived, but after gluing the strips along the bottom and holding it down on a flat surface with something heavy it flattened out. The rest of it slotted together nicely, and seems strong. However, for me, the...

I bought their twin track short bowstring bridge. It had a slight bow in the deck when it arrived, but after gluing the strips along the bottom and holding it down on a flat surface with something heavy it flattened out. The rest of it slotted together nicely, and seems strong. However, for me, the...

Just wondering if anyone had bought any of the above kits and what are they like?

Thanks Pete.

Looks like you've made a good start on the layout Derrick. Takes me back to the early days when I started my layout. Absolutely love the shed in Midland Railway colours. The baseboard woodwork looks pretty neat and tidy. I'd say that's probably a B- (I used to be a woodwork teacher) LOL. Will be wat...