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looking excellent Walter! Especially the 3D of the layout, simple but effective. It's all too easy to lay the track on the board and then build 'up', adds some depth by having the recessed area, great stuff!
How about a boating lake with a central island? , a small harbour perhaps? or as was previously suggested a quarry or village?
Keep the photos comin' !
How about a boating lake with a central island? , a small harbour perhaps? or as was previously suggested a quarry or village?
Keep the photos comin' !
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Hi , looking excellent Walter I love the weathered track , i'm looking forward to the proress of this layout
Keep those photos coming
Thanks
BR

Keep those photos coming

Thanks
BR
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Thanks for the kind reactions.
It is my first layout, but with past military modelling, I have done quite a bit of weathering and other paining techniques. Still too scary to weather anything else than buildings, scenery and second hand rolling stock though... Should bite the bullet and do my new locomotives too at some stage...
I did want to raise the lot so that I could have a sunken area too, so most of the track sits on at least 25 mil of Floormate extruded polystyrene board. Picked up enough for 3 layouts for a couple of tenners from a wholesalers, who were all too happy to get rid of loose board they cannot shift.
One of the things which I've struggled with is the idea of a circular vs linear layout - the kids like the trains going round, but then you're stuck with other traffic having to get into the 'middle' and the effect that trains do chase their own tail, despite the tunnel... I think on balance my next one would be linear and have a proper fiddle yard, not a tunnel.
The layout is about 2.5 by 1.25 metres. Track is Peco - Settrack and Streamline mixed up, which I now don't really like all that much either.
Can you guess this won't be the last layout?!?
Thanks for the tips on the middle bit - something industrial on balance I think.
Maybe a bit of narrow gauge to connect it up to the sidings, or would 2 ft of narrow gauge be too daft???
Walter
It is my first layout, but with past military modelling, I have done quite a bit of weathering and other paining techniques. Still too scary to weather anything else than buildings, scenery and second hand rolling stock though... Should bite the bullet and do my new locomotives too at some stage...
I did want to raise the lot so that I could have a sunken area too, so most of the track sits on at least 25 mil of Floormate extruded polystyrene board. Picked up enough for 3 layouts for a couple of tenners from a wholesalers, who were all too happy to get rid of loose board they cannot shift.
One of the things which I've struggled with is the idea of a circular vs linear layout - the kids like the trains going round, but then you're stuck with other traffic having to get into the 'middle' and the effect that trains do chase their own tail, despite the tunnel... I think on balance my next one would be linear and have a proper fiddle yard, not a tunnel.
The layout is about 2.5 by 1.25 metres. Track is Peco - Settrack and Streamline mixed up, which I now don't really like all that much either.
Can you guess this won't be the last layout?!?
Thanks for the tips on the middle bit - something industrial on balance I think.
Maybe a bit of narrow gauge to connect it up to the sidings, or would 2 ft of narrow gauge be too daft???
Walter
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The Metcalfe Kit has a slot along the bottom of the wall which was intended to be the outlet for the rods - look hard at the bottom of the wall
The site shown below is a good source for Signal box pictures & info - have a good browse , you may get some ideas
The Signal Box

The site shown below is a good source for Signal box pictures & info - have a good browse , you may get some ideas
The Signal Box
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