Brickleham - a Nano Layout

[potatan]

Following on from the standard 5' x 3' layout "Bricklington", I built a Micro layout at 2' x 1' to test out some ideas - Little Brickling. I'm now playing around with ballasting techniques and wanted to create a smaller layout just for testing the ballasting of points so welcome to my Nano layout: Brickleham ( 4" x 1.5" ):

It's given me a chance to use the little sign my daughter made me for Christmas (we're both called "Slate" due to surname) so that's nice.

Tongue in cheek of course, but at least I can ruin a set of points without ruining a layout though I might actually learn something rather than break something. Now where is the blue tac/fairy liquid/WD40/PVA that I need for ballasting points without gumming them up?

[potatan]

Of course now I get to have a go at diorama creation and description skills.

A disaster in the offing! Colin has managed to back his MG onto the tracks at Slate Junction just as the (off scene) Class 06 shunts an empty BR 27 ton Iron Ore tipper wagon off the siding. Colin is trying to climb out but has his foot caught on the steering wheel. Mabel Meanwhile[1] is using the dangerously located bench for support while she cries softly into her hanky at the impending loss of a fine British car, I mean husband.

[1] That's her actual name

[aleopardstail]

thing is you will need a test layout before you can ballast this...

[Dad-1]

Can't be bad, I see a 16 T steel mineral wagon.
Every layout should have some.

So a layout & a nano layout, wonder what No.3 will be ??

Geoff T

[CarlP]

I think Colin has had too much giggle juice.

[potatan]

So a layout & a nano layout, wonder what No.3 will be ??

thing is you will need a test layout before you can ballast this...

I'm already working on plans for the Pico layout, then the Femto and Alto will follow in due course. At some point I'm going to start manufacturing my own gauge railway, probably something along the lines of 0.01microns to the furlong. Quecto Gauge

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Anyway here's my experiment with blue tac. I spent around half an hour cleaning out the remnants with various little pointy sticks and unguents before I was happy the point was operating correctly again, so I think I'll need to try a few other methods before proceeding with ballasting the points on my larger layouts.

[Mountain]

Isn't it a little small?

[potatan]

Isn't it a little small?

That's what she said