Walisbury - A little update

Lofty · Post by **Lofty** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:12 pm

Nice thread

Will be visiting again

Lofty

FishBowlMan · Post by **FishBowlMan** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:52 pm

Great stuff there Steve. The scenery looks superb,

John.

stevegant · Post by **stevegant** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:01 pm

A little bit more scenic work has been completed. Have done the basic ground work for the back gardens of 2 more houses. Patios were made from plastic sheet which was scored to represent slabs.

Need to make some garden features next............

The I had some fun - as you will see in the picture, I thought I would test the pulling power of a Farish 66. This easily pulls the very perculiar rake pictured

mmurnin900 · Post by **mmurnin900** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:09 pm

Nice paving, a very nice scene like that station

peak · Post by **peak** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:19 pm

Very nice work.
Back gardens look good, like the patio.

Infrontcat · Post by **Infrontcat** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:10 pm

Excellent stuff Steve. Looks terrific

westbrom · Post by **westbrom** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:25 am

Excellent looking scene Steve, great stuff.

Neil

MrT · Post by **MrT** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:48 am

Fantastic work Steve, just goes to show what can be achieved in N. Makes me feel bad though, mine is nowhere near this standard.

Well done mate, it really does look amazing.

Lofty · Post by **Lofty** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:46 pm

Stunning picture - Ace layout

Lofty

Spavo · Post by **Spavo** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:14 pm

As if I needed any more inspiration for N gauge, this is muddy brilliant.....

Any chance of a track plan in full? Don't worry I'm not going to steal it!!

Great work and great layout, keep the photo updates coming...

Gav

stevegant · Post by **stevegant** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:43 pm

Gav - here's a quick track plan - I'll see if I can find the XTrkCad one when I am at home. It gives an idea of what I have done.

From the outset my brief was to have a tail chaser but to give me end-to-end capability as well. I wanted to be able to run a freight services as a tail chaser and then be able to move 3 DMU's between station platforms, the short storage siding and the maintenance shed. This small plan actually gives a surprising number of routes. I don't have designated up or down lines (not really an option in 6x2.5 foot layout). I also wanted to get away from lots of sidings everywhere as I wanted the opportunity to add some scenery.

The sharp curves (slightly above Setrack dimensions) on the left of the layout are hidden in a tunnel. The curves on the right hand side are on a gradient and are banked a couple of degrees to make them look less sharp.

The single platform at the back of the layout is again raised up make it form part of the back scene - gives the effect of being cut into the hillside.

90% of the trackwork is PECO flexi with a couple of odd Setrack pieces (mainly short straights that I found to be much stonger than short pieces of flexi. Once ballasted you cannot tell. All mainline track joints have been soldered and filed smooth and I have never had any running problems.

Hope this helps......and I will be following the progress of your foray into 'N'. Looking at your OO layout I reckon it will be a cracker.

Cheers
Steve