Gauge: N;
Period: Current;
Inspiration: Severn Valley, Ironbridge;
Prototype: Fictitious;
Location: Spare Room;
Size: 2 m by 0.44 m;
Buildings: Not yet;
Rolling Stock: Graham Farish;
Track: Peco;
Signals: None Yet;
Vehicles: None Yet;
Thread Start
Okay, I decided my big layout is too big, a big mess really. I'm not going to abandon it, I'm just gonna have a small subordinate layout which wont cost to much or take too long to build.
The layout is set in a steep sided valey. At the top of the valley is a Dam (used to hide loop) and at the bottom is an industrial town, the railway is built in deep cuttings in the valley side crossing the river at several points.
At every step of the way if I can I'm going to add everything up and show how much it has cost so far.
Track Plan
The baseboard is 2000 mm by 440 mm made from 3 mm thick ply and avframe of 20 mm by 40 mm pine. The lefover ply and some scrap pine I used to start making the trackbed as you can see below.
Cost
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£2:50 - 20 mm by 40 mm pine; 2400 mm length
£2:50 - 20 mm by 40 mm pine; 2400 mm length
£0:80 - 3 mm plywood; 2000 mm by 300 mm.
£0:80 - 3 mm plywood; 2000 mm by 300 mm.
£0:00 - Scrap Pine Wood.
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£6:60 - Total
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