Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
My wife has been on at me for some time now to 'do something in 00' and after a lot of trial and tribulation I have come down on Kender Street - a parcels depot, set in a largish town to the West of London , surrounded on three sides by buildings, retaining walls and the 'esential' scenic break bridge - all in 4' x 15" + a 2'6" traverser - just big enough to fit along one wall of my den.
I have constructed two 'table' units for the layout to sit on - it was a better option than drilling the walls for bearers etc. and meant that the whole thing is portable. I drew the baseboard elements out on Autosketch to work out the fit on an 8' x 4' sheet of 9mm ply - this done, I then obtained a quote from a local specialist board cutting firm, accepted their quote and collected the pieces three days later - delivered to the back of our Ka, nylon strapped to a pallet, covered in thick polythene via the forks of a very oversized forklift truck - the driver did then undo it all and place the individual pieces into the back of the car. Excellent service though.
Now a week later, the two layout boards are done and a full size track plan laid on the board and structure mock-ups have started to appear:
There will be an urban style backscene above the brick wall with low relief buildings in front, behind a parapet wall which is not shown in the photos. The two straight tracks at the right front are part of a CCE yard and there will be a loading platform in the 'rebate'. A brick wall will go across the front with a pair of gates for access to the yard.
The trackwork will be Peco 75 and operation will be via DCC. I have no intention of building any stock but I shall be weathering whatever stock runs on the layout. Period will be 80s/90s
- the whole thing is a total 'old boys toys' bit of fun which will also hopefully, amuse the grandson when he visits - as he is only 18 months old at present, there is no immediate rush to get things finished
cheers
Mike
I have constructed two 'table' units for the layout to sit on - it was a better option than drilling the walls for bearers etc. and meant that the whole thing is portable. I drew the baseboard elements out on Autosketch to work out the fit on an 8' x 4' sheet of 9mm ply - this done, I then obtained a quote from a local specialist board cutting firm, accepted their quote and collected the pieces three days later - delivered to the back of our Ka, nylon strapped to a pallet, covered in thick polythene via the forks of a very oversized forklift truck - the driver did then undo it all and place the individual pieces into the back of the car. Excellent service though.
Now a week later, the two layout boards are done and a full size track plan laid on the board and structure mock-ups have started to appear:
There will be an urban style backscene above the brick wall with low relief buildings in front, behind a parapet wall which is not shown in the photos. The two straight tracks at the right front are part of a CCE yard and there will be a loading platform in the 'rebate'. A brick wall will go across the front with a pair of gates for access to the yard.
The trackwork will be Peco 75 and operation will be via DCC. I have no intention of building any stock but I shall be weathering whatever stock runs on the layout. Period will be 80s/90s
- the whole thing is a total 'old boys toys' bit of fun which will also hopefully, amuse the grandson when he visits - as he is only 18 months old at present, there is no immediate rush to get things finished
cheers
Mike