Sounds great Jack will follow with interest

Hi Jack,

A little confused about your trackplan, you said there was no points but on your diagram there is?? Have you thought about having two straight lines that go from your fiddle yard straight into the shed then that way no points??

Secondly have you given any thought about exhibitions?? If you make the depot at really good standard and make it portable you should have no probs!! If you do want to take your layout to shows give us a shout and I will give you the link

The layout sounds really good though matey will follow with intrest

Sounds great Jack will follow with interest

Thank you Richard! Much appreciated!

A little confused about your trackplan, you said there was no points but on your diagram there is?? Posted Image Have you thought about having two straight lines that go from your fiddle yard straight into the shed then that way no points??

 

Secondly have you given any thought about exhibitions?? If you make the depot at really good standard and make it portable you should have no probs!! If you do want to take your layout to shows give us a shout and I will give you the link

Hi Georgie! Thanks for taking an interest. Where I mention '...fiddle yard will be very simple... no points, no sliding things... just somewhere...', I was talking about the actual fiddle yard, I didn't actually say no points for the main depot.

I was thinking of that, but I decided I want atleast one point in it.

Regarding Exhibitions, at the moment, with homework, events etc, I am unable to get my layout to some kind of exhibition standards, and I'd rather wait until I have a job, and money, and time to do a proper layout. This is a test, not a full depot layout. But thanks for the offer.

Thank you

Jack

No progress so far, other than track going down that I currently have.... will ballast when all of the track is down. The depot track will be inlaid track all the way, sidings will just be ballasted neatly. Been doing some plans of the motorway area, and come up with this (a birds eye view, a side and front view)...

Looks good Jack is this based around Crewe or scotland as I can get you some local roadsigns if you want ??

Im basing it the glasgow side of Edinburgh... near Junction 3 on the M9 between Edinburgh and Glasgow. I found the sign template from DVLA, then edited to get what I wanted. Looks good doesnt it? It will be made from cardboard around the house, plus some tarmac sheets that I use for my platforms... plus some cut up sticky labels for the white lines.... a nice budget motorway... I will be adding barriers to the road too... will use the remaining on the road to the car park on the main layout... or somewhere on the depot area... Also a few portakabins and a fueling point...

Done a plan for the TMD... here it is

Enjoy!

Looks good Jack you might have to watch the space with the diamond crossing keep up the good work mate

Cheers! Slight change to the track plan, nothing major....

What do you think?