McRuss

Hello, during the last two weeks I built the backdrop for the Lochdubh part of my layout. And here is the result. DSCI4994 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4995 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4996 by mcruss1, on Flickr First you could see an overview, and now some detailshots. DSCI4997 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4998 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4980 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4981 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4982 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4983 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4984 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4985 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4986 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4987 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4989 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4990 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4991 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4992 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4993 by mcruss1, on Flickr Markus

Hello, it's been some time since my last update. In May I held the first operating session in the new basement. These time my friend Daniel did the filming. After the session I had a little flooding in the layout room during a thunderstorm, but I've got lucky and only a bit of the scenery was harmed, The baseboards and electrics weren't harmed. So here is the video from the operating session. Enjoy. Markus

Are there suppliers sellng the finetrax track system? I aks because, I can't order their products from Germany? Markus

Hello, since the late 2000s I've building my homelayouts according to the FREMO recommendations. So I can go to FREMO meetings or exhibitions with my modules, and in the case of a house move I don't have to tear down the layout. So I was able to reuse most of my layout after the my house moves in the last 3 years. Markus

Hello, during the last weeks I started with the building of my backdrops, and now about half of the backdrop is in place. DSCI4916 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4915 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4917 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4918 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4919 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4920 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4922 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4926 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4924 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4925 by mcruss1, on Flickr Markus

Hello Pete, that could be a very nice looking micro layout. And regarding the distillery. As the station is on the line to Oban, there is the Oban distillery at Oban. Markus

On February 22nd, I visited Model Rail Scotland for the first time. Here you can see a Video I made during my visit. Markus

I haven't seen them on Friday at Glasgow. Markus

Hello Martin, regarding your future lift out section. Maybe these could be of interest for you. It is a lift up section, made without to complicated methods. You just need some wood, and a pair of roller bearing drawer slides. I hope these would be some inspiration for you and others. Markus

Hello, I've used small neodym magnets with 2mm in diameter and 2mm in lenght in curves, and with a bit of trying they work very reliable. With the Dapol Magnets on a friends layout we had the problem that the magnet pulled on the coupling pins and some very light wagongs (Peco Conflats and Lowflat Kits) where pulled down, and one axle of the wagon was pushed in the air. We also had the problem that a train that was passing over a Dapol magnet was uncoupled during its run along the track to the terminus station. I made a film about my trials with small neodym magnets. Markus

I had the same idea for your problem as Phil. Markus

Hello Joseph, I was aware of the cattle dock, but at the end of the bayplatform track, the drawings show something that looks like a platform Markus

Hello, it's me again. On your plans there seems to be a short platform opposit of the Bayplatform tracks. Is these correct and are there any photos of it? Markus

Hello Neil, I owned one kit of the jumbo myself, but due to two housemoves it got lost. I have never started with the building. So I will be interested to see your results. Markus

Inspired by some trials of a friend of mine, I started my own test with Dapol Easyshunt couplers and neodym magners. Because of the curved nature of my terminus station I had to do some trials for the right arrangement of the possition for the magnets, which I show you in the video. Before another friend of mine installed the Dapol uncouplers, but these wasn't reliable, as very light wagons as one of my kitbuilt Lowfits was pulled towards the magnets, and another magnet installed in the throughtrack of a station resulted a train to uncouple when it passed the station. The magnes I used have a diameter of 2mm, and fits between the sleepers of my Peco track. I also found out recently that you could couple Rollingstock with Dapol Easyshunt couplers and Rollingstock with Microtrains couplers, and or Kato magnetic couplers together. The result could be seen here. Markus

Hello Neil, I think you're building a Worsley Works Caledonian Railway Jumbo kit. What chassis are you intending to use? Markus

Hello, as I'm a nurse. I can tell you that these thickening powder won't look that good. Yes it thickens the consistency of water, but you could see airbubbles that are trapped in the liquid by stirring in the thickening powder, and the water get's a more grey or white colour, and isn't as shiny as unprepared water. Markus

Hello, you have achieved much in short time. Your viaduct looks great. I don't know if you know that there is a german speaking Forum about british railways and model railways. http://75355.homepagemodules.de/ Markus

Hello Martin, regarding the computer screens. Last autum I bought a Teppka 10" screen, and had run it during during the FREMO Mammendorf Meeting for displaying our fastclock. I used it for three and a half day and on the full days it was used for about 10 hours a day. https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07FM6WX5S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Markus

From tomorrow December 25. until December 31st. I will upload a video each day from a landscaping tutorial I made some years ago. Enjoy the videos. ​25.12. ​ 26.12. ​ 27.12. ​ 28.12. ​ 29.12. ​ 30.12. ​ 31.12. ​ Have a merry Christmas Markus

Just in time for Christmas, my last update on my modelrailways for 2018 Markus

Hello, it took some time but now I edited my video footage from the FREMO meeting at Mammendorf. Enjoy the movies Markus

Hello, from 27th until 31st of October I and some friends attended the FREMO Meeting at Mammendorf halfway between Munich and Augsburg. There were 4 FREMO chapters with their modular layouts. In the great sports hall was the H0-RE (H0 Region Europe), and our small Great-britN modular layout. In the small gym was the AmericaN and N-RE (N scale Region Europe) modular layouts. A special thank goes to the organisation team as they spend much time and effort on planing these event, and provided all of us with enough delicous food. Here I show you some of the pictures I took at the meeting, but as I took a lot of them, I insert the link to my Flickr album at the end of these posting. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1925/44979378234_30a7e5c5c6_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4248 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4804/30763475897_43faec7efe_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4256 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4872/31831797968_03f3b4e522_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4258 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1931/45653341772_a9ce49e7c5_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4259 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1936/45653282702_403075897e_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4269 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4831/44789899025_02d010c489_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4308 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4859/45653281832_3837f3dd24_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4312 by mcruss1, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1948/45704076711_b93c826929_z.jpg[/img]DSCI4371 by mcruss1, on Flickr You can find all of the pictures here https://www.flickr.com/photos/67757252@N07/albums/72157673060002237/page1 Markus

Some progress in my new layout room Markus

My Ferry Twins arrived today. They are nice looking models DSCI4205 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4206 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4207 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4208 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4209 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4210 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4212 by mcruss1, on Flickr DSCI4211 by mcruss1, on Flickr Markus