johna Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Work has started on a layout that was once in a British magazine called Model Trains International. The editor Chris Ellis built the layout on a baseboard 50" x 6.25". My last US layout was sold many years ago buil I kept a few locos and box cars from it which will be ideal for this layout. Using track and points removd from another layout I just need to buy a couple of Wye points from that great shop on the aisle of Man. I am using Peco Settrack. Hopefully I will find a few hours over the weekend to get some track Dow. Photos wil follow if I can upload them from an IPad. If all go well they I propose to build a new layout 9' x 13". Baseboards professionally made a number of years ago . Work will start in the Autrum. Regards Johnia 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Well baseboard has been built, track is down and some switching has been done. Have made a start to some of the structures I need to build. Very low relief ones are requires Getting bargains on auction sites now is extremely rare. Been looking for a reasonable priced GE 70t but they are hard to find. You used to be able to buy flat industrial buildings but again they have disappeared to. Still can't seen to upload photos from my iPad. Johna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Johna, For cheap structures, try Clevermodels.net - you pay for the download file of PDF documents for the kit, print them out on Cardstock and build them like any other kit. They do a number of low-relief structures, and all of their kits could easily be converted to low relief just by cutting a few bits out differently. All their kits come in O scale, and you just reduce the size when printing to get the smaller scales. Here's a few I've built: These are N scale: These are HO scale: And here's a layout in HO scale populated almost entirely by their products, as well as scratchbuilds made using their texture papers: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Thanks for the photos. Some very useful structures that I could use. Will download one of their free kits to try it out. Johna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Folks If anyone is on Facebook " Micro Layouts" group you will find that I have posted a photo of the layout I have started to build. Can't upload it here as my iPad won't allow me to be if someone could do that for me then it would be most helpful. Thanks John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Folks If anyone is on Facebook " Micro Layouts" group you will find that I have posted a photo of the layout I have started to build. Can't upload it here as my iPad won't allow me to be if someone could do that for me then it would be most helpful. Thanks John Is this your photo from FB you are looking for? ps. looks good :-) Edited July 26, 2018 by faraway 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks faraway for adding the photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 I have now added sky blue to the back scene and will be fitting point motors yhi week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 We look forward to some photos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 We look forward to some photos! Will do once i figure out how to do it from an ipad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2018 Same as from a desktop: go to Reply with attachments (below bottom RH corner of reply box, next to the Post button , select a tile from photos, upload and insert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Same as from a desktop: go to Reply with attachments (below bottom RH corner of reply box, next to the Post button , select a tile from photos, upload and insert. Thanks for the advice. I am working forthe rest of today so will try and and upload a photo tomorrow night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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