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Hello all, My name is Matt and after spending hours of looking at other layout topics, I have decided to try and document mine on here.

 

I have started on a few layouts before but never really got past ballasting before deciding it was too complex or not running well, with this layout i will try and make it relatively simple with plenty of room for scenic detail. As i am sitting my A levels, the amount of work done on the layout will vary but i will hopefully keep you updated.

 

Here is the small amount of progress so far:

 

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Hello all, My name is Matt and after spending hours of looking at other layout topics, I have decided to try and document mine on here.

 

I have started on a few layouts before but never really got past ballasting before deciding it was too complex or not running well, with this layout i will try and make it relatively simple with plenty of room for scenic detail. As i am sitting my A levels, the amount of work done on the layout will vary but i will hopefully keep you updated.

 

Here is the small amount of progress so far:

 

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Hi Matt.....

Good luck with both the layout and the A levels.....will watch the development on here with interest.......

All the best....

Bob

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Thank you for the kind words. 

 

Bit more progress this evening i have now got the west side tracks connected up to the point work at the station throat.

 

there are a few small kinks as the flexitrack has not been properly pinned down yet

 

in future i will try and use my proper camera rather than my phone.

 

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Can I suggest that you put some cork (or balsa, or foamcore, or whatever) to raise up the area under the tracks?

It doesn't have to be perfect, something like this (vertical axis is exagerrated for effect):

 

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Yes I was playing with the idea of doing this. I have ordered the Cork and should be able to do it on Saturday Edited by Flacky
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Can I suggest that you put some cork (or balsa, or foamcore, or whatever) to raise up the area under the tracks?

 It doesn't have to be perfect, something like this (vertical axis is exagerrated for effect):

 

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Not sure where this diagram comes from but it is not UK gauge. Inner face of rails in uk are 1432 apart although it is often referred to as 1435 now

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Hi Gary, I literally just googled 'ballast profile' - it was to illustrate that on running lines generally speaking the rails sit on timbers, which sit on track ballast, which sit on a cess. The 'Track' book from the 2FS gives specific UK dimensions to the various layers, but my salient point was not to provide specific gauge recommendations and was to show that laying track directly onto a baseboard misses quite a signature component of most railway lines, i.e. the verticality.

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Evening all 

 

after a few evenings i have finally got the cork and track for the main lines and run round loop for the branch line laid. 

 

on the mainline i have also included some super-elevation in the form of card and matchsticks and i'm pleased with the result. 

 

next i will be moving onto laying the goods yard and making the main raised sections like the town and suburb out of wood which should be a quicker process 

 

here are some pictures of my progress.

 

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p.s the track plan did change again in order for a more simple reliable mainline which i feel looks much better 

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just a small update for today and a description of the station area

 

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As you can see the sheds a bit of a mess at the moment (oops)

but on the far left hand side where the small piece of track is behind the class 91 i will put a DMU platform for the mainlines 

then i will have the 2 through tracks for the mainline

then in the centre i will have 2 dead end platforms for longer trains which i can do some shunting of carriages etc

then on the right im still not too sure what i want to do. 

i have mocked up a small loco storage yard with a single track fuel point and a shed for the shunters, however i do like the idea of a larger TMD but i would still like room to model a station car park and other scenics. 

i will have a jiggle about with this area and keep you updated, 

any suggestions would be great.

 

Matt

 

 

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Matt, looking back at the earlier photos I wonder what supports you have for the boards and I am not sure how the boards will react once you get into balladring and start using glue and paint on one side. They may warp I know this subject has been discussed previously on here somewhere it might be worth researching this a bit

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Matt, looking back at the earlier photos I wonder what supports you have for the boards and I am not sure how the boards will react once you get into balladring and start using glue and paint on one side. They may warp I know this subject has been discussed previously on here somewhere it might be worth researching this a bit

Hi long rail.

 

I have used a large amount of cross bracing and the boards are well secured to the wall. There is a small section which doesn't have a piece a piece of timber going along it but that's because it was a small 12 inch extension to make the board 3ft wide.

The 2ft wide board behind it does have a timber running along the length of it.

I just need to add a few more legs along the length of it

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Hello all

 

unfortunately not too much progress over Christmas

i did have the layout wired up and running however the mainlines were just not as smooth as id of hoped for and there was not a lot of room for buildings and scenery going in front and behind the running lines. 

This has led me to start again and i will hopefully be creating a rural countryside mainline with a few exchange sidings to lead on to a large exchange sidings and MOD depot which will be off scene and will have a branch line to get to them 

 

or i will have a small electrified branch line which will have a few exchange sidings, engineers yard or even a small goods yards and then there will be a track which will lead to an off scene exchange sidings hence the electrification 

 

hopefully these 2 options would let me put lots more buildings in at a ground level so it looks more like the railway is deeper into the scenery and the buildings are not crammed into small corners 

 

Matt

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unfortunatly due to the recent cold weather progress has been limited, but i have now put in 2 running lines and the junction which leads off to the branch line/ off scene exchange sidings. 

 

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However in the warmth of the house i have started to convert my old Lima ring field motors to CD drive motors and i am really impressed with the outcome. slow speed performance is really good even with the minimal pickups of which i will be adding all wheel pickup eventually, but for now it is more than adequate. 

 

having a 3D printer meant that i wouldnt have to fix in the motor with hot glue or epoxy resin and i could design a mount which could easily detach from the bogie if the motor failed. 

 

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Then with the purchase of a 8 pin dcc i simply wired up the motor and the pickups and placed the decoder in. initially i wired in some diodes for the motor to lower the voltage, however i found that this gave quite jerky running at lower speed so i cut them out and lowered the maximum voltage on JMRI and found the running to be drastically improved even with a £10 laisdcc decoder which are very good value for the money 

 

Here is the finished result 

 

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As the weather has become somewhat warmer i have managed to get back down the shed and complete laying the track and fully wiring it up. i'm quite pleased with how the track flows and that i haven't had a single derailment yet (touch wood) i will hopefully be wiring in the scenic side points over the weekend and possibly making a start on the platforms. 

 

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The sidings on the right here will have a heavily weathered look and will be for branch line exchange and for engineering trains

 

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More progress has been made over the week. I have now installed the point motors on the scenic side and make a control panel. Hopefully I will be wiring these up today after work. I have also started to test fit the Dapol catenary masts. I used a peco jig to mark out the holes in the place I wanted to. It is a very simple process and I am happy with the result. I will be taking them out again once I start working on the scenics. 

 

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I also left a gap over the junction as I will be making my own caternery portals which clear all the lines 

 

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although i have not posted on here for a few months i have been very busy with the layout.

 

I started off by creating the large hillside which will run along the back of the layout. 

cardboard former's were stuck in place along the length of the hillside and newspaper scrunched up between them to give the shape of the landscape i was looking for.

After this i used multiple layers of plaster bandage to build up the hillside and left to dry which took about 3 days.

overall i'm very happy with how this came out and i will be experimenting with using chicken wire over the top of the tunnels which means i wont need a large piece of wood to support the cardboard and newspaper.

 

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i have also been adding in the Ten commandments cable trunking along the mainline and branch line along with the orange tubes which run underneath the track and relay boxes as well in preparation for ballasting the mainlines.

 

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i have also been making a start on the TMD which i have decided to build along the front edge of the baseboard.

using 2mm card i have built up the hard-standing around the depot building, ballasted some of the lines in a much darker ballast than i will be using for the mainlines which will be heavily weathered to show how it has been neglected over many years

 

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Only a bit more progress this month. 

Now got the mainlines ballasted up to where the level crossing will be and I have started work on the landform which will be the scenic break. 

I will be using chicken wire and plaster bandage to build up the structure before applying the scenery. 

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