Penybontshed Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 OK so having bought some rolling stock and a couple of lovely locos, I now have some setrack points and a coupe of meters of track. I fancy something small like Stone Ferry Engineering but not folding. Any suggestions? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 C'mon give us some eye candy. Show us your locos and stock. You haven't said what size you are looking at. I started building the Scalescenes Canal Dock kit blown up to 7mm. There's an Industrial kit as well: https://scalescenes.com/product/ly01-industrial-boxfile-layout/ If you are new to layouts, it seems to me this would be a good place to start. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 What is the rolling stock and what are the loco's? Knowing what those are can go some way to helping decide what you should build. It's no good suggesting a coal depot layout if you have fish wagons, for example. Stoneferry Engineering is a nice simple little track plan, it should be easy to tailor that to your chosen subject. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penybontshed Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 I have purchased (on a series of impulses!) an Ixion Fowler, a Dapol Terrier and an LT Pannier. I have mainly freight stock and want to fill a space of 5x1 feet so i can store it easily. I am happy with hand operated points and want to just have a shuffle round of wagons/vans. I am really enjoying the scale and also venturing into weathering wagons for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Traxson Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Here you are 5 ft long, 19 inches wide and 17 inches high. Fiddle sticks clip on both ends. The top track also goes through the left hand end scene and can have a fiddle stick clipped to it. This is DCC, including the points, but would be easy without, just feeds at either end through on/off switches and insulating gaps between the points. May be less fun without DCC as it often needs two loco's to shunt the sidings as it has no on-scene run round loop which is why I suggest on/off switches for the two feeds. Can't go into detail on the electrics as they were installed by the previous owner, suffice it to say they work well, very easy to lose yourself in shunting for the odd half hour or so. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penybontshed Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hi Phil, thanks for the reply and pictures. Looks a really nice layout. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WM183 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I now find myself daydreaming about layouts confined to 2 points and limited space. Eager to see what you come up with! Amanda Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 This is just under 5ft, you can make the sidings longer by using set rack points as I used standard Streamline points. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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