Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 THIS LAYOUT NO LONGER EXISTS DUE TO SPACE RESTRICTIONS IN NEW HOUSE, A NEW BOARD HAS BEEN USED AND I HAVE CREATED A NEW THREAD FOR THE LAYOUT PLAN. PLEASE SEE HERE: http://www.rmweb.co....rack-plan-help/ Hello everybody. I am very new to railway modelling and RMweb. I am about to start building (well mainly planning) my new N gauge modern image layout which will be about 155cm x 85cm. Any tips would be much appreciated. I hope this post will be the first of many to come! I will post updates at a later date (I am busy doing exam revision at the moment) Thanks very much, MNG! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Welcome, do you have a track plan yet or are you still working on that? Good luck with the exams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Welcome, do you have a track plan yet or are you still working on that? Good luck with the exams Thanks very much (about the exams) And yes I do have a rough idea of what I would like...... - Two ovals so I can continuously run two trains. - Some sort of sidings at front for diesel locos (think this is called a MPD or something like that... ) - Fiddle yard round the back so can store some trains. - Station somewhere (probably with a town scene above it) Might knock something up on AnyRail in a later.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheneas Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 good luck with your exams, I look forward to seeing your AnyRail design Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hey guys. Just had a spare few minutes so I quickly made this on Anyrail. Because I only have demo version I could only do 50 pieces per go so have had to spilt it into front and fiddle yard... Any comments or advice/tips most welcome! Thanks! FRONT: FIDDLE YARD (SMALL BUT CHEAP!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 looking good, one way round anyrail's part limit is for all straights use flex-track and stretch it to the length requires, yes it'll show red because you've stretched it too far but that doesn't matter. if using set-track then make it using the pieces you want, then delete them dropping a length of flexi in there instead, across the front of your layout this would replace 5 pieces with one, doing this where possible would allow for more layout building before hitting the limit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hello MNG That's a nice looking plan, with plenty of operating potential. However, though I'm no expert on track, I would be tempted to "flip" the MPD (ie so it sits at the right hand end of the scenic section) so it is accessed from a trailing crossover. Also, and certainly on the scenic section, I would replace the short radius points with medium or long radius - they look a lot better. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 looking good, one way round anyrail's part limit is for all straights use flex-track and stretch it to the length requires, yes it'll show red because you've stretched it too far but that doesn't matter. if using set-track then make it using the pieces you want, then delete them dropping a length of flexi in there instead, across the front of your layout this would replace 5 pieces with one, doing this where possible would allow for more layout building before hitting the limit. Oh thanks very much, will do that know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hello MNG That's a nice looking plan, with plenty of operating potential. However, though I'm no expert on track, I would be tempted to "flip" the MPD (ie so it sits at the right hand end of the scenic section) so it is accessed from a trailing crossover. Also, and certainly on the scenic section, I would replace the short radius points with medium or long radius - they look a lot better. cheers Ben A. Thanks very much for your feedback. Not quite sure what you mean by "accessed from a trailing crossover" could you please explain more. (sorry I'm a newbie!) And coming from the right hand side wouldn't be possible as that is where the station is going to be... might draw up another plan showing that now.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hello MNG That's a nice looking plan, with plenty of operating potential. However, though I'm no expert on track, I would be tempted to "flip" the MPD (ie so it sits at the right hand end of the scenic section) so it is accessed from a trailing crossover. Also, and certainly on the scenic section, I would replace the short radius points with medium or long radius - they look a lot better. cheers Ben A. Did you mean something like this.....?: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 looking good MNG, I would make a couple of changes, loose the crossing out of the depot to a right hand point which would just connect to the inner circuit, and then put the crossover to the right of it so trains on both tracks can access depot, other than that an excellent plan. good luck. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 looking good MNG, I would make a couple of changes, loose the crossing out of the depot to a right hand point which would just connect to the inner circuit, and then put the crossover to the right of it so trains on both tracks can access depot, other than that an excellent plan. good luck. Graham. Thanks for the feedback.... Did you mean something like this?: (Must be getting to bed now!) :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Almost MNG, Take out the line from the depot to the outer track then move the crossover in front of the point into the yard. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Like this MNG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2012 That's looking better now! It's not a universal rule, but generally access to sidings is via points that require the train to reverse into them. These are known as "trailing" points. Points that can be accessed by a train approaching (ie facing direction of travel) are known as facing points. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 That's looking better now! It's not a universal rule, but generally access to sidings is via points that require the train to reverse into them. These are known as "trailing" points. Points that can be accessed by a train approaching (ie facing direction of travel) are known as facing points. cheers Ben A. Oh thanks very much didn't know that. You learn something new everyday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hello everyone! Have been a bit busy this morning drawing up new plans in Anyrail. Took into account what people said about medium and large radius points instead of setrack points on the scenic section. I have come up with 4 different ideas, please leave your feedback and any tips/advice would be most welcome, thanks.... FRONT, V.1 FRONT, V.2 FRONT, V.3 FRONT, V.4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Need some help please....! As recommend - I am hoping to go with medium or large radius points instead of setrack points (on the front of my layout) as they look more realistic, only thing is I don't know how to get the spacing (gap) between points right. Because the rest of layout is setrack there is a set width apart: But when using medium radius points the width gets narrower so I need to put some track in-between the points to space it out. But no piece of setrack is small enough so will have to use flexitrack but when I do it looks all wrong, bent and twisted (basically - not realistic): Please help the newbie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Without wishing to stick another spanner in the works MNG how about something like this? Gives you an extra loop to store a train plus a three road station? Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Without wishing to stick another spanner in the works MNG how about something like this? Gives you an extra loop to store a train plus a three road station? Graham. Credit to shanks522 for this one.... Have had to make the board slightly wider which is a downside, but shouldn't matter too much. Everything seems good now apart from not sure how this will work with fiddle yard, will do this later as need to do more revision now! See you soon.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Glad you made it fit MNG, looking very nice indeed, should have plenty of operational potential. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Glad you made it fit MNG, looking very nice indeed, should have plenty of operational potential. Graham. Thanks Graham, much appreciated for that plan. I have managed to make it work with the fiddle yard, but just like the front I have a few different options. I will post some pics and info in a minute. See what you think and tell me which one you think works best.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Here we go.... Option 1: Option 2: Option 3: Which do you think would be best? I am a newbie so I haven't a clue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Personally i would go with option 2 as it gives you fairly long sidings/loops. Looking to be a really nice layout MNG. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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