bigdaveadams1 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hi Dave Nice looking plan and good to see your work. Hope to catch more of this mate Hi Mr Mason, Yeah the plan would either use a traverser fiddle yard or cassettes. Allowing the run round to take place off scene. It would be DCC and all locos fitted with sound. Eventually the units will also be fitted with sound. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Sounds great. excuse the pun. I used cassettes for my last show layout Werrington road and they worked really well with the fiddle yards at each end it was really easy. They are alot easier to install than a traverser too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Ha ha ha, yeah I like cassettes, the only snag is that when running round a train the sound will die when moving from one line to another in the fiddle yard. Although using Croc clips on extended leads could work around this problem..... cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Well things haven't progressed. I've no longer got room at home for a layout. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel! I'm going to help my best mate build an NSE terminus. It will be named Custard Park and I've attached the track plan. When I've got more time, I'll explain why there is a station there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I've attached the track plan. Cunningly drawn in invisible ink.... ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Ah. This may be because I'm trying to do it from a mobile device! I'll present it tomorrow along with a methodology! ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMay Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Is it made of actual custard? Please say yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Well, a Bird's in the hand is worth two in the bush... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Is it made of actual custard? Please say yes.I'm thinking of giving out little pots of Ambrosia joy at exhibitions! (Other brands are available) Oh and Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 If you extended it to Jelly Lane,it would be a trifle bigger... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Ascot North is on the back burner until I have a bigger house. But it will be built at somepoint! However, a recent conversation at our local club, highlighted the lack of a small 3rd rail layout that could be exhibited at small shows and our own show. So, with that in mind, I present Slough Road Junction! The scenic board is 5ft x 1ft and will have cassette fiddle yards at each end. Slough Road was the junction for Custard Park, and as such sees EPBs on the VIrginia Water - Custard services. The Cricklewood - Ascot North services are in the hands of First Generation DMUs. The Redhill - Bedford Parcels doesn't stop but does pass through, along with the some trip freights and light engine movements. There is also the Wernham Hogg Paper DIstribution Centre. This being served by a twice weekly speedlink trip from Willesden Brent. There are also occasional engineers trains diverted from the NLL, a regular being the 7L07 Hoo Junction - Leyton, which tends to produce a 33 or a pair of 73s. The layout will be DCC and built using PECO Code 75. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Wgat a great looking plan, simple yet very smartly done i like the industrial area at the front and the run from end to end Reall good mate and look forward to seeing it put together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Cheers Mason, yeah I think it's manageable but still has enough interest to keep me going until the bigger house allows a bigger layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Ticks all the boxes in my book mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I have to admit I quite like it! I had tried to fit too much onto the small board, it looked too crowded and contrived. Then I thought, what would Futers do?!!! So it was to be a maximum of 3 points and no more. I've also borrowed the scenic break idea from Bedlam Heath, at the Ascot end of the layout, there will be no bridge, tunnel etc. instead just a few trees to mask the trains entering. The Fiddle yard at that end will be hidden behind a layout history and timetable information board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Its worked well mate, i try to work to that basis on most of my own small layouts. I did a similair exit/entrance hide with Werrington Road. Trees one end and a pipe gantry the other, worked pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaveadams1 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I knew I'd seen it somewhere else! It was on Werrington Road. Brilliant use of trees and different to the usual tunnel/bridges etc. Brilliant work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I knew I'd seen it somewhere else! It was on Werrington Road. Brilliant use of trees and different to the usual tunnel/bridges etc. Brilliant work! Thanks Mate, I used the building and a gantry pipe on Eddington as well its sometimes hard to justify a bridge/tunnel structure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoffers Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Looking good Dave, will follow this with interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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