Thats it your committed now then !!! Nothing like seeing something in the flesh to get you focussed

Hi Peter

That's the same size as my plank. Have you allowed the sides to be deep enough for point motors? Also Can I advise some diagonal bracing underneath as it will twist.

HTH

Jim

Hi Peter

 

That's the same size as my plank. Have you allowed the sides to be deep enough for point motors? Also Can I advise some diagonal bracing underneath as it will twist.

 

HTH

 

Jim

Hi Jim,

What happy coincidence! Are you entering the 2010 Challenge too? Regarding the point motors I think this is going to be a manually switched layout. As there are 10 points in Peco Streamline Code 55 the cost of these alone is going to be the better part of ??100 and adding point motors plus wiring, CDU and switches would pretty much double that. I really fancied experimenting with DCC on this layout which would easily be covered by the cost of electrifying the points (Hattons are doing an unboxed Bachmann EZ Command for ??39). If time permits I'll attempt to install some form of mechanical control for the points - I've seen this done on other small layouts that have a series of knobs on the edge to control switching.

As for the twisting, that's the least of my worries! See my forthing coming blog post...

Regards,

Peter

Hi Peter

No I'm not. My Plank was built as a test bed for OLE.

Cheers

Jim

Peter, where do you obtain the paper track templates from?.

Garyp

Peter, where do you obtain the paper track templates from?.

 

Garyp

Hi Gary,

The plans were designed and printed using a free program called XTrkCad. It takes a little getting used to and can be a bit fiddly but you really can't complain for free. It has dozens of ready made track parts, such as all of those made by Peco. The printing can be tricky to setup to make sure it comes out 100% life-size but it well worth the effort.

Regards,

Peter