devondynosoar118 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Passing a junk shop the other day I saw a table for £3, it had no top and was a bit battered but looked fine. The dog has destroyed my small coffee table by running into the legs till they broke off then playing stick with them! When I got my new purchase home I looked at it and realised I could combine the need for somewhere to put things and a small layout to play with at home and try out a few new things on. I decided on the classic inglenook siding shunt puzzle for the track plan, and haven't worked out wether it will be a 3-2-2 or 5-3-3 yet. The plan is- 60's period setting- can use the new Farish 08 in BR Green with wasp stripes All buildings and structures made from Scale scenes materials- I fancied trying out some of their stuff and this fitted really well. After advice from Nigel Cliffe the couplings will be DG's with an electromagnet, this will help me set up the same for KIngsbridge Layout to be lit entirely by its own lights- Another area I have not tried before! DCC control using my NCE stuff. Must be minimum impact on the table to keep domestic authorities happy. Must cost as little as possible. The donor table, just after I put an MDF baseboard underneath! This was free from my shed so it was a good start on expenses. The inside area, I am going to put the small Gauge master sky round the edge, then build in some low relief warehouses etc. This will be an urban set layout, almost completely enclosed by buildings. The useable area is just 18" long, as can be seen above. I am thinking of adding a small scenic fiddle yard to one end, which can double as a photo plank. I have downloaded a few scale scenes bits and will post some pics of these soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Are you going to have a transparent top (with coasters for mugs of tea), or a solid one that you can lift off with a "ta-da!" and impress the guests? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 A glass top will be added, funds permitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2011 If you place the tracks diagonally, you'd get longer sidings. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 A great idea except I just made straight joins for the fiddle yard today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoworks Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 i think he meant diagonal the whole track plan so the length is nearer 22 - 24 inches corner to corner rather than 18 you have now left to right. without a traverser you are going to find using the full width difficult anyway even with set track points and only a very short run round loop if you want one. get a bigger table?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I have a very big layout that is taking it's time to be fully finished which will do more complicated things. The original inglenook had no run around, I have worked out that a 3-2-2 will fit which still gives 360 something combinations of wagon. I agree that a slant would have been better. The table fitted the space in the house, the layout was an afterthought really. Will put an update up when the track plan is final. Thanks for all the advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted June 18, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 18, 2011 Put some extra bracing on the legs to make it more dog proof? (Big spikes would be rude). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Wasn't Spike the dog in the Sylvester/Tweetie-pie cartoons? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Lol! I think he was. Have laid some track now and will put a layout thread up when I can get some pictures. Was able to fit a 5-3-3 in the space in the end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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