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Hello Richard,

 most cement works contrast very much with their surroundings: it very often looks to me as if aliens have plonked down in the middle of the landscape. So cement works live from the contrast they create in respects to what is around them IMO!

Merry Christmas,

Christian

Maybe the guy on a bicycle or with a wheelbarrow ...

Supermarket pizzas here in Germnay do not have styrofoam supports , just foil and cardboard   - I am now officially envious.

Re the card: it just might do, but again somehow it does not look right.

What about scribing cobbles in DAS?

What about cobbles with some concrete patches?

Jerry,

 maybe you can extend the platform of the provender store and shift it a little bit along the towards the middle of the layout/the turnout.

 But it looks good so far as it is, anyway.

 For ground cover, grassy and mossy cobbles around the provender store it self.

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Jerry,

 The size of your layout is almost that of an IKEA APA-Box stood on its long side (which is 70cm x 29,5 cm x 36ish IIRC): maybe you build a back- and two side-scenes (or even a complete valence) from what suitable comes to hand. The bridge could then be utilized to cover the left-hand-side mouse-hole to the fiddle-stick, which would attached outside during operations.

 What I mean to say is that the fiddle-yard(-stick) could off the base-board, thus enabling you to have longer sidings by moving the turnout to the left.

 Respectfully submitted whilst fully ackknowledging Rule #1.

 A similar micro fork layout under would be Riverside here on RMweb.

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Lorry,

 Re. the picture orientation: what device are you using to take the pictures? and which image format for storage? The device (may) record in the pictures EXIF meta information its own orientation, this may result in orientation issues depending where it is displayed. You are not the only to experience this issue: Apples iDevices are known (here on RMweb) for this issue. My solution is to clear this up with IrfanView (Windows). But there are other solutions, of course.

 I like your project. Keep up the momentum.

 Unasked advice: for each item of rolling stock that your purchase you have to sell one

Best Regards,

Christian

The Peco plan is shown over at the New Railway Modeler's Forum (images linked from there):

Best Regards,

Christian

Aunt Edith says: just adding this remark on circle radii and layout sizes: I have played a little bit with three different circle radii and the resulting layout sizes as I do not trust these old hand-drawn manufacturer's plans; I used the three Märklin-H0-M-track radii - without cluttering up Gypsy's thread further my findings:

 - Märklin M-track industrial radius 286 mm (R0): the resulting layout plan 65 cm x 65 cm looks stunted with the yard severely abbreviated. IMO not nice.

 - Märklin M-track radius 1 360 mm (R1): The resulting layout plan 80 cm x 80 cm look cramped with the yard visibly shortened: IMO doable but tight

 - Märklin M-track radius 2 437 mm (R2): The resulting layout plan 95 cm x 95 cm looks in it's proportions like the drawn above: IMO this is the path to take

Quite the opposite: At least BMWs are having automatically flashing head lights once they get to be within 5 cm of the stern of your car!

Howard,

 just try one - your friend Rod will convince anyway to do so, I am sure. That I can state with confidence after following Brückenheim and Ramchester for quite some time now!

 You do have generous minimum curve radii and the perspective will be from the inside of the curve.

 But no pressure there

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello,

 The old Märklin M-Track (2-Rail AC middle contact) has "industrial radius curves" with a 286 mm radius (google "Märklin 5120"). Not a pretty sight even with the smallest locos and 4-wheel-wagons and -coaches but then Märklin has wheel flanges suitable for dual use as pizza cutters.

 Even then one could feel the pain; but doable. I leave it up to your own judgement if such tight curves are advisable and/or wise to employ.

Best Regards,

Christian

You could use a 4yg on Brückenheim - no prototypical issue with that. I think it that would look nice there as one is watching from the inside of the curve.

 But documentation indicates that 4yg were not push-pull-train-equipped; unlike in the end (the vast majority) of 3yg or Donnerbüchsen.

Hello Howard,

 quality has its own reward ... and I liked your picture immediately.

 To be more precise, they are called 3yg-Umbauwagen and were short-coupled in pairs from 1955/56 in order to raise the top speed from 85 km/h to 100 km/h. After all was said and done, DB had built about 6500 of  them they were being used all over the place .. I dare say that you can run them as you like as in era 3 you find a prototype for anything. I have seen even pictures of consists pulled by class 103s ...

Best Regards,

Christian

Aunt Edith says: there were also 4yg-Umbauwagen => 8-wheels

Hello Howard,

 assuming that you are okay with this I am using your picture as my desktop background.

 As you can see from the flurry of likes I am caught up again, hopefully this time to stay.

 The 6-wheel-coaches are called "Umbauwagen".

Best Regards,

I have been revisiting after a hiatus as this layout has kept popping up in my mind.

It is great in its simplicity IMO.

I'd really, really like some pictures with the catenary fully installed  - pleeeeaaaase, pretty please.

Best Regards,

Christian

I have just read the complete thread front to back.

This is very inspiring.

I especially like the sense of prototype spaciousness your layout conveys to the viewer.

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Howard,

 Post 200 is for me a long time and many events back so please forgive my blundering   A continous run  is any case for watching trains going by whilst having some hops-and-malt tea .. 

 Why change the FY - that is a right smart configuration provided the length of the FY sidings suffice for you 

 Looking forward to your next update 

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Howard,

 that sure is a very nice track plan! 

 But I am confused though, which is something that sometimes happens  : is that the latest version of the track plan as I am remembering a point-2-point arrangement? Or am I mixing things up? 

 Will you build the r/h fiddle tracks with rtr stuff or will you also hand-build all track? (Sorry but it was a long time since your last update ... 

Best Regards,

Christian

Amazing - really very much cool!

Now show us what is behind the door there ... and please open up all cupboards for inspection to see if you really cleaned up or just re-focused the chaos

You have it all wrong all of about the nature and properties of the dark side: it is Märklin M-track - code 123 in H0 3-rail AC.

Christian

Hello James,

 every time I opened this topic I found something new, fascinating and/or funny.

 I really like your approach to modeling: doing the scenery/structures first and then fit the railway inside contrary to what great many persons do: they start with track plans and then shoe-horn everything and all around that specific track plan and do too much lying into their pockets make too many compromises during that process.

 As to Klütz (in German on buntbahn.de): here and here. The tracks are gone now but the segment turntable is still there. There is talk of Klütz station being reused as part of a narrow gauge project.

Best Regards,

Christian

Edited because English is not my first language

I have just finished reading the complete thread up to now.

A very fascinating layout, possibly with a pyramid theme: maybe you can build a "pyramid fancy" station building being removable with your favourite.

As to your track plan, in this thread from 2014 here on rmweb you will find the track plan of Klütz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which is very similar to your present plan.

Your village is absolutely stunning.

The Fleischmann carriage looks "English" now - I'd never would have thought it.

Best Regards,

Christian

Just read the complete thread until now and enjoyed it very much - sorry though for the flurry of 'likes' ...

Your scenery work is very effective and convincing.

The buildings are outstanding.

The track work is outstanding.

 i am really looking forward to future updates!

Best Regards,

Christian

This has come together very nicely.

The backscene is very good re. the corners - schmorners - they don't matter - live and learn as required - next time just plan with curved corners or even a slightly curved backscene over the whole length of the visible part of the layout IMO.

 I really am admiring your modeling!

Best Regards,

Christian

Rome was not built in a day either and they are still at it ...