Alx

15 hours ago, 2996 Victor said:

This is looking very nice, indeed - love the loco! Have you started a thread for it yet? 

 

All the best,

Mark

Thanks for the kind words. I haven't started a thread for this one, maybe I should 🤔 

Alex.

Hi Mark,

Thanks for reminding me of this project, I've just trawled through an old phone to replace the lost images.

This layout found it's way to the bin around the end of 2019 as I didn't wire the electro-frog point properly. It simply didn't run well enough for shunting back and forth.

I had tried to replace it but it was unsuccessful. I've built multiple layouts since.

Here is my current layout, very similar with a single point. It is yet to be completed.

Cheers,

Alex.

13 hours ago, Ighten said:

Are you all lighting the layouts just from the front - the middle  the rear or both...

 

 

Like Mark, mine is lit from the front. Just a 1 meter strip with sticky backing and extra glue to hold it in place.

11 hours ago, Sussex Yard said:

 

I love that loco! Is it US outline or Euro outline?

It's an Australian EMD T class, built for the Victorian railways. Model by Auscision. 

Layout is looking good. As for LED's I went for the warm white option. Originally I had cool white but that gave off a blue like glare that didn't suit the scene well. The one pictured on my layout gives off 1250 lumens which to be honest, may be a bit too bright, but it'll do. I run the two wires straight to a dc plug in the wall socket. Hope this helps.

-Alex

17 hours ago, noctilux2 said:

One further question please.  Is the “display” siding linked to the fiddle extension or is it simply to display stock ?  

I've allowed space for both tracks to be connected to the fiddle stick, however, its more to simulate that something else is happening further down the yard. I think the illusion of this helps give more atmosphere to micro layouts.