smallman28

Used Railmodeller Express purely cause I am using a iMac and when I searched it was the one that came up 

Like I said didn't follow your measurements or worry too much about the placement/spacing.

I used some Set Track elements as well as I don't like having to make small pieces to join other elements together and I think it helps to have some "set" pieces to aid with alignment.

Just noticed that the point bottom left (SL-E89) is pretty much useless you are going to expand that side?

Why not replace the cross over (SL-90?) with that point and just have the bottom as a straight track, sort of like the mainline?

Also you have a mix of insulfrog and electrofrog, is that for any reason or you just put them in without realising? 

One more thing  are those copper sleepers going to work when the track is on an angle for most of the joints?

Had a bit of a play and came up with this, bit less busy looking but keeping a similar theme, measurements not exact though.

Personally I would say less is more but it's up to you.

I went that route before with a ton of sidings once thinking it was the thing to do but it left precious little room for anything else and was just a load of track and sidings that accomplished nothing.

Quite pleased with how this bit has turned out so far 

On 03/05/2020 at 15:08, JackB95 said:

One thing I'd considered a while back was to get one of those workshop roller creeper things so I can lie back and fit under the layout with ease and work comfortably. Something I certainly need to read into more and practice on one board before committing to a height. 

Only thing I found with that is your arms can tire quite quickly holding them up all the time, yes it is better than being on your back but still not the most comfortable position, at least for me anyway

Okay, enough for today, need to let everything dry now.

Did a few more big clumps of foliage and planted the one tree I had left over from a previous layout.

Placed the cars on as well, BMW is parked properly but the Discovery is parked wonky on the path 

Started on a bit of scenery, had to have the police box complete with police person wondering why it is there 

Just need to keep moving along bit at a time.

Originally this was going to be bigger but now it is just a 70x20x9.5 cm layout using one of the Scale Model Scenery layout in a box baseboards.

It is just going to be a modelling exercise rather than a real functioning layout well also serving as a programming track.

Will be using Peco set track just so I can get at least one point in 

Not really to scale with some of the track lengths, the right hand side will emerge from a Scenecraft double tunnel mouth with a couple of lengths of Scenecraft retaining wall running from right to left.

I may go straight into some hard standing just after the tunnel mouth with maybe a portacabin type building on the top right and a fuelling point over to the left hand sidings.

Ordered a coupe of bits such as the tunnel mouth and retaining walls along with the one point.

Made a bit of progress today, cut a new piece for the back, had to try and match the paint colour to the existing board and it isn't too bad, you can see a difference but not much else I could do as the old colour has been discontinued now.

Put a base coat of green on the scenic area ready for some grass that should come next week, buildings stuck down and now just awaiting the lights.

There is holes in the board they are mounted to to feed the lights through.

Put a small layer of filler over the area to give it a bit of texture ready for when it will eventually have some greenery on it.

Cheated a bit and stuck a few bushes on already though

Toned the paving down a bit as well.

Like it, always love a bit of a depot style layout

Pavements turned up today, gave them a lick of paint but they are a bit too light in colour so will need to darken them up a bit.

Been messing with the building I got yesterday, been blacking out the back of them to make them less transparent for some lighting, painted them grey to begin with as it is all I had.

Also divided up the rear to stop light spilling into areas I didn't want it to go, only a few bits of card glued into place, most at the bottom to stop it spilling down into the frontages.

Blocked one window completely on the middle one to simulate no light on in there and sub divided another building so I can only have 1 or 2 of the windows lit.

On the middle one I have also lined it with foil to block the light and I will do it with the other two eventually.

Only the light on my phone which is way brighter than the LEDs I have ordered but gives an idea.

I had always thought about doing a rotating round layout.

Basically a circular layout on a circular board that rotates in the opposite direction to the loco so as the train goes round it almost appears to stand still will the scenery moving behind it.

Trickiest part would be matching the speeds of both to get the desired effect.

Few buildings turned up today, still waiting on the pavement sections so at the moment they are just plonked on the edge of the road, maybe get one more to take me to the closer to the end. Road was just a bit of cardboard will some grey emulsion and graphite that I scraped off a pencil to break up the solid look. The little rectangles by the road are to lift what will the back edge of the pavement so it doesn't slope backwards away from the road.

Well it is surprising what a few weeks of quarantine does

Dusted this off after a few years of it standing in a corner, had always planned to finish it one day and this was as good a time as any.

Made a few changes although you cant really tell as the "old" pictures don't show anymore, but the large flat area is now going to have a bit of a town on it, before it was just the storage sidings hidden behind the retaining wall.

I have also bulked out the top area with another building, skips, figures and a few more bits and bobs.

The retaining wall looks a bit rough at the bottom as it had been stuck down once and scenic stuff applied to the base, pulling it off took off a bit of the finish but can cover it over again. 

The ground signal does actually work and will eventually switch red/green with the point it is next to when I can find anywhere that has a Peco PL-13 point mounted switch thingy which seem to be non-existent at the moment.

Not much to update with

Dismantled my previous layout and recycled some of the buildings to this one,the fuelling point as well as the industrial unit.

Added a couple more bits of clutter as well as a row of gritting bins along the fence.

The ground signal will work and will be switched in conjunction with the point,maybe not to "prototype" but I don't care

No name or specific theme but will be mostly DRS purely because I like the livery, may well also feature some Colas stuff based on the same criteria

Roughly 6ft x 20 inches,tradk is pretty much Peco set track with the exception of the points on the main board which are Streamline,set track points used in the fiddle yard purely to save space.

Points are operated by Peco PL10 point motors.

Will put a picture of the wiring up under the board when the ballast has dried so I can turn it over,tried to keep it as neat as possible underneath.

Control is DCC by use of a NCE Powercab,sound will feature over time but I want to buy a few locos first and then will put sound in them eventually.

Also made a 12v DC power bus out of copper tape that all the lights will eventually solder onto.