jbmccarthy

Sorry if this is a silly question. If the sector plate is on the table top, how do you get the track on the layout flush with the track on the sector plate? Also is the sector plate connected by a bolt at one end allowing it to turn?

Interested to know, what made you decide to change the plans, and remove the station?

Great to see a thread on this layout. Looking forward to more.

Really taking shape.

Looking forward to seeing a picture.

So after much thought, I have decided to change the design of the layout. I will now be using n-gauge, as I have honestly preferred the overall appearance and like more space around the trains for the scene. This has the added benefit of me being able to add some more things. I have changed the entrance of the layout to enter form the right, and this will also be a single line. Allowing me to only have to have an additional shunting stick attached to the layout as I honestly don't think I could build a traverser. The line will exit out of the layout under a half road bridge, this road will continue off to the back of the layout. There will be an embankment coming down from the bridge that will meet the yard. The yard would be fenced off with simple wooden fencing, however, some panels will be broken as some young ones have come to watch some trains. Between the factory on the top left, and the fenced embankment on the top right will be the back of terraced houses, with small courtyard gardens with brick walls backing onto the yard. Between the houses and the track will be random items left by rail workers, and a make-do store for random industrial items used by the factory, as well as the compulsory rubbish. The line at the bottom will be able to hold five wagons, I have based this off a tube wagon, which is a length of 70mm which leaves ample space before the point. What I like about this, is that it doesn't have to go all the way to the other end of the layout, which makes the whole thing feel less cramped. Next is the small kickback siding, I have been looking at a few micro layouts on here, and liked the idea of having one. This siding will mostly be used to stable a small engine, while it's not on duty or waiting for another engine to take the formed train away from the bottom five wagon siding. There will be a small coal bunker, and maybe some sort of makeshift cover for the engine. The siding on the left in the middle will run alongside the factory, it is long enough to hold three wagons, again this was measures compared to a tube wagon. The outside of this factory could have some sort of loading bay, however, I'm not completely sold on the idea yet, it could just be a siding for wagons waiting to go into the factory loading area which is the top siding. The final siding which is the top left will run into the factory disappearing out of view, I'm hoping that this will give the illusion of more space on the layout, and provide some additional interest. The only area left is the rather large gap in the bottom left corner. I haven't completely settled on what would be going here. There will be some sort of access the yard for the rail workers, possibly big enough for maintenance vehicles. Or it could be some additional industrial units. I'm open to ideas of what could go here. How does this sound? Am I missing something, or can you think of something I could add or take away from this?

I would have been happy with just the cardboard mockup! Can't wait to see this progress. Looks to be a great thread to follow.

Have just found this thread, after it was mentioned in another. This is simply stunning, a true master class. A layout to aspire to.

This would work on me when it came to purchasing a house. Sadly house choice is not down to me.

I would also love to see a thread for that layout. Hope there is one.

Adding the wire sounds like a real labour of love!

No thank you for creating this little gem.

Great start looking forward to more.

I think the site is really slow due to the number of adverts on each page. They seem to take the most time when looking at the request logs in developer tools. Wonder if the page is structured in such a way to make these javascript calls blocking, and not having the js loaded at the very end of the page?

Yeah, you're right 3-2-2 offers lots possibilities. I'm just waiting to get my hands on an SMS board now.

Some spectacular images there.

The layout that had the gravel shoot. What size is that? What size useful box is that on? And is the board from scale model scenery? Sorry if you said in the video, but my sound card died today!

Looking great. The speed that you work is impressive! Done by next week?

You mention that your new baseboards are from Tim Horn. His website is down, and I was eager to order? Are you aware of another way of placing an order? It has seemed to be down for a while now, and his facebook page is rather inactive.

Such a great layout. Love the underground stock!

So I have attempted to use any rail to come up with some sort of plan. The track template is using the measurements of the SMS board modelling area, and Peco code 75 bullhead rail. The trains will enter from the left using either two of the rails. The front-most rail is where the train is assembled for the puzzle so needs to be able to hold either three of five wagons. Looking at this image, I think that the inglenook style will be 3,2,2 which is a little disappointing as I wanted the traditional 5,3,3 combination. The back siding will be partially obscured as it will enter the factory building, while the middle one will be in the open, possibly with a canopy coming out to allow a drier working environment for workers. On the left, will be a road overbridge with some drainage, which will then meet some low relief buildings making up the back scene. In this space, there might be a workman's hut and general yard debris. I would love to know your thoughts and get some feedback, please.

So I have been giving it some thought, and I have hit a bit of a road block. I have had a few false starts on creating a model railway before. Because of this I have stock and track for both n-gauge and oo-gauge. I really like both, so not really sure what Langley Yard will be. With n-gauge I like the idea of more space around the track for the scene to develop. While with oo-gauge I also like the idea of you being placed into the scene that this scale will give. When I have purchased the board and have built it, I will probably mock the track just to get a sense of space and see how it feels. I would love to know what you think.

Looking forward to seeing more Jerry.

The quality of modelling here is just phenomenal, stunning work! The images are just fantastic!

Great choice of background really brings things together.