Ian Holmes

4 hours ago, Weeny Works said:

Would be great for a Cornish-type halt terminus. 

 

Backscene, low relief platform halt, single track. 

The first thing I thought of when I saw this concept was Looe

Ian

5 hours ago, Matloughe said:

Surely an ideal situation would be to buy two of them turn them upside down with the taller legs facing outwarda and bolt/screw/glue them together to form an inverted U shaped baseboard section?

 

Then you have a reasonable amount of space to model on, a fairly stable board and a hidden section for wiring inside the inverted U shape.

 

I’m not sure why you would go to all that trouble though with such a small baseboard size. Be far easier just to cut a piece of foamcore/gator board to the right size and be done with it. That’s what I’d do.

IMHO the challenge with IKEA products is to work within the constraints set by the item. 
 

Ian

All:

The other day James Hilton proposed the use of the Mosslanda picture shelf from IKEA for micro layouts in N scale.

I liked the idea and have run with it for some further thoughts on my own blog here https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/08/rabbit-holes-mosslanda.html

Ian

On 19/06/2023 at 16:29, Ben B said:

Another great issue :)

 

Am I imagining it, or did I see somewhere that there's a competition this year to do a Pizza layout?  I can't seem to find a reference to it though, browsing back through the facebook page.  I missed out on the Carl Ardent-inspired build last year (I started making it, did the baseboards, then for one reason and another ran out of time)

That is on the micro model railroad cartel Facebook page. I think the details are on the micro model railroad cartel blog page too. 

The summer issue of The Micro Model Railway Dispatch is available to download 

I think you know the link by now https://micromodelrailwaydispatch.com. ;) 

Ian

2 hours ago, Northmoor MPD said:

 

 

 

This last view just takes the biscuit. I don’t know where you can take this layout from here. So much to be inspired by. The undergrowth, the fencing, the lighting, Ooh.. that fence post that is slightly leaning, intentional or not, a great little detail. If you ever feel like sharing this with the readers of The Micro Model Railway Dispatch just drop me a line.

Ian

A perfect micro layout. 

Just outstanding. I'm running out of superlatives to describe this delightful slice of atmosphere 

A new locomotive has been added to the roster. 

Read about it here https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/05/in-mailbox-minneapolis-fork-part-13.html

A very sturdy sector plate has been made   https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/05/goings-on-minneapolis-fork-part-12.html

On 28/04/2023 at 12:10, F-UnitMad said:

Do tell us more about it's construction! What glue for the plasticard, so it doesn't warp, distort or melt, but does actually stick??!!??

It’s a fairly simple set up. Nothing too clever. The structure is 35” x 10” (890mm x 250mm) . The sheet of 6mm foam core was 20” x 30”  (610mm x 760mm). So I had to graft 5 extra inches onto the length. You can see the joint was reinforced with a strip of paper on either side. Once the board was framed with 20mm strips of 6mm  foam, it was strong, flat and square. I used Gorilla Glue woodworking glue to glue the foam core and Devon contact cement for fixing the styrene to the foam core.  The only other thing I did was rough up the backs of the styrene sheets before gluing them to the board. I’m still a bit concerned that the ridged nature of the upper section of the building means that there’s not enough surface to surface contact for glue faces. But it seems OK at the moment.

Ian

looking great, a very believable scene

Ian

The warehouse is pretty much ready for the paint shop. https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-structure-as-big-as-some-of-my.html

Nice structures. I know what you mean. This building of mine is already longer than some of my previous micro layouts.

Ian

After a setback, tentative steps are made to get back on track with my O scale Micro https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/tentative-steps-minneapolis-fork-part-10.html

That really does look outstanding. 

It inspires me.

Ian

Clear my mind. https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/sobering-thoughts-minneapolis-fork-part.html

Bad news! https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-8-back-to-cutting.html

A blog post about the problems constructing this building is ready to read.   https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-7-first-structure.html

I have started work on an O scale Micro layout inspired by Prof. Klyzlr’s Chicago Fork from the Small Layout scrapbook way back when.  I’ve started to blog about it. If you want to catch up with what you’ve missed. Here’s the links.

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork.html 

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-2-developing.html

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-3-setting.html

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-4-first-steps.html

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-5-baseboards.html

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-6-does-it-all-fit.html

Ian

Looking  forward to seeing how this one develops

Ian

Perilously close to the start of the construction of a building https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-6-does-it-all-fit.html

Well, it looks like I might be building a new layout… http://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-5-baseboards.html

Warning! This next blog post contains a baseboard photograph https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-4-first-steps.html

Some discourse on the buildings that would feature on this layout. 

https://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/2023/04/minneapolis-fork-part-3-setting.html