mr magnolia

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hmm - I yam a member, but not yet investigated!

Converting insufrog to live was showen n gauge journal 5/98 by Bill Hambrook.

See online journal. Martin

hmm, ta. I shall investigate

I'm thinking 'plank' in a slightly literal way, as it would give me a chance to see if i could come up with a fancy way of attaching a narrow section of board to the front of the layout in a way that meant it doesn't need to be a permanent fixture. I'll have a thunk round platforms, but that may make thinks a little wider than I'm considering - I'm thinking more along the lines of sidings off the loop, with the 'plank' maybe only about 100mm wide or so. Cab control is my next wiring move so no worries there either! (until I try it...)

Incidentally, you don't happen to want some Peco trucks, do you?

thanks for the offer, skinny, but I'll let you hang on to them.

Kit building wagons still lies ahead as a new skill for me, and I don't want to spoil myself in advance!. You should keep them as a showpiece for the work that you must have put into them.

thanks guys - its definately in N gauge, and its pretty much all due to be scenicked. Its our first layout and I don't want to stray too far from trainset territory as we need to kep things moving to keep the childer (and my inner child) happy.

The cross over at the rhs is just a long ramp up the back and over the top with the lower section in tunnel-through-hill. Trainlength is short - a 37 and 3 coaches, which fits within the tunnel section, so doesn't look too bad. Then theres another ramp down again of course...

At the moment its wired as a single thing with a polarity switch on the y leg. I'm intending to wire the sections as shown coloured as cab control to allow a train to parade around the outside and some shunting to go on in the middle. That should allow enough action for 2 drivers and a signalwoman/points controller, while the fat controller shouts things from the rear!

Hi Skinny - you need to be careful, there's a couple of us around here as well!

I'm going to research how to post pics soon...

glad to see that I'm not the only one with IKEA boxes stuffed with railway things!

I'm horribly distracted by foreign model trains, even before I've got a 'proper' british layout finished...