Tm'osdell HO scale garden railway

[ozdell]

Construction is now well under way new legs are cut and bolted in place underneath two modules, one leg has a hinge screwed in place, need to screw in a second hinge so it can fold in, other legs ill have half it cut so the leg can fold in down towards the middle of the module .

The first station module be modified to add on a foot by 3 foot ply piece for the for the curve track to line up with the straight section , be a lift bridge. for access to the refuelling and sand service dock with work shop and turntable.



In may at a later date add two extra platforms and 6 terminus platform track for the Indian Pacific in front of the main station module.






Pics three and four I need to mark where the first module is going, fingers crossed I don't have to do any levelling at all, is looking good, there be a foot track decking to go between the module and house for two more tracks one being a passing loop, new layout has 6 passing loops, longest loop is on the bridge 30 feet in length, I love long trains .




I wish I thought of this area in the first place, having a flat area to work on and afternoon shade , hopefully I get the go ahead to cut out all the grass down to the end of the pathway where the plants to put gravel in grass isn't growing near the gate, will look heaps better .

Sadly too I have to lift up all the the track on the second module, the triple track will be at the front of the module , the layout length is 62 feet in length by 24 feet wide, I be modelling three dioramas one with road crossing and working boom gates and a back scene to cover the side track. Later will be building a vertical Colorado .

Tony from nice down under on a high

[boatman]

HI TONY nice to see summit happening on the railway an it seems you like me as i love long trains looks more realalistic there is a big model ailway in a shop only a couple of miles away from me an they have some big layouts in there but the let down is that they only have trains running with one or two coaches on them an i was dissapointed as i had to pay nr 10 quid to go in to see the layouts
hope you are well
chris

[ozdell]

HI TONY nice to see summit happening on the railway an it seems you like me as i love long trains looks more realalistic there is a big model ailway in a shop only a couple of miles away from me an they have some big layouts in there but the let down is that they only have trains running with one or two coaches on them an i was dissapointed as i had to pay nr 10 quid to go in to see the layouts
hope you are well
chris

Hi Chris, good to hear from you,, thanks yeah happy with the way the new layout of falling into place, agree, what you say, just love long trains, I coned my wife into letting me by a DVD set of 7 discs of the Ghan railway journey 17 hours of pure magic, just finished watching the first volume two disc, this train is the longest passenger train in the world 44 cars with two locos up front, which I have will get them out tomorrow..

See what happens tomorrow if I can get any work done on modifying the first module since I have moved the layout, once the thee station modules are in place, hopefully don't have to level them, the 7 foot radius decking be easy, need to join up the two curves .

All goes well I will get the go ahead to mow the grass down very low whipper snip in between the concrete paves and poison the grass ready to cover with fine gravel this week.

No work on the ship, might tomorrow if I don't feel like doing any work on the layout, all the decking is cut just a matter of joining them all up and levelling will have two ramps on the layout , quarter inch a foot on 24 feet climbing 6 inches , I have a special jig I made up .

Tony from cool down under.

[ozdell]

Progress is going well on the large curved decking loop, be access to the terminus stations and temporary mine line till I build the single track main line along the fence.



First pic, I have started relaying the track down, this module will be the first module so has worked out well, the ply leaning up on the back of of the shed is to replace a module top form one of the very fist modules from an earlier layout

Pic two the approach module near the concrete pathway, I will be painting it today ready to lay down points and cross overs , the pink colour curved decking I am not going to paint gray except the modified extended deck to access the track on the fence near the first post, I hope that the curved deck legs is all I need., they will fold in wards.




Third pic at a different angle, heading down to paint the new approach module, all goes well will have the track nailed in place this week.

On a high, Tony from cloudy down under

[JR]

Looking good Tony.

[boatman]

HI Tony well you have been a busy boy an you should have been taken it easy after your last hospital stint but anyway its as John has said above its looking good but a question Tony that rail loop to me looks to tight as wont the rollin stock just pull off the track rather than just pullin round or it might be the angle you have took of the pic but its nice to see you are happy building this railway but take it easy boyo
all best chris

[JR]

Glad you saw that as well Chris, does look a bit tight but suspect Tony has it planned.

[boatman]

Glad you saw that as well Chris, does look a bit tight but suspect Tony has it planned.

HI John well we will see what Tony says but you like me think its too tight a curve i wonder what PaulE thinks as he is a railroad master also like Tony as they know what they are doin but i just thought it was. As im not the master like Tony an he knows more than me but on my layout i had this trouble of a tight turn an the trains always derailed on it until i made the turn not as tight but still had to slow the train down to get around it but we will see what he says but very instresting anyway
Chris

[minitnkr]

No claims to Master status here, but I've found if you keep the cars 40' or less you can go as tight as a 15" radius, but I always used 18" as my minimum for short curves. Longer cars, like 90' heavy weight passenger cars, are happier with 22" minimums. Always use a larger radius if possible for continuous curves/loops as they are more problematic. There are exceptions for cars that have the couplers mounted to the trucks rather than the car frames as they are more tolerant of tight curves, but they will require more side clearance. "Testing beats damage control".:smiling: PaulE

[ozdell]

HI Tony well you have been a busy boy an you should have been taken it easy after your last hospital stint but anyway its as John has said above its looking good but a question Tony that rail loop to me looks to tight as wont the rollin stock just pull off the track rather than just pullin round or it might be the angle you have took of the pic but its nice to see you are happy building this railway but take it easy boyo
all best chris

Hi Chris, you be surprised that that rail loop has a 7 foot centre radius curve quite large, I measured the width is 7 foot 4 inches from down pipe to fence, yes it is the angle of the camera the way I tool the pic the trouble with digital cameras .
I will only be using that curve to access the terminus stations when running train from Sydney Central and the triple track is meant for the East Perth terminal station where the Indian Pacific ends her journey and the second platform being an island platform for suburban trains, can't wait be a lot of fun.

The middle platform will be used for the Adelaide Park lands terminal , that track will branch off to the left and come around half of that loop then branch off to track on the fence line to single track, what I love with passing loops.
How are you going Chris with the lock down is the UK slowly coming out of where you can do more
Take care Tony

[ozdell]

Glad you saw that as well Chris, does look a bit tight but suspect Tony has it planned.

Hi John, many thanks yes I have a lot planed, will explain as I go, more update pics of what I did yesterday, stepping up on spending more time on the layout .
Tony

[ozdell]

No claims to Master status here, but I've found if you keep the cars 40' or less you can go as tight as a 15" radius, but I always used 18" as my minimum for short curves. Longer cars, like 90' heavy weight passenger cars, are happier with 22" minimums. Always use a larger radius if possible for continuous curves/loops as they are more problematic. There are exceptions for cars that have the couplers mounted to the trucks rather than the car frames as they are more tolerant of tight curves, but they will require more side clearance. "Testing beats damage control".:smiling: PaulE

Hi PaulE, yeah agree what you say all to do with what area you have for a layout, my fist layout was in under our pergola and it was 18 feet long by 7 feet wide, radius was 6 foot wide main line. I was looking on the net and discovered HO/00 scale garden railway from the Uk very popular, the only way to have larger curves, how my layout was born, with lots of changes and a move to new address.
My main line curves are 7 foot radius, but I do have large S bend and those curves are 12 foot radius, the trains will look awesome indeed running on them and only single track not double. More progress pics to come later today, mowing duty first. Tony:smiling4:

[ozdell]

THe latest pics of the mainline loop decking construction is well under way, after mowing the yard I continued work on the approach module accessing the terminal platform track on 5 platforms , the third pic.








Tomorrow i will finish the module, I have a piece of wood clamped to the module so I can work out to measure and cut the end ply be doing much the same as I have done to the first two station modules just want an easy set no bolts or clamps, one screw to hold both modules in place.

More pics to come, Tony from down under.

[boatman]

THe latest pics of the mainline loop decking construction is well under way, after mowing the yard I continued work on the approach module accessing the terminal platform track on 5 platforms , the third pic.


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Tomorrow i will finish the module, I have a piece of wood clamped to the module so I can work out to measure and cut the end ply be doing much the same as I have done to the first two station modules just want an easy set no bolts or clamps, one screw to hold both modules in place.

More pics to come, Tony from down under.

HI Tony looks like you are stickin in on this railway are you gonna have building an scenrey on the boards or just tracks ?
chris

[ozdell]

HI Tony looks like you are stickin in on this railway are you gonna have building an scenrey on the boards or just tracks ?
chris

Hi Chris, yes I did a bit more work today after afternoon coffee to see how the curved module will join up with the station module, very well indeed .
Will mainly having scenery around the bridge and station, your question about building , not many, plan to back a city scape back scene .
had a look on google wow some pretty modern city scenes to choose from some in 3/D, the fence can be another back scene mountains.
Where the curves on the curved module will be two points so the locos can shunt around the train , hook up to the back of the train in ready to continue back to Adelaide from Perth . How are you going are you starting to cool down .
Tony