My layout in the making

[Guest]

hey dinamite25 i think you may have caught an orb (a pre ghost manifestation) on ya pic on the right hand 1!!! or it could be a dust partical!!!

[dynamite25]

Which pic you talking about shadowmaker as you losted me.

[Guest]

it is on the first page of the thread you have got 3 blue coaches, engine and behind them there are some merry go round wagons it is to the left of the brake down train and on the last wagon!!!

[Guest]

this pic!!!!

[Guest]

i am wanting to do a part of the peak period and wanting to do a scaled down version of toton sidings!!!

[Guest]

have ya looked on ebay for railway stuff?? i have got my eye on 6 bits!!!

[dynamite25]

Oh that pic it was a glare from the light in the bedroom and i have looked on ebay loads of times but never bought anything,as i never signed up for account with them and i would get things cheaper off ebay but i prefer to buy new from model shops near me or from hattons website.

[dynamite25]

Just alittle update on my layout i have nearlly finished the fiddle yard just need to laying two more lengths of flexi then done,i have also altered the track plan alittle to make it more better which is the diesel depot and steam shed area as it looked abit naf.

I will post the updated track plan either tonite or tomorrow and photos of the recent work on my layout will follow shortly.

[Guest]

cool look forward to seein it!!!

[dynamite25]

Ok heres my updated track plan i came up with this week this is just the basic track plan without buildings on it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/dynamite25/mynewloftlayout2.png

Right i've added the stations and other buildings but this one has the station building at the end and above the station.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/dynamite25/mynewloftlayout.png

And this one has the station building to the side of the station instead of at the end of the station.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/dynamite25/mynewloftlayout4.png

And both have a scenic board to split the countryside from the town side and both need more work doing on them still,also not sure which station idea to go with.

[Guest]

Hi Steven,

Reading all this brings back many memories of making a layout with my father in our cellar at home. The basic board was only 4'x 8' but we had a siding that came off as well to give us a bit more space.

For one Christmas my brother any myself both got some rolling stock and a train each and after we had picked out our train and a few trucks from the Hornby Catalogue we realised that we had both asked for exactly the same amount. 5.50 Pounds!!!

We thought we were really flash as all our points operated from an electric pencil and a board with screw heads that you touched to operate the points motors.

Unfortunalely when my parents moved out of that house a couple of years after I left home they left the layout to the new owners who then promtly dismantled it and I never even saw my rolling stock ever again.

[Guest]

nice layout there.

personaly i would have the station building where it is in the second picture, purley thinking that i use trains every single day and if i had to walk the length of the platform to get to the train!!! argh

especially as i use cambridge station which has the longest platform in england!!

[Guest]

well good news i have just purchased class 44 001 Scafell Pike off ebay and it is in real good condition ( must concerntrate on buying track and wagons and coaches) i will post some pics of my engines soon!!(mainly peaks though)

[dynamite25]

I've finished the fiddle yard atlast but didn't start it till 7:30pm as i couldn't be bothered to go up any earlier but all done now,so now i can have all my trains up there in the fiddle yard and run them around the layout without having to remove them to run another one.

And tomorrow i will get the incline sorted out and maybe start on the upper level for the station area and maybe start the long viaduct.

[dynamite25]

Got all my trains in the fiddle and they only fill half of the fiddle yard and all have had a lap or two round the layout,also i have fitted my controller box and put one of my H&M 2000 controllers in there so i can control both tracks and i decided to run trains instead of doing the incline.

I might fit all 12 of my peco point motors in the fiddle yard tomorrow and wire them upto the switches so i can change the points instead of getting up all the time to change them by hand,also the incline will get done tomorrow for sure and then it's off the list of things to do.

Pics will follow as soon as i get the digi cam off my brother.

Also the loft window won't be bought now tilll end of july or middle of august as we have decide to wait till after our holiday.