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Name: Valencia Pacific <br />Era: modern <br />Focus: Urban settings representing southern California and Colorado. with a run through desert & mountains in between two urban areas. <br />Scale: HO <br />Style: Around the walls with two peninsulas. Plan is similar to , but smaller than, Dave Barrow's Cat Mountain & Santa Fe. Branchline to second level under construction <br />Size: 22' X 23' <br />Rail: Atlas Code 100 (the new stiff that looks better) with Peco turnouts <br />Roadbed: Homasote on 3/4" plywood <br />Length of mainline: 165' w/ 65' branchline <br />3 freight yards, one passenger terminal and one locomotive servicing yard <br />Minimum Turnout: #6 mainline, . #4 on some industrial sidings. <br />Minimum curve radius: 30" mainline. <br />Maximum grade: 0% on mainline, 2.5% on branchline <br />Benchwork: 2x2 legs supporting domino style benchwork constructed from 1x4's. <br />Scenery: Woodland Scenics plaster cloth over cardboard forms w/ Hydrocal <br />Backdrop: 1/8" masonite painted with acrylic paints <br />Elevation: 44" for mainline and lowever level. Branchline climbs to 58" on second level. <br />Control: DCC NCE Procab. <br /> <br />For some pictures of my layout see: <br /> <br />http://community.webshots.com/album/105640445VTDutw?437 <br /> <br />
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