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THE FUTURE OF MY MACLAU RIVER RR

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Posted by Marc_Magnus on Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:53 PM

Hi,

The scale is Nscale, see my previous post to see pictures of it or at www.Nscale.org choice personal album, letter "M", album Marc Magnus.

Marc

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:14 PM

A couple of suggestions

I know this is a first rough sketch, but round off the corners on the pensiula, it will look better.

Also, 110cm (43 inch) width on the pensula with track on both sides and a view block in the middle does not give much room for anything except scenery. You might think of making it a bit wider in places so you can have room for some buildings and industries. (I am assuming HO scale, if N scale you are probably are OK)

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:19 AM

Love the serpentine peninsula--how wide would the aisles be there?

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THE FUTURE OF MY MACLAU RIVER RR
Posted by Marc_Magnus on Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:05 AM

Hi again,

In a previous topic published about the move of my Maclau River in 2010, I was talking about a big basement room avaible in my future new house.

I have made a few sketch to see what I can do, following three goals, first the present part of the layout will be integrated in the future project (the one with a star on the sketch) second a mainline run as long as possible trough the appalachian with here and there a small town(the mainline is turning around the penisula).                                                                                                                                    Third, the design is an around the wall with a peninsula in the middle of the room with, except the existing part and the town at the end of the line, no scene of more than 90 cm wider.

No deep scene are easier to scenery. The tall hills will serve as a divider for the peninsula.

Minimum height for the table layout is 120cm

A sketch of the cross section explain  the design, all access are a minimum 1 meter wide.

I didn't have the precise mensurations of the room, because when visiting there was a poor light and a lot of things in this basement, so I calculate it by counting the floor pavements.

So for now it's just a sketch with an emphasis of what I would do.

Now I am working on a good operating main with long siding a alot of stop at small coal mines.

Marc

 

 

 

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