I kinda lost the initial when I dropped the side section on the upper pizza, beleive me at 3 x 4 1/2 the upper pizza was almost unmovable let alone portable. So I had to drop it, so the upper went back to being portable again at 3x3 and with the shrinking of the lower level I've had to rethink my goals yet again. So with the drop leaf section and the rear track acting as a "sort of" trolley run, the potential is still there.
Have fun with your trains
I see everything EXCEPT a point to point trolley!
Tom Trigg
Finally figured out what to do on that left side
Folding leg at the drop leaf on the left side
http://gold.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Portable%20Layout%20Revised%204x4.pdf
Made a small addition, a fold down section, doesnt effect the storage area of the layout yet I get another continuous loop for the dinky stuff. Already built it, just need to run a power wire to the new siding, looks like I'll have to hook up the BTE so I can walk around this thung.
Blue foam underway:
OK time for an update here:
Overall view
I also lowered the pizza level about 4 inches for better accessibility. It even has block control (well, why wouldn’t it?) and the upper pizza is still removable, in fact the whole shi-bang is potentially a completely mobile layout.
upper support in place
Storage track installed under support
Pizza set in place
now I need some foam, need to do something with that back wall as well
Work on the new base has commenced, this is the back side, not that it matters at this stage
I'm going to lose the double storage track, its too wide overall, besides I can add storage tracks inside the layout under the upper level supports. Powerpacks will be moved to pockets at rear of scenery
You're gonna need a few of these, but smaller
anything is possible
I still say an auto-reversing trolley will do just fine along the red line.
vsmith ttrigg Don't forget the auto-reversing unit when it expands to the backside! Then you'll need to fabricate a small passenger goose. ..that a certain somebody in Sandy Ego is just waiting for me to build for them ;) ...maybe something can be done about that later this summer, if things settle down a bit.
ttrigg Don't forget the auto-reversing unit when it expands to the backside! Then you'll need to fabricate a small passenger goose.
Don't forget the auto-reversing unit when it expands to the backside! Then you'll need to fabricate a small passenger goose.
..that a certain somebody in Sandy Ego is just waiting for me to build for them ;)
...maybe something can be done about that later this summer, if things settle down a bit.
Vic: Among the list of projects currently
include combining a Mack with a "New Blight" passenger wagon, The Rosebud Falls County Fair Grounds (complete with hot dog stand, corn of the cob stand, carousel, Ferris Wheel, Big Top Tent, wild animal exhibit, and a kid sized "ride on train" [OK it's an "N" train being cut to fit]), also building a city for Flatbottoms Garden Railroad (yes, I'm doing it again, but this time I'm better armed with what works and what doesn't). But first I've got to finish replacing the fence.
For those of you who do not remember: Douglas Flatbottom, President of Rosebud Falls Scenic Railways has his own garden railroad (OK it's Z scale set into a G scale layout.)
Now you loose the title "King of the Short Lines".
Today the right hand edge, next week it expands to the backside with a siding. Next month it circles the "Pizza" and an entirely new empire is born. Only problem with that is that it no longer fits in the back seat of the car! Further expnasion will requre a U-Haul.
Watch out Vic, or this thing will get entirely too large.
New town module, 12” x 36” this will act as a storage/display track for trains (unpowered ?), it will be detachable from the main layout. No hurries, will finish it when I can. ;)
GOOD! Now I don't have to go to BTS just to get a vid of the two topper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5eF_6g6VY
Video clip
Finally some finished pictures, some misc scenery to add but its 95% completed, I suppose I'll be adding stuff to it from here on out, as this is likely going to be my only layout for the time being. Thats OK I have lots of ideas to add to this layout, I'm discovering that one realy doesnt need a yard or basement full of track to have fun, after all for me its all about the modeling so as long as I have stuff to model I'll be doing just fine
Vic, What's with the burro powered water tanker? It looks like the tanker has already de-railed. I'm surprised that the motorcycle has not been converted into a three-wheeled rail car! Have you given any thought to supporting those rails on the right end of the bridge?
OK, I'll be a good boy now and shut up.
Time to resurrect this thread over here, some may remember my building log on the previous forum before it went away for this, been reworking this puppy as I'm adding a second track to this monstrously oversized layout. Where I left off. Setting up the foam pieces. Cold weather made glueing the pieces together a day long experience! Glue one piece, come back tomorrow, glue some pieces, and come back tomorrow. But progress was made, I originally planned to place a small tunnel on top but it didn’t look good at all, so I’ll add a small mesa along side the track to it instead. Bridge underway! Foam stone archway Bridge , with station removed, the lower parts of it will be covered by the station when its replaced That’s an Aristo 21” circle of track, stained the rails to brown them. Because of the nature of the track I had to build the bridge in place one bent at a time. Finished the bridge, paint it and touched up the scenery. Adding plant material and ballast next. New pics to follow.
Time to resurrect this thread over here, some may remember my building log on the previous forum before it went away for this, been reworking this puppy as I'm adding a second track to this monstrously oversized layout.
Where I left off.
Setting up the foam pieces. Cold weather made glueing the pieces together a day long experience! Glue one piece, come back tomorrow, glue some pieces, and come back tomorrow. But progress was made, I originally planned to place a small tunnel on top but it didn’t look good at all, so I’ll add a small mesa along side the track to it instead.
Bridge underway!
Foam stone archway
Bridge , with station removed, the lower parts of it will be covered by the station when its replaced
That’s an Aristo 21” circle of track, stained the rails to brown them.
Because of the nature of the track I had to build the bridge in place one bent at a time.
Finished the bridge, paint it and touched up the scenery. Adding plant material and ballast next. New pics to follow.
Sometimes the ol' fingers are not quite as fast as the ol' brain...or is that the other way round
PS new pics were taken with the new "cheap" camera, also a Nikon Coolpics like the old. The "cheap" camera has 8 megapixels vs 2.5 on the old, and where the old could hold 75 pics in the memory at 640x480 resolution, the new one (with card) can only hold 9999 (literally!) at the same size...all for less than 1/2 the price of that old camera... sheesh!
Vic, your using my slang words now "copleted"! Man my stuff is © 2008
Toad
Hi Vic
Have you thought about what you are going to use for winder wheels on top of the head frame.
I wondered if a mecanno or similar wheel would do the job for a head frame??
regards John Busby
This is really neat! I'm impressed. Reminds me of when I try to scrunch everything into my Department 56 Displays at Christmas time. Great work!
Monte
http://www.heather-ridge.com
Heck man....dang buzzard ain't gone yet! Your making me look way to slow!
Pictures at last!
Vic, your sick....think I am gettn like you now! Sick!!! Will post the Mule at later date, but she does run!
Sick Toad
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