Welcome to the second layout design contest.
This time we will do things a little differently as your design must have a theme. The theme can be anything you want, but you have to state your theme and tell how you accomplished it.
You may use any scale you wish. Narrow gauge will be judged in the with the standard of the same scale. For instance, HOn3 will be judged with HO.
We will hall have the following dimensions to work with:
The door is 6" off the wall and 30" wide. It swings inward.
You can have as many levels as you want, but grades must not exceed the capacity of your engines. You must also state your grade in your description if it is applicable. Likewise, your turn radii and turnouts must be appropriate for your scale and locomotives.
All submissions must be emailed to me. Send me an email via this site and I will send my email to you so you can send it along. I will hold all submission until voting. You can update your submissions as many times as you wish, but please tell me which version is the one you want to post. I will acknowledge your entries here.
You may enter as many designs as you wish.
Voting will be similar to last time. I will post the layouts on my website and post a topic in the general section for vote.
Deadlines for submissions will be December 30th.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
SpaceMouse, did you get my PM?
Off topic, sorry...
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GraniteRailroader wrote: SpaceMouse, did you get my PM? Off topic, sorry...
Yes, I'm moving my business this week so I may be a little hit and miss.
I'll give it a try.
I'm already done, I just need to know what format you want it in?
I can send you a copy in Microsoft Office Document Imaging format, if that doesnt sound like it will work let me know and I will redo it in PDF format.
Question: is any kind of operation description required? I didnt notice any on the last go around. I tried to keep it as well labeled as I could.
Have fun with your trains
Vsmith,
Any image format. I'll convert it to .jpg so if you want to send it as that it'll save me a step. You should state your theme and how you acheived it. You can tell how it operates if you like. Sell it any way you can.
Jake,
Bully!
spacemouse
would someone be able to see entries, and if so how and when?thks for advice on ez track, is there a way to separate track from roadbed?
I'll post the layouts on my website like I did the 4 x 8 contest and people where will vote on them. You'll be able to see them any time yout want.
Yes you can just rip the track off the roadbed. But if you wait you can get top dollar for your EZ track after Christmas on eBay when the people who get train sets look to expand.
I received the file and after much ado, I was able to convert it to .jpg--although it was stuborn.
So we have an entry. Congrats to VSmith for bing the first.
A question came up.
If you are doing multi-levels, you can send images for each levels and separate scenery plans and side views if you like.
Glad you able to convert it. I can so far only publish Cadd to PDF, if I had Photoshop I could have done the jpeg, but they wont let me have it.
Com'on ya other guys, get crackin'
In the discussions leading up to this contest, the Old Dog mentioned doing a layout based on an interlocking plant maybe using RDC cars for trains to save space
Above is a rough example of what that might look like. The tower would manage the crossing, cross overs, and cut offs in the center. The above would require at least 48 levers making life "interesting" for the plant operator.
Have fun
Dog,
When it gets closer, email me the plan. We're trying to show work until the voting. Thanks.
SpaceMouse wrote: Dog,When it gets closer, email me the plan. We're trying to show work until the voting. Thanks.
The above plan is NOT intended for the contest. Consider it as something of a "proof of concept". It shows that one could fit the overly complex interlocking plant in the space but NOT much else. The concept might be more practical in N-scale, but then one couldn't see the semaphore signals. It would be better in O-scale, but would require a much larger space.
PS - A contest entry was emailed to you. Have you received it.
exPalaceDog wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: Dog,When it gets closer, email me the plan. We're trying to show work until the voting. Thanks.The above plan is NOT intended for the contest. Consider it as something of a "proof of concept". It shows that one could fit the overly complex interlocking plant in the space but NOT much else. The concept might be more practical in N-scale, but then one couldn't see the semaphore signals. It would be better in O-scale, but would require a much larger space.Have funPS - A contest entry was emailed to you. Have you received it.
No such luck Dog. I got a Trains Email, but no reference to a plan file.
SpaceMouse wrote: exPalaceDog wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: Dog,When it gets closer, email me the plan. We're trying to show work until the voting. Thanks.PS - A contest entry was emailed to you. Have you received it. No such luck Dog. I got a Trains Email, but no reference to a plan file.
exPalaceDog wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: Dog,When it gets closer, email me the plan. We're trying to show work until the voting. Thanks.PS - A contest entry was emailed to you. Have you received it.
The Trains e-mail & PM's do NOT appear to handle attachments. The URL was embedded in the message text. I had to go to your web page & use that e-mail address which allowed for attachments. I suspect others will have the same problem.
SpaceMouse wrote:Vsmith, Any image format. I'll convert it to .jpg so if you want to send it as that it'll save me a step. You should state your theme and how you acheived it. You can tell how it operates if you like. Sell it any way you can. Jake,Bully!
I'm sorry? I'm not following that train of thought. lol.
Jake "Still working on my plan!" S.
Two more Layouts--one from CSXFan and One from Dog.
Thanks guys.
Tell me again why we are mailing them to you rather than just posting them to this thread ?
Thanks!
TerryinTexas
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I would love to see them and be inspired by the layouts if they where in this thread. Please post them here as well.
This is a great idea by the way.
Magnus
Lillen wrote:I would love to see them and be inspired by the layouts if they where in this thread. Please post them here as well.
Texas Zepher wrote: Lillen wrote:I would love to see them and be inspired by the layouts if they where in this thread. Please post them here as well.I think the idea is to design based on one's own inspiration not someone elses. I don't think the authors want to give away any cool ideas until after the unveiling, at which time they become public domain fodder.
ooooooooooooook thanks !
Another Layout--this one from Stein
Well personally I'm not going to enter so I wasn't thinking about stealing any plans or posting plans based on that. I just assumed that this is a friendly little thing and not to serious and that the basic idea is to share ideas with other people.
Anyways, just my thoughts.
SpaceMouse wrote:My reason for not posting them was to keep the entries anonymous so that the voting did not take on any sort of popularity contest.
That was a very good reason I must admit. I realize that this is an issue.
Thanks for the explanation Spacemouse, I apreciate it.