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  • Member since
    May 2010
  • From: SE. WI.
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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, January 30, 2021 2:03 PM

You can see mine through the You Tube link below.

Mike.

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Bakersfield, CA 93308
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Posted by RR_Mel on Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:47 PM

I haven’t taken a picture of my layout, only different sections of projects.  My layout is rather small at 10’ x 14’.  It is built on caster so that I can move it around to clean the garage.

Here’s a few.



This is one I took after putting up my backdrop.  The back drop is from Backdrop Warehouse, it is 12’ x 4’.

I think I will still be working on scenery when I croak.  My layout is 33 years old.




I worked 49 years and 10 months in two-way radio communications so I had to have a mountain top radio site on my layout.



My layout is rural as you can see, the houses are scratch built, a house for each of our children.



When I started my layout I made a “must have list” and a double crossover was high on the list.



I make as much removable on my layout as I can, this is a 2’ x 4’ module built up on my workbench.

 

For the most of it I use Woodland Scenics trees, the WS tree armature has a mounting tab on the base that plugs into a base plate.  I hid the base plates under the flocking.  All my trees and power poles are removable, that way old Clumsy Mel doesn’t screw things up while working in an area.

I use Neodymium magnets to anchor my structures in place for easy removal.

 

I like to have everything easily removable so that I can work on it on my workbench.



A roundhouse and turntable was high on my list too.



I left my control panel for last.  I use the MRC 7000 for operating in DC mode and the Prodigy for DCC mode, one or the other not both at the same time.



Mel


 
My Model Railroad   
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
 
Bakersfield, California
 
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

  • Member since
    December 2020
  • From: Quebec, Canada
  • 94 posts
Show us your layout
Posted by xploringrailroads on Friday, January 29, 2021 9:05 PM

Hi everyone.

I am just starting in the hobby and I am curious to see your layout if you don't mind.

Post plenty of pictures and explanations if you want.

Tags: layout

Stéphan

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