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Me again! As you know, folks, my favorite hobby within our hobby is to make plans [(-D] I am still looking for layout ideas for "big scale model railroading "I can realize within the limitations of my space and tight budget. A lot of ideas I had in the past failed when I started to calculate the start-up cost. Unlike governments, I just cannot extend my spending beyond what I´ve got, which is close to nothing. O scale is, per se, much more expensive than the smaller scales, unless you go for scratchbuilding and kitbuilding. Taken this into account, I came up with a layout theme, which differs a lot from what is common. The layout theme I have come up with is a type of narrow gauge (2 ft.) industrial tramway line, connecting a fish dock in the harbor with a fish processing plant somewhere "in town". The setting is somewhere on the North Sea coast of Germany, with its typical red brick architecture. For the locos and rolling stock, there are fairly inexpensive kits available, all buildings need to be scratchbuilt. The track plan is simple, just a double Inglenook design. I took some time to prepare a 2D view of that layout, so here it is: <a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/DieKstenbahn0e-5.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/DieKstenbahn0e-5.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/DieKstenbahn0e-5.jpg"></a>The main objective of the layout is to capture that typical coastal town atmosphere, plus a little bit of switching operation. If you get a taste of salty air, hear the "keeyah" of the seagulls and the grumble of the Diesel locos and a faint smell of dead fish reaches your nose, I know I have done a good job!
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