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My layout, the whole thing...20''x7' timesaver Ho scale

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Posted by stocksj on Friday, July 11, 2008 8:14 AM

I'm doing the same process, a round the room that's about 1 or 2 feet wide x 16' long. I hope to start sometime this fall.

 

 Thanks

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:09 PM
It just goes to show that there is always room for a layout, nice pics.
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:05 PM

Great Western,

Can you please post your track plan diagram?  I'm currently building my layout's foundation (along the wall style) but have not finalized the actual track plant itself.

 Thank youWink [;)]

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Posted by bcawthon on Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:49 PM

I love Timesavers. Not only do they allow you to have some fun operating, they give you an opportunity to scenic a small space. This means you can get really creative and add all sorts of details at your own pace and as the budget allows.

Yours looks like it is going to be really nice.

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Posted by bcawthon on Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:48 PM

I love Timesavers. Not only do they allow you to have some fun operating in a small space, they give you an opportunity to scenic a small space. This means you can get really creative and add all sorts of details at your own pace and as the budget allows.

Yours looks like it is going to be really nice.

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Posted by BRJN on Friday, March 21, 2008 11:36 PM

May I suggest (based on experience) that you find a 2 ft or 3 ft tall blue backdrop (I used a ceiling insulation panel) to put along the room walls?  Besides looking more like sky, it will brighten up that dark back corner.

Later on you can learn to paint clouds on it, maybe cut out a picture of a flock of birds and paste it on, find a distant shot of some landmark building and glue that on too.  Something I haven't got brave enough to do yet is to stand in some tracks (what is that noise?!) and take a digital picture of the horizon, then computer-size it to match my tracks and paste it up so the track seems to go out of town and extend forever.

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Posted by Tjsingle on Friday, March 21, 2008 10:52 PM
 Great Western Rwy fan wrote:

This is My layout,It's only a timesaver layout that I am working on untill I get more space,but it is fun to do.

Simply amazing nothing short of that, of course time savers are one of the best things to do like that, when get u can use that as a part of your layout when or if  you expand like this

 

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Posted by loathar on Friday, March 21, 2008 10:13 PM
Looks good! Time savers are great when you have limited space.
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Posted by Great Western Rwy fan on Friday, March 21, 2008 9:08 PM
Thanks,as you can see I have alot to do yet. I really want to get some more DPM wall sections to finish My warehouse flat,And I want to finish the details on the manufacturing building,And I want to extend one side to make room for a couple of more buildings I'm working on,And,,And...sorry I get a bit carried away,lots to do yet...
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Posted by Packers#1 on Friday, March 21, 2008 8:41 PM
Looks great, considering it's HO on a 2x7 layout. Scenery looks GREAT!

Sawyer Berry

Clemson University c/o 2018

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My layout, the whole thing...20''x7' timesaver Ho scale
Posted by Great Western Rwy fan on Friday, March 21, 2008 8:02 PM

This is My layout,It's only a timesaver layout that I am working on untill I get more space,but it is fun to do.

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