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HI all,
Following on from timely posts asking what had happened to my Perth based loft layout in EM I am posting here the Cyril J Freezer track plan for my new layout here in Melbourne Victoria.
I am most keen to develop this layout into a finescale 00 gauge layout to SF00 standards with the ability to run many of the latest RTR offerings as that is what the local community run here and I want to share the love so to speak!
The turn outs will be C&L Finescale timber sleeper units from their new laser cut range with plastic chairs cemented using MEK. (This is tried and true by the way).
All points will be operated using Tortoise motors and the layout will be DCC with various Digitrax LocoNet compatible aftermarket automation aspects included (I have all of these circuits already).
What is showed on the plan straight from the book as a sector plate will actually be a three track (cassette based) traverser of approximately the length shown enabling a running session to consist of three previously "loaded cassettes" of appropriate rolling stock.
By default, rolling stock will be of my favoured ex MR / early LMS Fowler style locos and coaches / wagons (eg Fowler 2P 4-4-0 , 3F Jinty 0-6-0T and 4F 0-6-0 varieties).
Additionally there will be a Thomas set of three trains and first off thanks to the addictive influence SRMan's impressive sound equipped locomotives, a series of appropriately early BR Blue diesels.
What I am looking for in terms of feedback from the crew here at MRF is a) can I get away with a B7 template for all point work and
regarding protypical signalling I am all up in the air with really nothing more than some platform starters at the top of the layout and a few ground disks at the lower platform cross oers with hand operated levers in the lower yards. Happy to take this aspect up in the apprpriate forum of course - John Webb!!!
For additional specification the layout will be operated using Dingham couplings for the MR/LMS period stock, undecided for Thomas (audience is not too discerning) and ?? for the BR Blues.
Following on from timely posts asking what had happened to my Perth based loft layout in EM I am posting here the Cyril J Freezer track plan for my new layout here in Melbourne Victoria.
I am most keen to develop this layout into a finescale 00 gauge layout to SF00 standards with the ability to run many of the latest RTR offerings as that is what the local community run here and I want to share the love so to speak!
The turn outs will be C&L Finescale timber sleeper units from their new laser cut range with plastic chairs cemented using MEK. (This is tried and true by the way).
All points will be operated using Tortoise motors and the layout will be DCC with various Digitrax LocoNet compatible aftermarket automation aspects included (I have all of these circuits already).
What is showed on the plan straight from the book as a sector plate will actually be a three track (cassette based) traverser of approximately the length shown enabling a running session to consist of three previously "loaded cassettes" of appropriate rolling stock.
By default, rolling stock will be of my favoured ex MR / early LMS Fowler style locos and coaches / wagons (eg Fowler 2P 4-4-0 , 3F Jinty 0-6-0T and 4F 0-6-0 varieties).
Additionally there will be a Thomas set of three trains and first off thanks to the addictive influence SRMan's impressive sound equipped locomotives, a series of appropriately early BR Blue diesels.
What I am looking for in terms of feedback from the crew here at MRF is a) can I get away with a B7 template for all point work and

For additional specification the layout will be operated using Dingham couplings for the MR/LMS period stock, undecided for Thomas (audience is not too discerning) and ?? for the BR Blues.
