[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (Mike H. @ 2 Dec 2008, 12:55) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wondering how other people have done this. My layout contains a fairly long section of elevated track. To carry it I basically bodged a 'system' using thin ply for the trackbed, topped with cork tile, battened underneath by a strip of 1" x 1/4" timber, the whole thing built in strips and glued/nailed together. Then the trackbed held aloft by pairs of timber struts. I've found that this 'works' insofar as I have managed to create a fairly sound trackbed with gentle gradients and plenty of flexibility. What have other people done?

Hello.
Here are some photos of what I am doing with my layout. I have several elevated sections.
It may be of some help to you.

http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll68/to...nav_album_album

 

[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 10 Jan 2009, 15:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>***Hi Tony - its while since I looked in on your progress - you've done lots in a single year and its coming on very nicely - Great to see your plan advancing so well and remaining so consistent to your original concept... and its clear you are doing something very special with that backscene painting - very nice.

well done indeed!

Richard

Hi Richard.
Thank you for your kind words. My partner & I usually try & get in a few hours on Sundays when we have a chance. She is responsible for the background painting as she is very much into art. I am doing some scenic work at the moment & hope to get some more photos up soon. It's a work in progress so if it's never finished is of no importance. There are very few hobbies where you can practice so many skills & have the chance to learn new ones as you can with Model Railways.

 

[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (wolverton bloomer @ 23 Jan 2009, 16:33) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>tonydaly,
I love your tivio dale station, was this a kit or scratch built?
Steve

Hi Steve.
It was scratch built some years ago by whom I don't know. I bought it about a year ago off E-Bay.Its a good copy of the origional near Stockport now demolished.