Great magazine & plenty of inspiration but please can we have more articles on small space layouts, much as I would love to have an empire such as those masterpieces featured I just dont have the space.I am currently working on a layout in a space just over 6ft long by 11" wide its very challenging and it would be good to see how others have created their own miniature masterpieces.
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QUOTE (rossi @ 22 Sep 2008, 22:12) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Paulo
perhaps this site may be of help .dedicated to the small layout and well worth a look for inspiration .incidently my layout is going to be 6ft x11inches .Based on a small branch terminal but will allow for expansion in either direction ,to keep all options open. Hornby magazine did show a layout roughly your dimensions ,Condicote by Bob Vaughan ,in issue 7 .I used it as basis for my layout but altered it around to suit .Great little layout and an inspiration.
http://www.carendt.com
hope it helps
Martin
Thanx for the website info,found plenty of inspiration there particularly the inner city /industrial stuff.
perhaps this site may be of help .dedicated to the small layout and well worth a look for inspiration .incidently my layout is going to be 6ft x11inches .Based on a small branch terminal but will allow for expansion in either direction ,to keep all options open. Hornby magazine did show a layout roughly your dimensions ,Condicote by Bob Vaughan ,in issue 7 .I used it as basis for my layout but altered it around to suit .Great little layout and an inspiration.
http://www.carendt.com
hope it helps
Martin
Thanx for the website info,found plenty of inspiration there particularly the inner city /industrial stuff.
QUOTE (alastairq @ 22 Sep 2008, 22:50) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>6 foot by 11 inches is a huge amount of space in 4mm OO gauge..or EM or P4.....and certainly usable in 7mm O gauge..
such relatively minimal dimensions have historically been the bread 'n butter of UK railway modelling.
even mainline activity can be catered for...whether it's a case of what happens either end.....or simply some feature in the middle....
standard gauge, narrow gauge, you name it, 6 foot can be ample.
Combine that dimension with the use of [portable, removable] types of hidden sidings, one end, or both, and 6 foot for scenics an be huge.
I tend to favour longer, but fewer sidings [if that is what I'm aiming for]......one or two long sidings being in my eyes more effective in appearance than several short ones.
of course, the huge advantage of a 6 foot plank, is the builder's ability to finish to a higher standard, with more attention to detail, than would be possible with a larger project.
so, branch lines, industrials, etc aren't the only option....check out those tomes by Iain Rice, for example.......
[and Cyril Freezer's famous Minories plan isn't much longer than 6 foot, and is real mainline stuff....and doesn't need N gauge .....3mm scale is about as small as I'd go, [pork sausage fingers and failing close-up eyesight, sadly]
Thanx for pointing me in the right direction
such relatively minimal dimensions have historically been the bread 'n butter of UK railway modelling.
even mainline activity can be catered for...whether it's a case of what happens either end.....or simply some feature in the middle....
standard gauge, narrow gauge, you name it, 6 foot can be ample.
Combine that dimension with the use of [portable, removable] types of hidden sidings, one end, or both, and 6 foot for scenics an be huge.
I tend to favour longer, but fewer sidings [if that is what I'm aiming for]......one or two long sidings being in my eyes more effective in appearance than several short ones.
of course, the huge advantage of a 6 foot plank, is the builder's ability to finish to a higher standard, with more attention to detail, than would be possible with a larger project.
so, branch lines, industrials, etc aren't the only option....check out those tomes by Iain Rice, for example.......
[and Cyril Freezer's famous Minories plan isn't much longer than 6 foot, and is real mainline stuff....and doesn't need N gauge .....3mm scale is about as small as I'd go, [pork sausage fingers and failing close-up eyesight, sadly]
Thanx for pointing me in the right direction
QUOTE (steamrailuk @ 23 Sep 2008, 11:43) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Paulo. I just remebered an idea I saw on a tv program called model town that be of some use to you. It was set on a GER tramway but it had an added twist. There was 4 versions of this layout set in different seasons and time periods and could changed around by rotating the layout 90 degrees to the next scene. maybe this would be a idea worth looking in to as you would be able to run different layouts on the same board. I'll try to get pictures of this layout for you to look at.
Certainly would be a different approach. Thanx
Certainly would be a different approach. Thanx
QUOTE (Gene @ 24 Sep 2008, 21:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>paulo....another excellent website for small layout discussion is
http://forum.mtimag.co.uk/index.php?sid=0a...7e86679df6d187b
and a great magazine that specializes in small layouts, published in the UK and you can subscribe to it via their webpage is Model Trains International http://www.modeltrainsinternational.co.uk/
cheers
Gene
Had alook at these websites plenty of ideas there .
http://forum.mtimag.co.uk/index.php?sid=0a...7e86679df6d187b
and a great magazine that specializes in small layouts, published in the UK and you can subscribe to it via their webpage is Model Trains International http://www.modeltrainsinternational.co.uk/
cheers
Gene
Had alook at these websites plenty of ideas there .
QUOTE (rossi @ 22 Sep 2008, 22:12) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Paulo
perhaps this site may be of help .dedicated to the small layout and well worth a look for inspiration .incidently my layout is going to be 6ft x11inches .Based on a small branch terminal but will allow for expansion in either direction ,to keep all options open. Hornby magazine did show a layout roughly your dimensions ,Condicote by Bob Vaughan ,in issue 7 .I used it as basis for my layout but altered it around to suit .Great little layout and an inspiration.
http://www.carendt.com
hope it helps
Martin
Ithink this site wiill keep me going for a fair while.
Cheers
perhaps this site may be of help .dedicated to the small layout and well worth a look for inspiration .incidently my layout is going to be 6ft x11inches .Based on a small branch terminal but will allow for expansion in either direction ,to keep all options open. Hornby magazine did show a layout roughly your dimensions ,Condicote by Bob Vaughan ,in issue 7 .I used it as basis for my layout but altered it around to suit .Great little layout and an inspiration.
http://www.carendt.com
hope it helps
Martin
Ithink this site wiill keep me going for a fair while.
Cheers
Thanx the pictures are great,the pier is a novel idea & the light rail system looks good how is it operationaly, Does it keep you enthralled. Paulo
The pier looks like the ones i remember as a child on seaside trips , incidentally have you visited Blackpools north pier which now has a fully operational tramway installed, it is asingle line tramway very much like WPT. So there you have it a prototype for everything.
Regards Paulo.
Regards Paulo.
QUOTE (Paulo @ 5 Oct 2008, 08:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The pier looks like the ones i remember as a child on seaside trips , incidentally have you visited Blackpools north pier which now has a fully operational tramway installed, it is asingle line tramway very much like WPT. So there you have it a prototype for everything.
Regards Paulo.
Whilst i remember where does the rolling stock on routes end come from is it scratch built or is it constructed from kits ?
Regards Paulo.
Whilst i remember where does the rolling stock on routes end come from is it scratch built or is it constructed from kits ?
Its a shame about the Blackpool North Pier Tram. If the infrastructure is still in place & I win the lottery.... You can dream cant you. It shows how long it is since i last visited Blackpool.
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