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In an attempt to get my Oe stock something to run on, I have looked hard at the whole concept of just building a scene for the trains to run through and have made the decision (initially at least) to build a scene for the trains to run through rather than pass through a station environment.
Why build a station? A simple question but one that is not asked very often when it comes to building a layout. Stations are a lot of hard work, and unless you are going to be doing a lot of shunting, could be superfluous to requirements.
Of course, Even though I only have 1 locomotive (at present) I will have a passing siding out the back for some operational interest!
Here are the initial pictures of the scene at one end taking shape. I had some polystyrene blocks that I have decided to use as the base of the layout. Admittedly they are pretty big, but they are reasonably light. In this instance I really am looking at building something that is not very expensive at all, kind of like getting back to the basic's as it were. The blocks are not small (150 cm x 60 cms) so at this stage the layout will be 3m x 1.2m. If I extend it the width will not change!

And here are a couple of picture of the nearly completed stake wagons. Still need another coat of paint and some weathering, maybe a load of logs as well. Train length looks good though.

John
Why build a station? A simple question but one that is not asked very often when it comes to building a layout. Stations are a lot of hard work, and unless you are going to be doing a lot of shunting, could be superfluous to requirements.
Of course, Even though I only have 1 locomotive (at present) I will have a passing siding out the back for some operational interest!
Here are the initial pictures of the scene at one end taking shape. I had some polystyrene blocks that I have decided to use as the base of the layout. Admittedly they are pretty big, but they are reasonably light. In this instance I really am looking at building something that is not very expensive at all, kind of like getting back to the basic's as it were. The blocks are not small (150 cm x 60 cms) so at this stage the layout will be 3m x 1.2m. If I extend it the width will not change!




And here are a couple of picture of the nearly completed stake wagons. Still need another coat of paint and some weathering, maybe a load of logs as well. Train length looks good though.


John