Hi Alan Thanks for the Heads up with the glue for the back scenes. Ihave ordered two bottles from the bay.
Thank you
Babs
Thank you
Babs
My HO Loft Layout
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Hi all,
This is a brief overview of my HO layout in the loft.
I started collecting Fleischmann track, locos and rolling stock back in the seventies but only had the space, and time to create a couple of temporary layouts.
In 1989, after starting my own electrical contracting business, I decided I needed some permanent office space, so I moved up into the converted loft space. Well, I didn't need all the space for an office, did I
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I spent the next 5 years or so, on and off, designing and building my layout. It is not meant to be prototypical in any way and is purely the product of my imagination. I wanted only steam locos, but there are
probably some items of scenery and signals that belong to a more modern era. By the mid nineties, I had a working railway that I could run 8 locos on and about two thirds of the scenery completed.
The layout includes 3 round and round tracks and a shuttle line from the main station, that works its way up over 3 levels to another station on the top level. Each of the 4 tracks has a passing zone hidden
behind the scenes.
This was of course, a DC layout, and I used block signalling to run 2 locos on each of the 4 track circuits.
By this time I had noticed the onset of DCC and was amazed at what it could do (and the prices
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) This left me a bit disillusioned with my layout and I left it untouched for several years running it occasionally.
This time last year, my grandson was 2 years old, he is a typical boy who loves cars and trains. That was all the excuse I needed to re-start the layout build. Being of the age where I find myself with a bit more
disposable income, I decided to go DCC, and over the past year or so I have stripped out all the spaghetti of the DC control wiring, installed a DCC bus system, soldered up hundreds of droppers. completed a lot
more scenery, including the main railway station, and invested in several DCC sound locos (all Fleischmann) and had some of my old DC locos converted to DCC sound.
The layout also incorporates an original Faller Road System. When it ran with the DC layout, it was synced with the level crossing gates and lights to stop the cars when a train approached and the barriers closed.
That went when I stripped the old control wiring out, but I will eventually re-do it with DCC control. I have new Viessmann electronic barriers in place , as the original Faller ones were controlled with lengths of
cotton that eventually tangled and snapped, the Faller level crossing house is still standing though.
The next job is to rewire all the points back and connect them to DCC control.
At the moment I am using a Fleischmann MultiMAUS system to run the locos. I have purchased a Z21 system and eventually want to run the majority of the locos with Train Controller Gold.
Below is a track layout plan. The thin red line represents the loft wall or scenery line, all track above and to the right of it cannot be seen.
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Below is a brief video overview of the layout to date, please excuse the dodgy video.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xvQjgm8CjXo?rel=0
Regards
Alan
This is a brief overview of my HO layout in the loft.
I started collecting Fleischmann track, locos and rolling stock back in the seventies but only had the space, and time to create a couple of temporary layouts.
In 1989, after starting my own electrical contracting business, I decided I needed some permanent office space, so I moved up into the converted loft space. Well, I didn't need all the space for an office, did I
I spent the next 5 years or so, on and off, designing and building my layout. It is not meant to be prototypical in any way and is purely the product of my imagination. I wanted only steam locos, but there are
probably some items of scenery and signals that belong to a more modern era. By the mid nineties, I had a working railway that I could run 8 locos on and about two thirds of the scenery completed.
The layout includes 3 round and round tracks and a shuttle line from the main station, that works its way up over 3 levels to another station on the top level. Each of the 4 tracks has a passing zone hidden
behind the scenes.
This was of course, a DC layout, and I used block signalling to run 2 locos on each of the 4 track circuits.
By this time I had noticed the onset of DCC and was amazed at what it could do (and the prices
This time last year, my grandson was 2 years old, he is a typical boy who loves cars and trains. That was all the excuse I needed to re-start the layout build. Being of the age where I find myself with a bit more
disposable income, I decided to go DCC, and over the past year or so I have stripped out all the spaghetti of the DC control wiring, installed a DCC bus system, soldered up hundreds of droppers. completed a lot
more scenery, including the main railway station, and invested in several DCC sound locos (all Fleischmann) and had some of my old DC locos converted to DCC sound.
The layout also incorporates an original Faller Road System. When it ran with the DC layout, it was synced with the level crossing gates and lights to stop the cars when a train approached and the barriers closed.
That went when I stripped the old control wiring out, but I will eventually re-do it with DCC control. I have new Viessmann electronic barriers in place , as the original Faller ones were controlled with lengths of
cotton that eventually tangled and snapped, the Faller level crossing house is still standing though.
The next job is to rewire all the points back and connect them to DCC control.
At the moment I am using a Fleischmann MultiMAUS system to run the locos. I have purchased a Z21 system and eventually want to run the majority of the locos with Train Controller Gold.
Below is a track layout plan. The thin red line represents the loft wall or scenery line, all track above and to the right of it cannot be seen.
Below is a brief video overview of the layout to date, please excuse the dodgy video.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xvQjgm8CjXo?rel=0
Regards
Alan
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Hi all, hope you are safe and well,
I have completed Schwarzburg station (apart from additional figures and paraphernalia), got it in final position, and finalized platform positions.
The platform sections , apart from the pieces connected directly to the building, are just laid loosely in place for the moment as I still need to fit lighting, canopy's, kiosks ect.
I have ordered some Viessmann 6109's which are the Barden Barden, platform lamp posts, which I may or may not paint green. This is not Barden Barden but I am using its platform extension kits as already mentioned, and they are a nice looking lamp.
Once I have those, I can work out how I'm going to position them in relation to other parts, then I'll be able to fix down and join together the platform parts to make it look neater.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//LxTua-4SAyE?rel=0
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Well, that's it for another update
Regards
Alan
I have completed Schwarzburg station (apart from additional figures and paraphernalia), got it in final position, and finalized platform positions.
The platform sections , apart from the pieces connected directly to the building, are just laid loosely in place for the moment as I still need to fit lighting, canopy's, kiosks ect.
I have ordered some Viessmann 6109's which are the Barden Barden, platform lamp posts, which I may or may not paint green. This is not Barden Barden but I am using its platform extension kits as already mentioned, and they are a nice looking lamp.
Once I have those, I can work out how I'm going to position them in relation to other parts, then I'll be able to fix down and join together the platform parts to make it look neater.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//LxTua-4SAyE?rel=0
Well, that's it for another update
Regards
Alan
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Hi all
Thanks Babs and David for your comments. Faller do make lovely kits although I have added to mine a bit. The kit did supply 6 empty flower pots to position outside the open waiting room, but I added some Noch flowers in pots in those positions and elsewhere on the station as I did with Waldbrunn station.
David, yeah I'm very pleased with the way the platform conversion has come out, and as said, once I get all the sections properly joined together it will look a lot better.
One of the main reasons for all the work over the past few months
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//A9XL6vpSntE?rel=0
The two longest trains in my fleet will now fit into the new platform space
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David, I have taken inspiration from your Continental Shelf layout and got myself this
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My thoughts are to get a train, probably freight, to run on a single shuttle line going through the large archway from a depot on the other side of the layout and round to the back of the little goods handling area at the far end of Schwarzburg station, but I will have to se how that pans out.
Regards to all
Alan
Thanks Babs and David for your comments. Faller do make lovely kits although I have added to mine a bit. The kit did supply 6 empty flower pots to position outside the open waiting room, but I added some Noch flowers in pots in those positions and elsewhere on the station as I did with Waldbrunn station.
David, yeah I'm very pleased with the way the platform conversion has come out, and as said, once I get all the sections properly joined together it will look a lot better.
One of the main reasons for all the work over the past few months
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//A9XL6vpSntE?rel=0
The two longest trains in my fleet will now fit into the new platform space
David, I have taken inspiration from your Continental Shelf layout and got myself this
My thoughts are to get a train, probably freight, to run on a single shuttle line going through the large archway from a depot on the other side of the layout and round to the back of the little goods handling area at the far end of Schwarzburg station, but I will have to se how that pans out.
Regards to all
Alan
Hi Babs,
ps Glad you went for the Shwartzburg Station it is a very nice kit.
I know you mentioned that you were going to use wooden platforms, but if you do want platform extensions with the matching profile, although too late for me, I stumbled upon some Faller platforms last night while searching for something totally different in the Faller range
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I have passed the information to David (dwb) as I know he was looking for something to extend his platforms, so if you want to go down that route, just let me know and I'll pass on the info.
Regards
Alan
ps Glad you went for the Shwartzburg Station it is a very nice kit.
I know you mentioned that you were going to use wooden platforms, but if you do want platform extensions with the matching profile, although too late for me, I stumbled upon some Faller platforms last night while searching for something totally different in the Faller range
Regards
Alan
Alan Thank you for all the Info on everything I will have a look at the Platforms you were saying about. The lamps on the Station which make are they can you give me a heads up Thank you. I have Just also ordered Faller Faller Aktions-Set Stadthäuser Römerberg-Ostzeile
Really Great Price it is one of those Faller offers
Article-No.: 190077.
Ps Don't forget the Lights for me. Thank You. Babs
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Really Great Price it is one of those Faller offers
Article-No.: 190077.
Ps Don't forget the Lights for me. Thank You. Babs
QUOTE especially round the windows and the roofs.
Beware that even with a brush, the liquid glue still flows very freely.
For windows, I apply the glue from the inside wherever possible with a light touch to as few corners as possible - usually two diagonally opposite each other.
Despite all the practice I have had recently, I still find roofs a challenge. The glue flows so readily to the viewing side and as it dries over time you can see the marks where it overflowed. On occasions where I have been really badly caught out, there will be finger prints as well!
Gravity helps, so angle the roof so the flow tends to come back inside.
For ridge tiles, apply to the cavity for an initial stick and then if it's a gable end, try drop a teeny amount into the end and hope it flows deep inside to the middle.
One day I will come to weathering the roofs and I am hoping that will disguise the larger calamities...
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David
Beware that even with a brush, the liquid glue still flows very freely.
For windows, I apply the glue from the inside wherever possible with a light touch to as few corners as possible - usually two diagonally opposite each other.
Despite all the practice I have had recently, I still find roofs a challenge. The glue flows so readily to the viewing side and as it dries over time you can see the marks where it overflowed. On occasions where I have been really badly caught out, there will be finger prints as well!
Gravity helps, so angle the roof so the flow tends to come back inside.
For ridge tiles, apply to the cavity for an initial stick and then if it's a gable end, try drop a teeny amount into the end and hope it flows deep inside to the middle.
One day I will come to weathering the roofs and I am hoping that will disguise the larger calamities...
David
Nice suggestion.
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That set is on my wish list.
David
David
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Hi All, hope you are well.
Bit of a milestone reached today, the two additional main line loops have been joined up, not all the droppers are connected up and I still have to cut the tracks for removal of the baseboard section, but enough power in tracks to run the locos
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http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//HMMYwIo2svU?rel=0
I'll have to reduce the volume of that BR 18 111 on the Orient Express, it drowns out everything else
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Regards
Alan
Bit of a milestone reached today, the two additional main line loops have been joined up, not all the droppers are connected up and I still have to cut the tracks for removal of the baseboard section, but enough power in tracks to run the locos
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//HMMYwIo2svU?rel=0
I'll have to reduce the volume of that BR 18 111 on the Orient Express, it drowns out everything else
Regards
Alan
Very nice
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David
David
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