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New Garage Layout

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I like many decided one day that I was finally going to build that layout I had been telling my son I was going to build for many years.... we did have a very small "Train Set" on a board at the last house we lived in but space was very tight so the layout was quite small. We moved house 10 years ago and as this house had a double garage 18ft x 18ft we always intended to build something in there so 8 years later we FINALLY decided it was time to crack on but buy this time the garage had become a storage unit rather than a garage ..... like so many others
so we cleared a space in the centre of the garage...



A few months passed and a bit more clearing out and and some white paint on the walls we ended up with this...



A 16ft x 8ft layout based on one of the layouts in an old Hornby track plans book now while this was a fine layout the issue for me was having to crawl under the board to get to the centre of the layout ( I have pins in my spine and sometimes this is not always easy to do
) but as time passed I also cleared out more and more of the " you never know when you might need that pile of C**P " and this then started me thing that I should make the most of the garage space I have and create a section that allows me to walk into the layout rather than crawl under it.... so this takes me to the end of my base board journey as I have now finally built the correct base board for me and this is around the outer edge of the garage wall and its 18ft x 17ft x 3ft











I have also made this higher than the old layout as this makes it much easer to work on... now I know there are some out there that will say 3ft deep is to deep for the base board but the track will not be 3 feet away from the edge this is 3ft deep to allow me to develop scenery on the wall edge of the layout and will be built up first... well that's the plan in my head anyway


Now for control...

I have been using the Bachmann Dynamis Pro system with 5 receivers for almost 2 years and I find this to be more than adequate for my needs I have mounted it on the ceiling of the garage in a star configuration and this works really well this puts me at around 5 feet away from a receiver at any one time.

I have been using the Bachmann Dynamis Pro system with 5 receivers for almost 2 years and I find this to be more than adequate for my needs I have mounted it on the ceiling of the garage in a star configuration and this works really well this puts me at around 5/6 feet away from a receiver at any one time and I have been using this system being much further away from the base unit/receivers this without any issues.



This all gives me 4 areas now to work on and to date these will be a TMD area 10ft x 3 ft a Station area 12ft x 3ft a container yard 9ft x 3ft and a forth area 8ft x 3ft that I'm not quite sure what to do with yet....

Sorry for the long post but its been a while the links below are the link to my first layout and a link to my test track.

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index...p;hl=anthony566

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index...p;hl=anthony566
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looking great so far...will keep a close eye on this.
Hi Anthony,

Great layout you have in development there. Can I ask though what material you used to edge the incline you are building? It looks too thick to be card but as it bends nicely along the length I would like to use it on my railway too!


Cheers
Ian
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Hi Anthony,

What points are you using on the curves? I have always been nervous of using curved points as I always seem to get derailments etc. Yours look a lot more reliable though.
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Hi Anthony,

Thanks for the note on the curved points...I will take a look at them on my layout.

It's all coming along really nicely and the vids show how smooth it's all running. Well done that man!
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Hi, the DCC buffer stop LEDs you have look brilliant but I couldn't see them anywhere on the DCC Concepts website?
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Hi David/Brian

That's perfect...thanks. I really like the look of these and such a simple solution too!


Thanks for the links.
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This layout is coming along really well Anthony. Just one question....do you have a platform long enough to cope with the 11 car Pendolino????!!
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Nice back scene Anthony.....and Norm you are right...that shelf is definitely on the edge!!
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Hi Anthony, that looks an excellent technique.....I always just go by what looks right, but I prefer your method.
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I know what you mean re the spray glue...I tried some in the loft and it was useless, so using PVA now.

The backscenes look excellent Anthony...nice work.

Ian
Wow! That is a serious bit of kit......probably my ultimate controller in terms of a wish list, but I can never see me splashing out that much ££££'s!
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Hi Anthony - look forward to seeing the vids. Any new pics too?
Gotta love those flashing red lights! Where'd you source them?
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QUOTE (David Todd @ 8 Jul 2013, 16:07) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Oh, naughty, you could have given Jack,another,source.like one off the list you were looking @ @ 1pm.......this afternoon..........


I can only imagine!!!
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Really great video Anthony....lovely to see a traijn that length...not something easily achieved on most layouts. Very jealous of the space you have for those long runs!

Nice one.
Ian
Great video....always good to see nice slow smooth running like that. You must be very satisfied with that?
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