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- Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:29 pm
- Forum: Members layouts
- Topic: Southern Fiction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8376
Re: Southern Fiction
Many thanks, chaps for your kind words and sound advice regarding brick papers. Next time I post there will be a bit more colour to the layout.
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am
- Forum: Members layouts
- Topic: Southern Fiction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8376
Re: Southern Fiction
Ok... so its been a while since I was last here, but I have not been idle. Basically I've simplified things - got rid of the 3-in-one idea, and now have a double track 'Mainline' (in reality, it would probably be a branch line with moderate traffic) and a single track branch line which runs on the i...
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Forum
- Topic: Hello from the West (Yorkshire that is)!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9687
Re: Hello from the West (Yorkshire that is)!
Bonjour et Salut! Originally from Lancashire...
Great forum, not been on here long myself but already had some good tips and ideas from various members.
Great forum, not been on here long myself but already had some good tips and ideas from various members.
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:09 am
- Forum: Layout Track & Design
- Topic: Second hand track worth it?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10294
Re: Second hand track worth it?
From my point of view, situated as I am in Central France, second hand track is definitely worth it. As I have started laying track on my Southern 'three - in - one' layout I have run out of points, and bought some from the local (30 miles away!) model train shop yesterday. 18 quid for a 2nd radius ...
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:02 am
- Forum: Layout Track & Design
- Topic: Distance between tracks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4050
Re: Distance between tracks
Thanks, chaps, for all the comments which have been very helpful. I have also examined photographs and read up on it a bit. As my layout is a southern one and not GWR I feel I cant keep the 65 mm centre to centre spacing I had started with, so I have re aligned the track with the 50mm centre to cent...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Real Thing
- Topic: Something different
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4469
Re: Something different
I LIKE IT!!!
- Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: Layout Track & Design
- Topic: Distance between tracks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4050
Distance between tracks
Please forgive me if this has been asked before: A quick look through the appropriate fora suggests not. Anyway - quite simply, for a OO layout what would be the ideal distance between track on a double track straight? I know it would be a little wider on curves. I read in an old Railway modeller th...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Real Thing
- Topic: Short trains rule OK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3523
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:44 pm
- Forum: Members layouts
- Topic: New layout but no name yet
- Replies: 81
- Views: 37183
Re: New layout but no name yet
LOVELY scratch built stuff there, Mick. I also like the idea of using drawing pins before the track is permanently placed. Is this a 'standard' technique or your own? In any case I will use it.
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:07 pm
- Forum: Members layouts
- Topic: Southern Fiction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8376
Re: Three - in - one
So... baseboards erected and cleared for action. I have a mammoth 18 x 11 foot rectangular circuit. 3 sides are delineated by a 2 ft. 6 inch wide board, whilst one of the long sides has a board 3 ft. 3 inches wide. It will represent part of a parallel world easily allowed for in the Theory of Quantu...