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Re: Very small area trackplan
This is 'N' scale I presume?
By pjboylanboylan@... · #160 ·
Very small area trackplan
Hi, Being a newbie this my first post. I have uploaded a trackplan in the files area,for the space I have for now. I think that after days of reading books, lurking the web I have created
By waterverf · #159 ·
New file uploaded to small-layout-design
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the small-layout-design group. File : /MYTRACK.jpg Uploaded by :
By small-layout-design@... · #158 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
I've always loved the idea of a modern branch terminus in OO. Take two bits of flextrack, one MU, one platform, one scenic break, no points. The perfect simple layout!?! Potential inspiration?
By Martyn Read <Martyn@...> · #157 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
layout. From my can widen to a mine or I should point out this 6"x6' is an off cut from another layout 18"x6' (I don't have the room for a 2ft wide board!" The larger layout is (will be) a uk
By Peter Morgan <say_eh_ooh@...> · #156 ·
Industrial Railway Society
The Industrial Railway Society,has an excellent web site loaded with relevant links to prototypes of all gauges, and those modelling them. Whether one joins or not, <www.irsociety.co.uk> has
By pjboylanboylan@... · #155 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
wrote: It seems that the modellers from the UK define "small" differently than we do here in the US. When I read the Small Track Plans book by Iain Rice, he says as much. Probably it's because the
By Kennedy How · #154 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
Peter, I've been hearing alot about one industry or related industry layouts. Just a thought. Ken Peter Morgan wrote:
By Kenneth Sipel <ksipel@...> · #153 ·
Re: 3'6" rails
An interesting combo! I model 3'6" in S using HO and in 1/2" using 45mm (US#1). Do you know of any Quilds or Societys etc that promote our favorite gauge in any scale. TCC:} DaPenguin Portland OR
By TC Carr <tc2@...> · #152 ·
Re Peter Morgan's post: "Just wondering"
Hi Peter, I have been in the background for sometime myself here getting the lie of the land so to speak. I would like to add my comments to Evan Batchelor's post. If you have not set yourself up in
By iandrew.martin@... · #151 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
Hi Peter, Like you, I'm suprised at the idea of 12' by 7' being "small"....I'm looking at a 7' shelf to put some New Zealand 9mm to the foot on (1.33.4 on 32mm gauge to represent 3' 6"). Can I
By Evan Batchelor <evan_batchelor@...> · #150 ·
Re: Belated Intro - I think...
fellow Thank you; it will be a while, however. Some of my benchwork is in place, and will be doubling as an exhibitionable module. Queensland Rail, and Queensland the state are, indeed,
By leftcoaster@... · #149 ·
Re: Jus t wondering
wrote: some build I have a design ex-MR by Nick Palette that might just do you - email me direct if it might be of use, with a snail addy. I'm in Scotland.
By shortliner2001 · #148 ·
Re: Introduction
Welcome, Steve! Lot's of good help here for ya. "Permission"?! Sounds like my wife. When she saw the area I would be using for the layout in the old house (roughly only 16 by 13 feet) she asked
By Paul/Celine Kossart <kozys@...> · #147 ·
Jus t wondering
Ok this is my first time in here, and as I'm from the UK i find some of the small layouts in here to be anything but (12ft x 7ft??), so here's a question I keep looking at this 6" x 6ft off cut
By Peter Morgan <say_eh_ooh@...> · #146 ·
Re: Belated Intro - I think...
the I'd love to see you post some pictures as you make progress. A fellow modeler brought some video to an operating session that he had shot last summer in that area and it was fascinating. Lots
By kwolson@... · #145 ·
Re: Introduction
Steven, I would go with N scale unless you want a switching layout. Can you turn HO in less than a 12 inch radius? What era are you thinking of? Ken Steven Zaretsky wrote:
By Kenneth Sipel <ksipel@...> · #144 ·
Belated Intro - I think...
G'Day, everyone.... Been with the list a short time; don't think I intro'd myself. Live in Brookings, Oregon, USA. After working in US-motif HO since 1957, I'm burned out. Currently beginning
By leftcoaster@... · #143 ·
add-on to last post
Hello again. Forgot to mention that this 9'2" by 8'6" layout of mine (Kelowna Industrial District, or "KID" for short) will be in HO with the primary focus on switching. Thought about naming it
By Ken King <hoggerken@...> · #142 ·
Re: Nelson Yard - Yard Ideas
freemantle@h...> wrote: Greetings Small Layout Design list. First time post from me. I am a "12 inch to the foot scale" railroader, also modelling Kelowna,BC circa 1980 in a room measuring 9'2" by
By Ken King <hoggerken@...> · #141 ·