My layout in the making - Page 15

dynamite25 · 18-01-2006

Now that i got most of the things need to get my layout up and running so from tomorrow till sunday night i am going to get done the following things.

1)To get all lower baseboards in place and the rest of the roof boarded up
2)Get all lower track work in place and pinned down
3)To fit all points motors for the lower level and have wires off them into a wire blocks ready to completely wired up
4)Start to work on upper level

dynamite25 · 19-01-2006

Have decided that while i am building the layout is to wire it ready for DCC as i will be changing over later this year but still be able to use DC control till then,it will make it easier to do it now than later when all track is layed and ballasted.

dynamite25 · 19-01-2006

Well i have manged to finish boarding one side of the loft up today and i will do the other side tomorrow afternoon as i am building a wardrobe in the morning for my sister,but before i start the boarding up of the rest of the other side of the loft i will cut the other basboard and fit it in.

Then saturday after food shopping and get supplys for the layout i will start laying track down,i'm gonna try and get the lower level done by saturday night if nothing else crops up.

dynamite25 · 22-01-2006

Well i have decided to stick with DC control as that seem far easier to me as i just connect two wires from each of the 5 controller to each loop and to my depot area and away i go controlling my trains.

And what wire i bought can be used to wire extra lighting in the loft.

dynamite25 · 23-01-2006

Well i have ordered 6 100m reels of wire for my layout from www.rapidelectronics.co.uk and cost £5.17 inc vat each and for all 6 £31.02,and i have also order the new hornby cat aswell as two track plan books,two packs of hornby track pins and 12 PL 12 Motor Adaptor for the PL10 point motors from hattons.

dynamite25 · 24-01-2006

Well i received my wire today at 10:15AM which is great service really as i thought i would get them tomorrow,but i got them today just waiting on items from hattons now.

dynamite25 · 01-02-2006

Well i got my things from hattons today so i'll be starting my layout this weekend and i might use some of the ideas form the track plan books i got today on my layout,also going to buy one or two packs of cork tiles so i got some more full tiles for station area.

dynamite25 · 03-02-2006

I have had a redesign of the station area and storage fiddle yard area under the station have a look and tell me what you think,also there are some parts that aren't the same in both pics.

Station area

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ovedlayout.jpg

Fiddle yard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...vedlayout1.jpg

dynamite25 · 06-02-2006

Made another order to hattons for 12 hornby points 2 L/H and 10 R/H i also ordered another track plan book and i need another 2 points aswell as the points i ordered today,but i will get them from my local model shop when i get paid again in two weeks as i only had enough money to buy the 12 points and the track plan book today.

Also not been beable to get anything done today as my parents had to nip out so i had to stay down stairs with sam till they came home but by time they did it was to late to go into the loft to make a noise,so maybe tomorrow but they might be going out tomorrow aswell to chester so maybe Wednesday now.But i need to get atleast the roof done tomorrow but we will see what happens.

Nigel.D · 06-02-2006

Steven this is really interesting but i dont understand a lot any chance of a beginners guide to railway layouts please also the benefits and probs between n and 00 guage?? cheers mate im looking to build a railway for my youngest but dont know where to start??