My layout in the making - Page 19

tigertc · 02-03-2006

WOw...you got huge loft,, and that set up is looking awesome. Cant wait to see the finished set. Well done mate.

dynamite25 · 02-03-2006

Well i have pinned down the two mainlines in the fiddle yard and the two tracks on the leftside of the fiddle yard and leaving a 1mm gap between each rail of the flexi track for track expansion,i need to glue the other cork down before i can pin the other tracks down on the right side of the fiddle yard.

Plus i have connected the inner loop so i can run a loco round as i got bored just sitting there and was nice to see a loco running again,i was hoping to cut the other baseboard so i could fit it but it started snowing so that never happened so i will have to wait till it is dry enough to do it.

dynamite25 · 05-03-2006

Not done much work on the layout over the weekend as the weather has been to bad to cut the baseboard outside,but have been the loft to run afew trains on the layout instead.

Heres a pic on the fiddle yard from the in tracks.

Heres a pic of the tracks on the other side of the layout and the mess that needs cleaning up still.

And heres a pic on my new EWS wagons being pulled by a Virgin Class 47 loco.

Also a pic of the 3 trains i got in the fiddle yard.

dynamite25 · 02-04-2006

I finally got the last baseboard cut into two sections and i have fitted one of the small sections with the last part of the incline fixed to it but needs connecting to the rest of the incline to complete it,the light switch has been move to under the layout so i can turn the lights on/off better and now the return incline can be put in place when i get round to doing it now the light switch ain't there.

Tomorrow i will be fitting the other small baseboard on the far side of the layout and i will finish of the fiddle yard aswell and i hope to start working on the upper level for the station,as i can't fit the peco point motors to the hornby points as i need to find i tube with the right outside Dia as the lugs on the points are smaller than the holes on the push rods on the point motor brackets.

Plus at the end of april i will be spending around £300 on goodies for my layout,photos will follow sometime in april as my brother has taken his digi cam back and i am going away for bank holiday on the 13th and i'll be back on the 17th so it could be then or before the 13th but depends when i can get the camera back.

dynamite25 · 26-04-2006

I will be spending only £200 now on the layout on the 13th May as with money i've already had i spent on other things,also no work has been done on the layout for about three weeks now,but i thought i better get into the loft to clean the track that is down and get the trains running again seeing as they haven't been used for abit.

And work on the layout will restart at the weekend as i haven't been feeling upto going into the loft to work on the layout but i am feeling alot better now i have had a rest from it.

Nigel.D · 26-04-2006

Steven it looks the nads mate how about inviting some of us over to see it running when its finished ??? we could make a day of it !

dynamite25 · 26-04-2006

It will proberly be a few yrs before it's all finished and theres not really much room in the loft seeing as the layout is only 6ft wide and not much space for two people up there to move about in,but i will have plenty of vids to show everyone the trains running around the layout now i got a camcorder to film my layout better.

Nigel.D · 26-04-2006

Cool mate but how about a compo to visit and play that someone can win ????? now that would be fun!

dynamite25 · 05-05-2006

Right the loft has been hotter than any other day so i though i would check the flexi track that is down and that is fine and still has the gaps in the track and hasn't lifted up,but when i went to run the class 47 i found that the hornby setrack has lifted with the loft being really hot so it looks if i will be getting that Air Cooler alot earlier than planned.

The track that lifted is ok as it lifted only about 20mm to 25mm so not to much damage done and i unpinned the rest so the track could lay flat again.

dynamite25 · 10-05-2006

Seeing as i can now upload videos to my photobucket account and keep them there and now that i have 1GB of storage space i thought i would upload some vids of my old layout for everyone to see,the first two are of the Flying Scotsman one is a short vid and the second is abit longer and i also have one of my Virgin 125 train running round just on the lower level.

Also i think i might open another account just for vids as i have two just for photos having one for my vids might be better.