MODEL RAILWAYS

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 07 Dec 2004 02:00

more here rai
http://www.thortrains.net/npoorx.html
and here
http://www.thortrains.net/nscale/nminis1.html

complete with Atlas N guage parts lists

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 07 Dec 2004 02:02

what would be neat would be to do 2 (or more

) 2x2 foot layouts and connect with one of the narrow shelf layouts

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 07 Dec 2004 02:35

Hmm, some interesting layouts there - I especially liked the really small ones, they might be worth a stab in the new year

. Thanks mp3Pro!

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 07 Dec 2004 03:03

n/p

I liked the idea of just doing a fiddleyard too...

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 07 Dec 2004 03:06

this things a steal ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 15282&rd=1

wish I wasnt broke

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 08 Dec 2004 13:01

Holy crap! Kato N gage Zephyr! I have an ad for them when they first came out in one of my Model Railroader magazines. They were quite expensive then,

I kept thinking how many ways I could spend all my christmas money on buying it

.

Sigh, Unfortunatly I dont do any model railroading any more. I like N-Gage personally, but had HO when I was younger.

I bought a really nice Bachman NYC F7 (I think its an F7, It looks like one.) for about $30 seccond hand. And on a whim I bought a Bangor and Aroostook box-car for $7.50.

One day when I have some real money I'll get back into model railroading. But for now, well. TTD will have to do.

Downmaster · Post by **Downmaster** » 09 Dec 2004 10:34

Hey People.
Compared to this, all those layouts are microscopic!
This is a mega-model railway with several themed areas (all in H0): Germany, the Alps, America, and Scandinavia (still under construction). If you happen to be in Hamburg at some point in time, you shouldn't miss it:

"MiWuLa Hamburg

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 09 Dec 2004 11:11

oh my....thats big!
*gets a drool bucket*
i hope i someday will have something like that..

Colonel32 · Post by **Colonel32** » 09 Dec 2004 12:04

Akalamanaia wrote:oh my....thats big!
*gets a drool bucket*
i hope i someday will have something like that..

you won't. These projects are work of many, many people, a single person couldn't build that in his whole life.

Downmaster · Post by **Downmaster** » 09 Dec 2004 12:27

That's correct. There are currently 26 people working full-time in the MiWuLa.

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 09 Dec 2004 12:27

Colonel32 wrote:
Akalamanaia wrote:oh my....thats big!
*gets a drool bucket*
i hope i someday will have something like that..
you won't. These projects are work of many, many people, a single person couldn't build that in his whole life.

I can prove that wrong in so many aspects..there are jobs that pay enough for you to buy over 2000 euros of stuff, and thats in 4 months.

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 09 Dec 2004 15:47

give me the matierials and I could do it in a year or 2 n/s

<--- used to crank out 2-5 1/35 scale military models a week.. show quality stuff too.. all a model railroad is after all is a diorama

Archonix · Post by **Archonix** » 09 Dec 2004 16:23

Ruddy big diaorama...

The key with model railway scenery is to suggest what's there rather than go the whole hog and build every tiny detail. It's like drawing a brick wall. YOu can spend ages drawing every single brick and end up with a mess of lines, or you can sketch in such a way that suggests there are hundreds of bricks in the wall whilst only drawing a dozen or so. The real focus for model rail is the tracks and trains.

So, who's in to DCC?

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 09 Dec 2004 17:04

if a single person can build an entire brick built home, up to scratch with all safety codes, a single person can make a massive Model Railway

Jim-San · Post by **Jim-San** » 09 Dec 2004 21:13

I think I've got an O scale or OO scale which ever Hornby uses for most of its trains, I've got the Hornby Mainline Steam set, basic oval track with one siding, but I have been designing a better and LARGER track with the Hornby Track Designer 2

Archonix · Post by **Archonix** » 09 Dec 2004 22:25

OO, so called because it's a bit bigger than HO. If I ever get in to OO modelling again I'll be converting all my stock to EM or P4 since OO has, for historical reasons, always run on the too-narrow HO track.

ttdx_artist · Post by **ttdx_artist** » 10 Dec 2004 07:54

Downmaster wrote:Hey People.
Compared to this, all those layouts are microscopic!
This is a mega-model railway with several themed areas (all in H0): Germany, the Alps, America, and Scandinavia (still under construction). If you happen to be in Hamburg at some point in time, you shouldn't miss it:

despite the fact that these are all great looking layouts, they are only exehibition layouts, there are very limited shunting yards, all just continuous running with a few storage loops at the back, they take days to set-up and hours to prepare, and after 2-3hrs you are bored out of your mind... keeping it as simple as possible is the best thing to do for a first timer, i've built many layouts, and helped aswell, for all the Aussie's out there, i helped on Grafton in it's last days, Wingham, Broadford, Beyond Bulliac (tree's), these were all award winning layouts, but so so boring.
Stick with something simple, like an "end to end" or "point to point" layout, wit a simple branch line and small yet accessable fiddle yards at each station, you can have fun all day. and they don't take 2 hours to clean the track either.

John · Post by **John** » 10 Dec 2004 09:51

i have a 2x6m layout. (made from 7 doors)

when i go back to england (in a week) ill post pics.

its highly boring, as i still have to add any detail at all.

and it is bascially 4 loops...

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 10 Dec 2004 11:52

John wrote:its highly boring, as i still have to add any detail at all.

Well, as long as you enjoy running the trains, it doesn't matter how bare the thing is - my old set was just an oval with some sidings and a station, some buildings and a painted on road, but I loved it, I would set the train running, drive the cars, move people around in the town, have people catch trains etc...

Lots of fun - looked crap.

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 10 Dec 2004 13:24

to tell the truth I am actually more interested in the actual model building than operations and if I ever do manage to build one its going to have a hump yard

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