Brian T
Western Thunderer
Well it`s taken a while after a few false start`s ,so without futher a do welcome to my latest Venture;
'87th & 3rd'.
This will a small switching layout that is loosely based on the built up industrial urban area`s of New Jersey & New York,and Operated by the Penn Central railroad...though the track plan is inspired by the very end of the Milwaukee road`s Kingsbury branch in Chicago!...
It`ll be built to Proto 48 standards,which is the US equivalent of S7 over here and has an even smaller following!.
Now you may ask,why go to the trouble and 'expense'of building to P48,when standard O is acceptable?.Well to put it plainly,and the main reason being is because the stock look`s better with scale wheel set`s and truck`s.
That`s to say when you look at US loco`s & rolling stock you`ll notice that the truck side frames sit inboard and not flush with the body side`s,as is the case with standard O scale.
So at the moment i have a track plan drawn up
and the Baseboard and traverser are built, i suppose you could say it`s a big shadow box/diorama.....
I placed a loco & caboose on the board to give a better idea of the size (or lack of it!) of what i`ve got to play with.It also shows how the LED`s light the area too,though i`ll probably add another strip to the valence when it`s put up later on.
And just in case anyones interested, the lighting rigg was built and installed seperatley,something i could`nt of done with layouts past when using the ole floresent tubes!.
Hopefully over the weekend i`ll glue the track plan down on the board,and then make a start on laying the track next week,which by the way will be hand laid with proper profile code 125/100 flat bottom rail from What's New along with component`s from Right-O-Way O Scale Parts and Machining in the US.
I say hopefully,because i`ve got a Gazillion ties to cut before i can start laying anthing!.
But for now....
Thanks for looking,
Brian.
'87th & 3rd'.
This will a small switching layout that is loosely based on the built up industrial urban area`s of New Jersey & New York,and Operated by the Penn Central railroad...though the track plan is inspired by the very end of the Milwaukee road`s Kingsbury branch in Chicago!...
It`ll be built to Proto 48 standards,which is the US equivalent of S7 over here and has an even smaller following!.
Now you may ask,why go to the trouble and 'expense'of building to P48,when standard O is acceptable?.Well to put it plainly,and the main reason being is because the stock look`s better with scale wheel set`s and truck`s.
That`s to say when you look at US loco`s & rolling stock you`ll notice that the truck side frames sit inboard and not flush with the body side`s,as is the case with standard O scale.
So at the moment i have a track plan drawn up
and the Baseboard and traverser are built, i suppose you could say it`s a big shadow box/diorama.....
I placed a loco & caboose on the board to give a better idea of the size (or lack of it!) of what i`ve got to play with.It also shows how the LED`s light the area too,though i`ll probably add another strip to the valence when it`s put up later on.
And just in case anyones interested, the lighting rigg was built and installed seperatley,something i could`nt of done with layouts past when using the ole floresent tubes!.
Hopefully over the weekend i`ll glue the track plan down on the board,and then make a start on laying the track next week,which by the way will be hand laid with proper profile code 125/100 flat bottom rail from What's New along with component`s from Right-O-Way O Scale Parts and Machining in the US.
I say hopefully,because i`ve got a Gazillion ties to cut before i can start laying anthing!.
But for now....
Thanks for looking,
Brian.
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