If this works, this should be my first pic of my layout I have ever shown in public. The photo was taken with an 18 Mil lens so the room is somewhat distorted in appearance. The back of the room looks about 4 feet wide, but is 7 feet wide. On the far right hand corner of the photo, you will see the wall starts juting in (for another 2 1/2 feet becoming 9 1/2 wide) into my nolix area. The idea of this photo is to show the Faller's backdrop I used, two different scenes that fits right into the BC landscape here in Canada, but of course, is really somewhere in Europe. In the bottom scene, I have the backdrop - on hardboard - standing out from the wall about 4 inches; on the top, the backdrop, still on hard board is attached to the walls directly. Also the L brackets you see on the wall jutting out are home made jobbies I did with rather thick MDF. So the layout pictured here is larger than it looks, but its still in a small room. The piece on the left that will house a reversing loop is 10 feet long; in the pic it looks about 6 feet long. Rick all you need to do is copy the link into the image box, click on the image button below where you type in the text [ 20. July 2003, 06:03: Message edited by: Colonel ]
I had a look at the code of your post above, and it seems you pasted the image url directly into the topic, instead of clicking the IMAGE button below the text box and pasting into the window which pops up. This adds at the end to make the picture show in the post.
It seems double deck layouts are the big thing these days. There's a FOUR deck layout design in NSR. You'll have to ley us know if it's worth the extra planning. John
John, I prefer single decks and modelling in HO. I have a double deck modelling in N. The room is a glorified study, narrower than a bedroom, but a little longer. If I had modelled in HO, I would have had a nice large small layout. I wanted an empire. If I hadn't modelled in N I couldn't have double decked as easily and created a "nolix" area, where the trains can gain elevation yet remain more visible than in a helix. So double decking (eventually it will be three decks with the final lower deck being for staging - but that will go in much, much latter) is a good option if you want a larger layout and are willing to live with compromise visually. Some people don't like the visual compromise and will only have single decks, others say once you are operating trains you tune out the other deck and focus on your train. It depends on how much compromise you are willing to live with and make. [ 20. July 2003, 00:05: Message edited by: rsn48 ]
The scenery you've chosen on the backdrops looks great! It gives me a feeling of large open spaces. Boxcab E50 [ 20. July 2003, 18:05: Message edited by: BoxcabE50 ]
If I were to build a double deck layout, I think I would also go with the "no lix" route. A helix looks very complicated to build and I doubt I could get it right. Your layout looks like it's getting a good start! Good luck! John
Alan, Thanks for the help. I was so happy I could post something. I will review what you did so I can get the image on directly.
Tim- The photo hosting service went away. Hence the pictures don't show. A new service is in the process of coming on line. Boxcab E50
