Greetings. I'm developping a huge project. Since this whill be my first layout, and I still am adding ideas into the design. I still have not started construction.So I have desided to run a pilot project first. The Coffee Table layout. Wooden table with 2 stacked drawers and a glasplate ontop. Topdrawer measures 111cm x 54cm x 11cm. Small enough to do some research wouldn't you say.This is the N-scale layout I will be constructing. I will run a steamlockomotive with some bagecars. The real challege will be the electronics. As I want to attempt to let it run automaticly. In this small layout there will be switches/decouplers/magn. and electr. sensors. The swichmachines will be bought, and some will be selfconstructed just to get the feel of it. Back to the workbench foulks!!! layout [ 28 June 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ] [ 28 June 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ] [ 28 June 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ]
How much room in your huge project for a layout? A coffe table layout...great idea. I have often thought of one set up as a permanent Christmas layout.
Rick My major project will be a 2mtr x 3 mtr Nscale layout with 2 layers. I got some big plans, and some might be hard to accomplish. As I'm not sure how to prepare for basic problems I'm starting this pilot project. And I will also use this layout as part of the xmas decoration. btw can you see the image in my previos message, i can't john
I can't see the image, post a request on how to in the administrative section and you will receive help on that issue. I have zero expertise on coffee table layouts, but I do know that there are published layout plans you can obtain. I would get one of these and modify it to your liking, THEN determine the size of the table, rather than discover the table you built would have been better off a couple of centimetres larger this way or that way. I have seen some interesting coffee table layout designs in MR. One in particular, was very interesting ... unfortunately I don't have a clue what issue or even year it was in, as I keep re-reading older ones, and they have all begun to blend together in my head. Maybe Rob will remember. Rob it is a plan with a fairly intricate track design, I can remember a couple of loops in it, making the layout look bigger than it was. I think one of the loops disappeared for a bit.
There's a coffee table layout in the Kalmbach book (sometimes I feel like a walking typing advert for Kalmback ) "Layouts in Small Places" or something like that. I think it's out of print but I have seen it in hobby shops recently. You can also check out the trainboard topic on a dining room table layout: http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=001047
Hi there I'll explain what kind of track plan it will be. Its an Oval, with 2 turnouts at the topside, 1 to leave this oval and go a side track that links again with the oval topside. at this sidetrack there will be a wharehouse at the bottemside of the inside track. Just past the wharehouse there is a turnout that leads to a 3 track yard. The engine will reverse into that yard to change cars. It might not be verry prototype like, but that doesn't matter to me, its the experiance of it all that counts, it's just a pilot poject. Layout Keep onn tracking [ 02 July 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ]
To complete the story, here is the Table I will be using in this project. Can You imagine room decorated, a xmas-tree, a layout in the livingroom. Yes even my girlfriend alows it can you believe it? ok a bit premature but HAPPY XMAS!!!!!
I hope you enjoy it. The table looks great. The nice thing with a simpler rail road to work with, enjoy, and learn from, is that the costs are reduced when it comes to track work, and the project isn't so vast that it is difficult to accomplish.
Thanks Rick Got lots of track, my brother-in-law loned me is track. Also he supplied me with engines and cars. and all kind of other stuff. So this will be an inexpensive layout. Yet another encouragement to start building.
Just don't use brass track, or you will be forever cleaning it. Don't even use it if it was a gift. Update us with photo's if you would, especially around Christmas.
Yes - brass track bad Quick idea - you have a loop and a small yard and a passing siding (all good) but there is no place for your train to go. Simply add a short siding to the single track section (it can go in the middle) and you then will have a destination to set-out or pickup a car it doesn't have to be much - a simple team track will give you reason to put just about any car there you want.
Neither the layout nor the table will come up for me, it says the page can not be addressed. ??? I was wondering: are you going to run Dutch or American N Scale engines?
Whoops sorry!!! Just last night I updated my own Site, I moved the pics into another dyrectory. Here is the link for the Table, and here the Layout. Just for the experiance I will use hills and tunnels, as there are few of those <hills> in Holland (aka flatlands). So I will be use a German Steam-Engine, and German freightcars. And so I will be moddeling German scenery. Hope these links work now John [ 05 July 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ] [ 05 July 2001: Message edited by: john mrrf ]
