Very nice! However, there looks like to be a kink between straight track and its matching curve on this post's top picture, on its upper left part. Optical illusion? Dom
I think you are referring to the photo of the whole layout and the problem with outer track. You are right. I mentioned that this is my first layout ever and it was also my first experiance with Marklin flex tracks. I did not take into account the difference in the length of outer an inner rail properly. Adding the fact that I used double sided tape to fix the track I finally ended up with a problem. I had to do some soldering but it is still a weak place. Long steam engine sometimes have a problem in that place. Actually it depends on the direction of movement but I was lucky that it is OK withe the proper direction - right track movement as it is on German prototype.
I am definitely not proud of that place. Maybe in the future I will cut out part of the track and replace it. But I think this is one of necessary "beginner's mistakes".
Some new development with the subject of tournout control. I used a new product from Czech company MTB Model. They new product - switch motor is called MP1. I was able to install it at my layout. The positive about this switch motor is that you can easily adjust the size of the movement: 3mm, 6mm, 9mm. This makes it good for Z scale. It is not possible to control speed of the switch motor but it is rather slow and realistic. You can see how it works on the films (sorry for the mobile - hand operated quality): Top view: Bottom view:
Construction month No 7 (July) - part II Properties are getting ready: There is a bus stop in the village
Very nice, Pawel. I like those grown over fences and the garden shed. I am very curious after these switch machines, I ordered some at http://www.zeuke-tt.com/en/accessories/ Hope to find out about them soon. Matt
Garden sheds are MBZ products. Grown over fences are made using technique I developed. This technique is described in Post #24
Construction month No 7 (July) - part III There are some marked tourist rutes on the layout. Initially I planned to use ready Kibri item but finally decided to produce my own: Tourists can have a rest around the camp fire: And the first telegragh poles (Shapeway products) are in place:
Construction month No 7 (July) - part IV Country road is ready. Cows left some signs of their yourney to the pasture ... Cows have place to eat grass ... Kids have a place to play ... There is a place for wet blankets .. Some preparation for future track repairs Shapeway's cottage with a green - grass roof- inspired by some cotteges I saw during my visit to Danmark.
Construction month No 8 (August) - part I I followed up with farm area and especially equipment: Tractor - Shapeways (by Walter - "southernscale") Water container, farming equipment (harrow, big "rakes") - KO-MI Miniaturen (German small scale producer - http://www.komi-miniaturen.de/) Wooden fence - Faller Farm buildings - MBZ (http://www.mbz-modellbahnzubehoer.de/) Pile of straw - self-made. The milk containers are waiting to be picked-up by Milk-Cooperative people (KO-MI Miniaturen kit) Pile of bully - self-made.
Construction month No 8 (August) - part II It is worth to add some live and human beeings on the layout ! It is time to have some rest. Maybe to drink coffee... Some people travel by bike... Others are waiting for bus (typical German symbol for bus stop was added as well ot the roof of the shed)
Construction month No 8 - PART III The last building - switching house is installed. This is a resin model of Artitec (discontinued) The big hole is waiting for semaphore... I decided to have also the lines in which there were wires to control turnouts and semaphores (left hand side of the rails) Some cut birch was added to wait to be loaded and send:
Hi Pawel, nice to see lots of details and little scenes. Thank you for sharing. What's the way you made your wonderful trees? Steffen
Trees on the layout are mix of my production and products available from small producers in Poland and Czech Republic. I think that it is good to recommend some small producers: http://www.mbrmodel.eu/ http://www.kobza.lodz.pl/ http://www.model-scene.com/ I do my trees using different techniques. One metchod is to use natural material as a base - in this case I use NOCH 23100. The second one is based on Loren Snyder's technique. You can find more on the thread: http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/lorens-trees.82370/#post-921593 Based on Loren's technique I also did some micro-trees. This was a project to tribute an micromodeller Adam66 from Warsaw. He is doing his amazing models in 1:700 scale. You can find photos of those models here: http://forum.modelarstwo.info/threads/budynki-tabor-i-pojazdy-w-skali-1-700.20851/page-49 1:700 oak: 1:700 pine: 1:700 larch 1:700 spruces: 1:700 birches: You can also find some interesting photos concerning model trees here (unfortunately text is in Polish): Z - scale Forum: http://www.zetka.pdg.pl/showthread.php?tid=199&highlight=drzewek General (mostly HO forum): http://forum.modelarstwo.info/threads/realistyczne-drzewka.2002/
EXCELLENT attention to detail, realistic scenes, lots of angles, real world. The MTB turnout motors are similar to Hoffman's (http://www.railroomelectronics.co.uk/Point-Motors/Hoffman/Page1.aspx). However, the MTB allows for adjustable throw but the motor current is nearly double the Hoffman and about 10 times more than a Tortoise! Most all Accessory decoders will NOT drive these (usually limited to 20-40 mAmp) unless the decoder has a relay output. Soooooo appreciate *all* the links. That's the way to publish !!!
Construction month No 8 There is an observation tower, place for tourist camp-fire and the tourist trail across pine "forrest" Semaphores are installed:
