Kites Croft
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:56 pm
I am currently working towards building the stock for a large continuous run layout aiming for an accurate model of Cheddar set in 1947/48. However before work can start on construction, I need to prepare the garage (which the layout is going to have to share with the Spitfire).
Given the cost involved in the planned new doors, insulation etc (along with wanting to get a window put into the side wall), its going to be a few years until I can start. (With saving for the wedding taking priority at the moment, along with decorating the new house)
In the mean time I have already taken over most of Bedroom 4 to store all the boxes of model bits, along with the workbench. My intention is to build a much smaller layout (I have something like 12ft by 1ft6 to play with)
This will not only give me somewhere to play trains until Cheddar gets up and running, but will also give a good test track operateable from the workbench.
Looking through the Cheddar branch books, I quite liked the look of Draycott as a minimal space concept. The addition of an extra siding gives a bit more interest, and a DCC controled treverser on each end will ensure the finished layout can be controlled from my seat at the workbench rather than needing to keep walking up and down the room moving treversers.
This thread on Rmweb describes the basic concept of the treverser http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... ge__st__50
Discussing it with Dave at work today (having found out yesterday that he was in fact the guy sitting opposite me at work!), and our thoughts were that with the addition of a relay operated pin to lock it into position, his treverser design appears to give enough accuracy to work in P4. Experiments will follow in due course.
My intention is to build the scenic baseboads over the Christmas shutdown, and get some track laid. (making use of a couple of P4Track co points which are currently in the scrap box)
The other 2 points will need to be built, likely from scratch given the current availability/cost increases.
I also have a decent stock of Exactoscale track bases (of the type you just thread rail onto), which I will probably use (saving the bags of Exactoscale chairs / sleepers for Cheddar)
An evenings rough work on Templot has given this plan
The perpendicular line will be a working wagon turntable (with some sort of winch system to pull the wagon into a building)
All buildings will be in the style of the branch, and I want to try a few other bits (I really want to have working point rodding, though it may be a step too far...)
Given the cost involved in the planned new doors, insulation etc (along with wanting to get a window put into the side wall), its going to be a few years until I can start. (With saving for the wedding taking priority at the moment, along with decorating the new house)
In the mean time I have already taken over most of Bedroom 4 to store all the boxes of model bits, along with the workbench. My intention is to build a much smaller layout (I have something like 12ft by 1ft6 to play with)
This will not only give me somewhere to play trains until Cheddar gets up and running, but will also give a good test track operateable from the workbench.
Looking through the Cheddar branch books, I quite liked the look of Draycott as a minimal space concept. The addition of an extra siding gives a bit more interest, and a DCC controled treverser on each end will ensure the finished layout can be controlled from my seat at the workbench rather than needing to keep walking up and down the room moving treversers.
This thread on Rmweb describes the basic concept of the treverser http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... ge__st__50
Discussing it with Dave at work today (having found out yesterday that he was in fact the guy sitting opposite me at work!), and our thoughts were that with the addition of a relay operated pin to lock it into position, his treverser design appears to give enough accuracy to work in P4. Experiments will follow in due course.
My intention is to build the scenic baseboads over the Christmas shutdown, and get some track laid. (making use of a couple of P4Track co points which are currently in the scrap box)
The other 2 points will need to be built, likely from scratch given the current availability/cost increases.
I also have a decent stock of Exactoscale track bases (of the type you just thread rail onto), which I will probably use (saving the bags of Exactoscale chairs / sleepers for Cheddar)
An evenings rough work on Templot has given this plan
The perpendicular line will be a working wagon turntable (with some sort of winch system to pull the wagon into a building)
All buildings will be in the style of the branch, and I want to try a few other bits (I really want to have working point rodding, though it may be a step too far...)