Monty
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« on: February 17, 2009, 08:47:02 PM » |
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Well, here's my latest effort - I've gone in a completely different direction after taking on board points raised by others. And I've even put it in the proper section of the forum!
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David
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 09:28:57 PM » |
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Hi Monty,
Looks like a reasonable first draft!
To me, it seems like you want two stations, a turntable, lots of sidings, and a way to simply let the trains run around.
I've got a few comments though.
-The tunnels are not very realistic.
-The turntable is not really connected to the station. You need to move the train to the opposite side of the table first.
-Personally, I don't really like it if you can see the trains make a 180 degree turn.
-Never put a curve in the other direction right after a switch. It looks bad, and makes trains derail.
A way to make it much more exciting is by creating a hidden layer. I don't know if you're comfortable with that.
David.
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David Hoogvorst
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Monty
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2009, 10:01:49 PM » |
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Hello David
I just thought that I'd get as much in as I could in the space available. The tunnels will be part of the landscaping in the months ahead, I wanted to indicate where they were. I put the turntable there because it wouldn't fit anywhere else but I wanted a means of turning locos around. I'll have the offending curve removed immediately! Thanks for your comments everyone here is so helpful, and I love the software, so easy to use.
Monty
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Dale
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2009, 06:06:20 AM » |
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Monty, i'm not too familiar with the hornby track but i played around with your design seeing the need for a wye or crossover i've removed some yard and adjusted the other, and also turned your turntable (sorry for the pun) nearer the switchyard.
the left oval now leaves plenty of room for scenery such as water, or town and the right oval now has lots of room for industry and of course most importantly you can now change directions.
Dale
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Monty
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2009, 12:09:28 PM » |
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An interesting idea, Dale. Thanks
Monty
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Monty
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 10:36:13 PM » |
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Well, it seems that I've been designing layouts 24/7 since my last post, but here's my latest attempt. I've incorporated slopes and humps and bumps so plenty of scope for landscaping. The roads may not be quite to scale but then, neither is the duck! Anyway, what do you think?
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Gary Leeds
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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2009, 08:10:52 PM » |
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Interesting looking layouts there Monty. I will pass on some advice I was given about my layout when I was designing it. You have a terminus type station at the top of your last layout with a single track in from the main loop. Assuming your train leaves the station and goes round the track clockwise how do you get it back into the station? You have to stop and reverse it in, not very convincing looking. You have a platform at the bottom and top of the screen, I can tell you now unless the platform is about 1cm wide it wont fit, your distance there is 6.5cm from inner rail to inner rail (i think, its what ever standard hornby track centers are) so allowing for coach overhang there is no spare space.
But keep trying, you will get some great ideas and probably end up doing what I did, got my plan sorted out, bought the track, changed the plan, bought more track, changed it again and finally its now all laid but not fixed down yet
Also try not to put R610 track at the end of a siding, there are no pin holes in it and should you overrun and hit the buffers you will disconnect the track
Gary
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Monty
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2009, 09:47:12 PM » |
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Hi Gary
Thanks for the tips. Back to the drawing board!
Monty
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Chris
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2009, 11:50:03 PM » |
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What you ould do is to make it easier to run a loco around the train elsewhere in the layout. For instance, you could add a loop to the inner track of the station at the bottom of your drawing and put another platform on the inner side of it. Have you thought about access to the centre of the baseboard - a metre stretch is asking for a sleeve to catch on something while leaning over to recover a derailed loco.
Best wishes,
Chris
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Monty
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« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2009, 11:11:17 AM » |
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Hi Chris
I haven't indicated on the layout, but there will be a removable hatch to the right of the pond giving access to the centre of the board. It doesn't need to be too big since my friends describe me as being built like a racing snake! I'm still playing around with the layout, it will probably end up looking nothing like it does at the moment.
Regards
Monty
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