N scale layout on a door .
A couple of years ago I built a Roundhouse , it was two big , 20 road , so it got reduced to 5 road - this was around a Atlas turntable - another mistake as bigger locos turned up .
The lay out was built but with some bad track laying - it was a first effort ! Now moving on it was decided to lift the offending Peco code 80 and relay with a set from Kato in the form of their V11 set with double banked corner track . The high speed running will keep the grand kids ammussed
in future postings there will be plenty of photo's .
Tyson Rayles Wrote:What's the scale of that equipment and who makes it?
hi , its all N scale - the Cat diggers are Norscot Scale Models , the big yellow dump trucks are Chinese toys from the pound / dollar shop , the dragline is home made from bits from the Chinese toys and the orange trucks are Matchbox by Lesslie England - they all seem to fit in well with N scale .
on and on they battle until the offending track is ripped out , some serious cleaning up is necessary .
as can be seen the this corner of the layout did nothing for operations and often resulted in delays and derailments , so it was decided by the Roundhouse Rail Road Co to remove the single track work and install a new high speed double track , and build a new Grand Central station - thus putting Roundhouse on the nation's rail network . Also to improve / reduce the steepness of the grade , and making it single track , this could result in speeding up the lengthily coal freights in the Rapido Mountains , an area also noted for rail charter trains and is heavy on tourism .
track laying has started , with all the disruption on the Railroad the Roundhouse management have ensured the passengers that the 'Bus' service will be retained
Tyson Rayles Wrote:Have you considered using flex track?
Hi Mike , having just removed my Peco flex in favour of Kato , and the new Kato FEF arrived to-day I'm having second thought's , as it uncouples and derails on the joints - the board is flat as its a door , but the Unicrap will have to stay as its been purchased and I'll rub the joints with fine emery to get them smooth - I'm using some bits of Backy's EZ track and find it better finished on the rail ends . Also the Kato rail is much better than Peco or EZ as it don't tarnish as quick it must have more nickel in it ?
track update , the track gang have found a piece of Unitack that will join the offending EZ and Kato track ....