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If you have a limited space, this one fits on the dining-room table... 
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Thanks Pierre , nice and compact. 
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Thanks, Pierre, it looks like just what I am looking for in a compact layout! Is ther a way to get a larger copy of this? |
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It's just thr right start . Mine was similar. The only difference is, I connected the inner oval with a bridge over a highway. An arch bridge with a girder sectin at ach end. My yard was at the front off of the crossover turnout. I only used four turnouts. It was M-track also. This gave me a lot of room for detail. I had on it: A village with an apothcare, a Chalet hotel, a music publisher witha church like steeple, a large home, a corner apartment building, a half timbered restaurant, a half timbered pass through corridor shop, a Merceds dealership (3 stories) octagon shaped with the repair facility, a hall of records, a photo shop, a fountain, a hexeloc mill, a coal mine, a steel milkl (N) scale, a kibri factory building a sa rolling mill, a kibri Bronzail castle, a Stuttgart fernsehterm, a Bonn Station and shed, a hair salon, a four story apartment house, a small lake with a beach and volleyball players, a mountain tunnel wth climbers, ands a Wuppertal signal house.HAVE FUN Rowan.
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 Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,763 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Hi Pierre,
Just do it.
Perfect start for running trains.
The double track allows for 2 trains continuous.
regards
Kimball |
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Trackplan look very good, prjbourge. |
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Interesting design. But how do you go back to the inner track from the outer track, and how do you enter the station? Are you planning to reverse the trains back into the station? Not necessarily a bad thing, just wanting to check if it's intentional... |
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Hi Laffe, you're absolutely right about the flaw in my plan, but when I designed the thing I simply missed a pair of 24612 which enable to go from outer ring to the inner ring (they can be inserted on the left upper side for example). this is one problem solved In my plan, you have to admit that you can leave the main platform but not arrive (or conversely). those who have a "double ended" train like the Schienenbus will be more confortable with the design[:p]. you can then simply reverse at one moment and use the right side to put a smaller platform. Now, if you want something a little more elaborate, I made this one. Again, it fits in the very limited space of my dining-room table. You can have 2 stations (it solves problem 2) but I had to "cheat" a little using the crossing to maximize the length.  The maximum possibility is 3 coaches + 1 steam lok, I usually put 2 + 1, less realistic but more manageable for manoeuvering. hope you will enjoy and always glad to share comments [img]
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Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,763 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Hi Pierre,
I think your original design, with the addition of the crossover between tracks at the top, is much more play-smart than your later design.
regards
Kimball |
HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge. |
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I agree with Kimball, the original plan, with the addition of another pair of curved turnouts, is much better.
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I also like the original, with the addition of the crossover. I'm also interested to know what software program you used for the layout design? I've been into Marklin for a few years now, but am only recently getting serious about building a layout -- and was wondering what software to use. |
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hi,
thanks for the comments; I use Railmodeller (MacOs only...) as it turned out to be the most user-friendly to me. I tried a few others which run under winXP, but this one is really "drag and drop". It is possible to use it no charge if you are ready to accept some limitations (save and print are not possible without a licence key, but printing can be done with screen capture).
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Thanks prjbourge, I'll have to try Railmodeller. We just got our first Mac, so I'm really glad to learn about this program.
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Railmodeller is worth buying really. It's not expensive and comes with a lifetime worth of updates I believe. It doesn't have many of the features of the big ones, I don't think you can specify height to the tracks for example, and there's not much of a 3d view either. But I enjoy using it more than the rest. |
- Martijn
(early planning : H0-scale Era I K.Bay.sts.b)
(active planning : N-scale mixed late Era Japanese)
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Scarm is also a good program to use. 3d view included. Complete marklin tracks. For small layouts free to use
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