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Title: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:19:57 PM

Ralph lives in the Republic of Houtbay. He built this layout all on his own without knowing anyone else even. I was quite impressed with his composition and the overall layout of the town and yards. Also the ski lift and the wind farm operates...

The layout is in a purpose built little room of the back off his garage. Vey nice sized.

The track is all Fleischmann Piccolo and the DCC system is Digitrax Zephyr. Rolling stock is a mix of American and German. Operated quite well too.

Njoy the pics :thumb:

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:20:37 PM

More

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:21:21 PM

And some more...

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:23:19 PM

And yet more...

The Ferris wheel operates too. And the carousel... :thumb:

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:23:51 PM

The path of progress mapped and framed on the wall... :thumb:

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: BigEd on December 13, 2016, 01:25:12 PM

Some other things taking up his time. The bike model is a clip and screw together affair. Amazing!

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: ColWer on December 13, 2016, 05:05:13 PM

Nice Ralph  :thumb: Love the backdrop.

Title: Re: Ralph from Houtbay's layout
Post by: LooVille on December 15, 2016, 07:41:48 AM

Here is the pictures I took :) Very nice layout and AWESOME room  :thumb:
Some very nice detail to the layout.