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Offline BigEd

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My new layout...now my old layout...
« on: February 17, 2016, 10:41:38 AM »
Ok, let me be honest: I did not build it! I bought it! I will make a few little scenic changes in the years to come.

I am however installing it and I wonder if that is/was not more difficult...

Its a classic dog-bone layout, double tracked with a reverse loop. The mountain is removable for maintenance and trouble shooting but the biggest surprise of it all - its Kato Unitrack all the way!!! Length is 4.1m by 0.8m at the widest. Layout wired for DCC with a Digitrax auto reverser in (AR) and all wired Kato switches and a double crossover. Lovely stuff these...

It was build by Graham Page (a builder of anything railways extraordinaire) who decided he needed to fixate on his live steam building exercise rather. I have seen what's he done so far - amazing does not describe it remotely... wonderful craftsman!

Any way, enough bragging with someone else's work. Some pics to brag even more  :biggrin:

The last 2 pics show my shelves up on the wall, complete with tons of crap! That took hours to remove. Then they were removed off the wall and modified... Hellava job!!
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2016, 10:46:07 AM »
So, yesterday was a good day for me. I first (with help obviously) fitted the last piece of the layout and then started on the shelves again. I am very near completing the fitting of them and then I'll complete the layout's wiring and hook it up for the first time!!!

Note the dust covers!

Backdrops will be fitted once I paint the wall were the shelves were...
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2016, 10:52:10 AM »
Some pics of what the layout looked like when it was still up and running at Graham's house. It performed extremely well!
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2016, 10:54:36 AM »
Last for now...
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2016, 11:18:32 AM »
AWESOME Ed !!!!!  :thumb:

I can't wait for everything to be done. Then we can play and run some trains...... Nice......
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2016, 03:07:43 PM »
Wow, very nice.  :thumb:
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 07:02:13 PM »
Grandios!  :biggrin:
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2016, 08:29:06 PM »
I am glad for you Ed. We talked about a layout of your own, how many times. Finally something small to get your collection running again. I can't wait for my next trip to Cape Town. With the layout, bottomless coffee and Pink Floyd, there are going to be late nights again.

Kevin.
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2016, 07:44:04 AM »
Hi Kev. Yes, there will be very late nights!!!
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2016, 07:55:40 AM »
Made some progress last night.

Juan and Evert came around. Juan cleverly disappeared when we started working... :biggrin:

Tonight I'll just fix the shelves to the wall with hilti's and then replace the shelves. Then to repack everything... :eek:
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2016, 08:40:32 AM »
Methinks you are going to have to add a fairly significantly sized staging yard to the layout if you ever want to get more than a few pieces of rolling stock at a time out of your storage cabinets !

Steve  :peep:
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2016, 10:09:07 AM »
If I want to stage my drawers I'll need a block of flats of at least 16 units! That might be enough...
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2016, 06:45:30 PM »
He he, ek sê niks.  :biggrin:
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2016, 09:57:27 PM »
Shelves done...

Now I need to get the Toy fair behind me to complete the rest...
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Re: My new layout...
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2016, 02:07:27 PM »
Hi Ed, what are you doing between 12 and 5 at night?  ::) Plenty of time.  ::)
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