LooVille Layout Design

[LooVille]

Hi All,

As most of you know I have been changing a few things on my layout for the NEW extension I'm planning to build in the near future.
But, while doing that I'm also improving on a few things and here is something extra I have added.

Together with the stuff I got from my grandfather I got a packet of Noch power poles. I wanted to use it on my layout and I ended up the weekend doing just that. Came out awesome and I even added some power lines I scratched in my wife's sowing stuff and found fish line they use, but it is extremely thin. Worked awesome, I just ended up painting the line black.

Here is some pictures, they small so I hope everything is visible.

[capeklr]

Those little details really make a layout. 
ICE train next to an American diesel, not completely wrong, can't remember the year now, but Amtrak did once ship a ICE train over to the states and towed it around with a few diesel's as a demonstrator, they where considering to buy a few, but then never did.

[LooVille]

Yea, I love doing all the small detail. It really make such a big difference.

LOL  I just like the look of that picture. And you know me, I do trains, I don't really care what pulls what or who parks next to each other 

[BigEd]

Jorg, you missed the Japanese steam loco pulling German coaches!

I have to agree with Evert - all trains are nice...except Pensy

Yes, Amtrak trialed an ICE train. They actually ran it on its own on the speed corridor between Washington DC, New York and I think even up to Boston on the electrified lines. http://www.railfaneurope.net/ice/ice_usa.html

[LooVille]

Right, so, some of you might remember that I ordered Some Vollmer Cantenary for my layout.
I finally received it about a month ago. So now the track is finished and I could fit it.

I have to say it is not to difficult to do, it just take some time, but once it is done it make such a big difference.

What I also did was to paint the poles a different colour. Out the box they are grey, almost the same as my balast, so they dissapear a bit on my layout. I went for a red brown colour, so painted but also rusted a bit. Make quite a big difference.

Here is a few pictures.
Cheers.

[BigEd]

Very nice!!!

[capeklr]

Nice, but I'm going to through a spanner in the works now, .
I think the grey mast looked better.
Okay granted you only have one line that has catenary, the catenary system can easily overpower a layout, i.e. it really sticks out like a sore thumb.
So having the mast a bit camouflaged and the wires painted a medium matt grey will also help to make them a bit less conspicuous.
Just a thought, don't take it the wrong way. 

[LooVille]

Thank you for the comment, but I think it works well and because I only have the one line it is not too much. But I understand what you mean.
I think if you would do the whole layout it might be to much. For mine and I also think the look of my layout it works well.

Cheers. 

[capeklr]

I had the old Märklin catenary system on my previous layout and when I painted the wires a medium grey it made a huge difference to the whole layout, it was less obtrusive.

[LooVille]

Good Morning All..... Yea, it's been a while.
As you know we had to move and now my trains is with my parents, so time to work on them is a bit more difficult and the move and getting the new place sorted and settled in take time, but I manage to have time over the weekend and it was so much fun.

Got quite a few small, but nice things done. And it make such a massive difference.

Finished some more Cantenary.
Also added the rails between the track over the bridges, what a mission. The long one was quite difficult.
And then I added some more power to the houses..... I connected the power/telephone poles up with the houses. Looks quite cool.

Here is some pix, enjoy...

[renegade]

WOW!!! Very very nicely done!!!!

[ColWer]

Very nice Evert. Love it! 

[LooVille]

Good Morning All,

I worked a little bit on the layout over the weekend again  Was awesome.... And I ran some trains, even better..... 

I made concrete pillars for the Cantenary Poles to stand on. Think it came out quite cool. All the Cantenary is up now. Now I have to just fix the landscape around them again. Some grass and bushes....

Cheers.

[BigEd]

It seems upside down?

[BigEd]

But its looking very nice...