LooVille Layout Design

[capeklr]

 
Catenary really adds another dimension to a layout.

[ColWer]

Nicely done Evert! 

[LooVille]

Good Afternoon All....

WHoooooHooooo Cantenary is all up..... I have also fixed everything around the poles and made it neat again. I'm really happy 
I'm still struggling to figure out about the square ending of the mountain, not happy with that yet. 
But I came up with a few ideas so it should look better. (I know I should have thought of this when I was designing, but it is the way things go and it keeps the layout interesting while it is changing a bit)

So I added a hill at the bottom.....
1st pix is how it looked, rest is now after my change.
It is better, but not finished yet. I'll keep posting 

Cheers and enjoy.

[capeklr]

Well done, that is a definite improvement. 
Enjoy the long weekend.

[LooVille]

Good Morning All,

OK, so, lots of people have commented on my layout and one of the comments that has been bugging me was, how does the cars and people get in and out of the town? So with the extension quite far already it gave me an opportunity to change that. I have the castle close by so I was thinking of something...

Build a tunnel underneath the three tracks out of the town towards the castle.
Mmmmmmm,  might be quite a challenge.

So here goes.....
Pic 01 - How my layout is looking now.
Pic 02 - My dad sugested we cut a piece of PVC pipe to form the inside of the tunnel. It will be stronger and I do not want to damage the track.
Pic 03 - general position I was thinking for the tunnel, obviously under the track 

[LooVille]

OK, so now I just need to get the courage together to do this......

Pic 01 :
I started off by marking the position for the tunnel entrance and exit.
Then I made a cut so I do not damage the track or surrounding area.

Pic 02 :
Then very carefully I saw a section out of the facia and started to cut the foam away.

Pic 03 :
Tunnel is cut and the PVC pipe fits in nicely 

Pic 04 :
I glued a section of styrofoam at the bottom of the layout to give the tunnel a base.
The layout is only built on two sheets of 20mm styrofoam, so cutting in under the roadbed will go right through.

Next step is to glue in the road, then fit the tunnel, then the entrance and exit and then finally paint, weather and landscape 

So, I'll post again once I have made so more progress 

Cheers,
Evert.

[capeklr]

Very nice, just like the prototype where the tunnel is dug through the ground instead of covering it up later.
Following with interest, but this will look fantastic.

[ColWer]

Awesome Evert! 

[LooVille]

Good Morning All,

So I worked a little bit more on the tunnel 
Pic 01: I made my own pavement/side walk.
1.5mm card board. I scarred some lines in so it look like sections was casted and painted it grey.
Still need to weather them.

Pic 02: Then I also drilled 3 holes for the 3mm LED's and painted the inside of the tunnel a concrete colour.
Pic 03: Then I made up the LED's

Pic 04: I worked out basically where and how the roadbed will look and I glued the pavements to that.

Next will be to finish the road inside the tunnel and also finish the inside of the tunnel.
I'll paint the LED's brown again to give it a yellow-ish colour and to dull the white from the LED, as is way to bright.

Pic 05: Here is a pic with the tunnel placed on the road.

Hope you all have a good day and speak again soon.
Regards,
Evert Loo 

[capeklr]

 
I like those pavements.

[ColWer]

Very nice Evert! 

[wesley]

Hi Evert

Coming along nicely bud. Keep at it.

[LooVille]

Good Afternoon All,

Another update  manage to get a few things done last night.

Weathered the road.
Glued on the PVC tunnel.
Then I painted the LEDS brown, don't like the bright white look. The lighting is uneven, but I think it looks more real like that.

Neaten all the wiring up so now it is ready to be fitted on the layout.

Here are some pictures.
Enjoy the weekend all.
Cheers,
Evert Loo

[LooVille]

Good Morning All....

Fitted the PVC tunnel last night 
I think it looks awesome..... 

Pic 01 - tunnel fitted with roadbed in place.
Pic 02 - worked everything off with some creatstone (tunnel portal still needs to be fitted, so can't do too much).
Pic 03 and Pic 04 - Lights off and on.

Cheers,
Evert Loo

[capeklr]

Very neat.
Now you just need some Faller N scale Car System trucks to drive through there.