Helping a friend build his layout.

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Station with lights.

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Clearly visible the ramp in the right of the photo, this is for the two analog AC and DC lines.
Upper level track being laid out.
Engine shed complete with roof now.
Last photo, first test drive on the upper level. 

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In the meantime Graham had been building the goods shed.
When placed on the layout he had the idea that he wanted another two sidings.
After looking at it and thinking a bit, I removed some track to be able to fit another point
into the station track and from there another point to give us two short, but use full sidings. 
The two outer lines have also been laid. if you look closely you'll see that one track doesn't have the
center studs.

[LooVille]

Awesome work Jörg.

Enjoyed reading through the steps and watching the progress.....

Very, Very nice 

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Thanks Evert, more updates to follow.
Stay tuned.

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Hi all,

spent some time trying to work out the best way/route to get to the upper level.
Unfortunately space is a bit limited so the gradients are a bit steep. 
I cut a few road bed pieces to clamp into position to see how it comes together.
Trying out various ideas.

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We eventually decided on this route.
Proposed bridge also in position.

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In between Graham has been building kits and I've been fitting lights to them.
The Faller coal mine really needs some more outside lights. The kit comes with
dummy plastic imitation lights, but those that know me will realize that I convert these with
very small Led's.
 

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Two more.

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This is where the mine will be situated later, it will have its own siding as well.
Castle as well.

[LooVille]

Nice....... Looks GREAT. LOL  Yes, we do like the lights and to change them to actual working ones is always better. Way easier to do with HO than with N or even Z, I really find it extremely difficult to do them and the buy is so super expensive.

Awesome job guys. Love it. 

[capeklr]

Thanks Evert, in N or Z scales you could always use optic fiber for the lights.
Or you get 0402 Led's, those could also work in some N scale applications.

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Hi all,

what's next, we rolled up our sleeves and got our hands dirty.
Crete stone, yes we started with some scenery.
Graham is fortunate to have quite a few molds from Table Mountain rocks.
There is quite a story to these. 
But they are awesome and produce beautiful results.
Bit by bit I glued them in, see where and how they fit best and then after the glue
had set closed up all the caps with more crete stone.

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In the meantime we also fitted a first back drop.

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More crete stone work, with some color already.