This time we will do things a little differently as your design must have a theme. The theme can be anything you want, but you have to state your theme and tell how you accomplished it.
You may use any scale you wish. Narrow gauge will be judged in the with the standard of the same scale. For instance, HOn3 will be judged with HO.
We will hall have the following dimensions to work with:
The door is 6" off the wall and 30" wide. It swings inward.
You can have as many levels as you want, but grades must not exceed the capacity of your engines. You must also state your grade in your description if it is applicable. Likewise, your turn radii and turnouts must be appropriate for your scale and locomotives.
All submissions must be emailed to me. Send me an email via this site and I will send my email to you so you can send it along. I will hold all submission until voting. You can update your submissions as many times as you wish, but please tell me which version is the one you want to post. I will acknowledge your entries here.
You may enter as many designs as you wish.
Voting will be similar to last time. I will post the layouts on my website and post a topic in the general section for vote.
I’m already done, I just need to know what format you want it in?
I can send you a copy in Microsoft Office Document Imaging format, if that doesnt sound like it will work let me know and I will redo it in PDF format.
Question: is any kind of operation description required? I didnt notice any on the last go around. I tried to keep it as well labeled as I could.
Any image format. I’ll convert it to .jpg so if you want to send it as that it’ll save me a step. You should state your theme and how you acheived it. You can tell how it operates if you like. Sell it any way you can.
would someone be able to see entries, and if so how and when?[#offtopic]thks for advice on ez track, is there a way to separate track from roadbed?[#dots]
I’ll post the layouts on my website like I did the 4 x 8 contest and people where will vote on them. You’ll be able to see them any time yout want.
Yes you can just rip the track off the roadbed. But if you wait you can get top dollar for your EZ track after Christmas on eBay when the people who get train sets look to expand.
I am now extremely interested in this contest. Due to financial circumstances, my 4x8 will go into the trash bin. I have to sell the house and move into an apartment. I’m planning on building a modular layout one piece at a time. When I’m able to buy a house again, I could finish the whole thing. I hope to learn more about around the room style layouts from this contest. If anyone cares to try, would you consider using two foot widths in sections to form an around the room? I will be one person who will benefit greatly from everyone’s contributions. Good luck to everyone!
In the discussions leading up to this contest, the Old Dog mentioned doing a layout based on an interlocking plant maybe using RDC cars for trains to save space
Above is a rough example of what that might look like. The tower would manage the crossing, cross overs, and cut offs in the center. The above would require at least 48 levers making life “interesting” for the plant operator.
The above plan is NOT intended for the contest. Consider it as something of a “proof of concept”. It shows that one could fit the overly complex interlocking plant in the space but NOT much else. The concept might be more practical in N-scale, but then one couldn’t see the semaphore signals. It would be better in O-scale, but would require a much larger space.
Have fun
PS - A contest entry was emailed to you. Have you received it.
The Trains e-mail & PM’s do NOT appear to handle attachments. The URL was embedded in the message text. I had to go to your web page & use that e-mail address which allowed for attachments. I suspect others will have the same problem.
