HO scale
5’x9’
between a year and a year and a half
20%-30% done
1-6 hours a week
Apparently, many of you have huge layouts. I still live at my parents house and must work on my 4’ 6" x 10’ layout in my room. I use a mirror to make it seem larger. The small bed room is 11’ x 10’. [:(] I would be more than happy to be able to use most of this area for railroading, but there are many other large objects in here too. Most modellers may concider this very small, but I’m doing what I can with what I got.
My layouts are tiny. Due to lack of space I model ovals of track on extruded foam board mainly in n scale. One or two scenes can be modeled on a 28" x 36" board. Usually a bridge or town or farm is the highlight of the layout.
My latest idea is building foam “islands” and using Bachman H.O. e-z track to bridge from one island to the other. This makes a large expandable oval (on the floor unfortunately). Each island is sceniced. I’ve been using torn upholstry foam for rock formations and then painting and sprinkling ground foam. A few trees pressed into the foam board and I have a sceniced island. It’s pretty minimal but I can run trains in a “real” setting.
Also have Lionel trains which I set up on the floor. They are great fun especially if you run 3 or 4 trains all at once with accessories and lites going.
Then come spring I go outside and goof around with a small L.G.B. garden railway. It too is very small but holds my interest. The fun thing about outside railroading is you really need to ballast the track so it doesnt wash away in the rain. Also you move real dirt and real plants to scenic your railway. Also retaining walls really do retain the dirt and my mountains are large rocks or boulders. It’s a good workout and you get a tan!
PB&J Lines
Glenview, IL
Scale:HO
Size:16 x 12?
Work Frequency:large sessions lasting over a month in the winter, the rest is usually inactivity (this is soon to change)
Complete Percentage:10% (just benchwork)
Work Length:around one and a half years
Name:Allentown Scranton & Northern
Region:Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York
Slogan:Route of the Black Diamond (the route is a bit like the Lehigh Valley, only it has different routes)
Nickname (by Railfans):Always Shipping Northward
Era:Current
Paint scheme: Blue with red nose and rear
I hope you think this layout sounds cool. [:)]
Let’s seee:
HO
TBD: depends on if the 14’x16’ area get’s cleaned up other wise it’s delegated to the 24x7’ area.
Just starting it.
1% done: got equipment on oder for it, but nothing down yet
I dream about it about 24 hours a day, real work is more like 1-2 hours a week.
Scale HO
Size 10x12
RoadCNW
Amount of work depends on weather. it is in a shed in my backyard
% done 10% bench trackwork wiring
HO
10x12x13 U shaped
Mostly still in the planning phase
2 to 3 hours a week working on rolling stock and structures
To AggroJones I think It’s not how big the layout is but the quality of the work that goes into the layout such as track quality and scenery detail remember that ! rambo1…
We just moved back to Darwin last week and i have started a new layout. It will be set in the South Queensland section of the Great Dividing Range and the period will be late steam.
HO
43’x60’ walkaround with centre peninsula
Plans finished
1-2 hours a week
My layout is pretty jam packed with detail and excellent scenery. But I would like a main line a little longer so I can run a 20 car freight train without it looking like its chasing its own caboose! [V] Oh well.
HO
20 X 40 Foot
1995
Completed except minor scenery
Both DCC and conventional block controlled
8 operators possible in either mode
Layout: the Borracho Springs Railroad, serving the Borracho tequila factory, the town of Borracho, and the FUBAR mining consortium. Location southwestern US roughly Arizona-New Mexico border with Mexico. Era between 1947 and 1957.
Scale:
1/2" = 1 foot or 1:24 using G guage 45mm track for a 3’-6" scale guage
Size:
20’ long width varies from 8’-0" on one side to 5’-6" in the middle to 10’-0" on the other side. Inside the rear of my garage and under a storage loft.
Completeness:
Age: 6 months
Benchwork: 100%
Trackwork: 100% original design but adding a small yard with leftover track.
Wiring: 95% with one small yard left to wire
Scenery: 0% thats part of this seasons work
Buildings: 5 out of 20 planned structures in hand, again part of this seasons work.
Loco’s and Cars: more than I have room for.
How often do I work on it?
Not nearly enough, but as much as I can allow.