Here is the latest folks,
Enjoy,
Canadian Shield
nice looking. however can we reposition the hubbel telescope so that us HO ers and larger scale modellers can see it? lol
tom
Nice start. Looks pretty large. Nice river. Will there be mounyains and bridges? Will you be adding more staging track? Thanks for the pics.
nice work what is the size of the bench work?This is N-scale is’nt it??
JIM
You have a good start, your bench works looks pretty sturdy, keep up the good work.
Nice amount of room for an N scale empire. Need some elevation somewhere, flat is nice but elevation gives it character. Lots of trackwork, looks good.
That bridging section across the walkway, is that a liftout piece or a duckunder. I’m assuming it’s liftout.
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Thanks for posting the pics and great job! Looks like you have a fun project on your hands! Keep us updated on your progress!
From one N scaler to another, looks great so far.
Ron
The bridge is a removable piece, but attatched on both ends with a screw. My layouts legs are 4 feet off the floor plus the 1/4" mdf, 1x2 frame, and 1" foam layer, so the bridge piece is not annoying at all. One other thing is I am only 21 yrs old! So bending down isnt a problem for me at my age, 20 yrs from now when it might be, the layout sets up differently. The bridge is to “bridge” the gap between the four modules. I currenty have this setup in a master bedroom in a 2 bedroom apartment. When I get a house with a basement the modules will be seaparated to form an around the walls empire!
There are four modules:
Table 1 2.5x8 feet (City of Kenora, branch to “Northern Division”, Oil Refinery, Classification Yard)
Table 2 2.5x5 feet (CPR and Canadian Shield Interchage, division tower)
Table 3 2.5x5.5feet (Canadian Shield Shops, roundhouse scene and Small yard)
Table 4 2.5x5feet (Ore Mine, Winnipeg/St. Boniface scene, Yard, 5-7 large industries to switch)
As for yard trackage, I love yards! Thats why I have or will have 3 of them! The Layout gets switches installed as the money permits. The Northern Division (which is expansion territory) will include an extremely large hidden staging yard to supply the three small yards, and other industries traffic.
The layout has a minimum radius of 11" on the curves, and #6 switches instead of 4s. I am set in 1959, so steam and diesel will run.
Comments welcome! I am the lone modeller up here in my city it seems!
Canadian Shield
Looks real good, great stuff, brought a smile to my face when I spotted the Guitar Amp stored under, I have a small PA system stored under my layout.
Regards
Dave
Hello There,
i just bought my first n-scale kit and started into this hobby. I had lot of apprehension to start with n gauge as every one told me to start with HO… but seeing the work here, I am very confident …
Cheers,
Ajith
It looks good. Keep us updated.