Track Planning

This is a good post, a very good post.  After a long time landscaping and building real buildings i get to post about my track plan.

I have had an idea for years, to build a small On30 mining layout about 4 foot square, after i found these pictures online.  I liked the idea of a small layout and the fact you can have a run round, which is handy at shows if you are speaking to people, you can still have something moving. 

This layout is only 3 foot square, and uses woodland scenic risers to achieve the height to take the track above the lower level.  I am hoping if i open the layout out to 4 foot square i can get a bigger radius to allow me to use shay's or climax loco's along with the porters.  

I am also going to make it look like is on an out crop into the lake, and build a small dock so the mined materials can be shipped to the local small town.  This gives the loco's somewhere to come from and go too.

On the top Plato i will place the mine and workshop/mining camp, along with the turntable, and lots of lights and moving parts.

The main loco stock will be porters like these, but the climax and shay loco's by bachmann are just to nice, to not have running on the layout also.

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The Workshop

I have now installed 2 of the shelving units, with a 3rd to be placed next to the left hand side unit.  i have picked up today the last 2 bits of worktop.  I also have 2 base units 1no. 600mm and 1no. 1000mm. to built to sit under the island worktop, That will leave my with just 2 1000mm base units to finish the storage area.   I now have a nice Purple colour on the walls.......  left over paint from the Kitchen, how clean it will stay i have no idea..