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Offline BigEd

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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1680 on: January 16, 2025, 08:30:41 AM »
Some progress at least. I made no progress. Did run a few trains at least... :innocent:
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« Reply #1681 on: January 16, 2025, 10:33:13 AM »
Quote from: BigEd on January 16, 2025, 08:30:41 AM
Did run a few trains at least... :innocent:

Isn't that the most important part?
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« Reply #1682 on: January 18, 2025, 06:32:45 AM »
Nice Jörg,

Yea, sad to say I did not even touch my trains, last time I did and or touched them was our last toyfair.
Doing home stuff and built Mia a play kitchen. That was my holiday gone. Now we have to work again......

But that is life hey......

Cool enjoy  :biggrin:
Cheers, Evert
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« Reply #1683 on: January 18, 2025, 08:17:28 AM »
Quote from: LooVille on January 18, 2025, 06:32:45 AM

 built Mia a play kitchen.


That is far more important, your kids are young only once. I'm sure that her look of happiness
will stay with you forever.
Before you know it the kids are grown and out the house.
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« Reply #1684 on: January 18, 2025, 09:37:09 AM »
Wise words all round. Still love this hobby… :thumb:
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« Reply #1685 on: January 26, 2025, 11:04:03 AM »
Some beautiful parts from Germany.
What am I up to now?
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« Reply #1686 on: January 27, 2025, 11:44:35 AM »
No idea... :innocent:
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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1687 on: January 27, 2025, 02:31:32 PM »
Hi all,

I want the track in the round house to be closed so that the workers can walk across.
These grids from Weinert are Nickel Silver so conduct power.
I soldered three pieces together, nice and straight using my home made solder jig
from a few pages back.
Add a fine wire at one end and glue very carefully with small amounts of CA to the 1,5 x 1,5 mm
strip styrene that I had glued to the track ties.
First photo of the long grid.
Second photo of it fitted.
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« Reply #1688 on: January 27, 2025, 03:01:09 PM »
Now I need to order some more.
In the meantime I'm also considering the actual structure of the round house.
I have ordered a few items from Auhagen, they have a very nice "building blocks" system
with different walls, windows and roofs.
Length wise it doesn't work for me see first photo.
But I also have some Faller wall sheets. perfect length, but then I will have to make my own
window frames.
Busy considering different options and ideas.
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« Reply #1689 on: February 09, 2025, 05:51:42 PM »
Hi all,
I've spent some time playing around with ideas for my roundhouse.
Today I made a first mock-up of one of the side walls.
Using a Vollmer roundhouse wall as a template I made it a bit higher, and also placed less windows.
The windows are bigger thou.
I have also altered the roof line.
Maybe I will get some more cardboard and build a complete mock-up and see how I like it.
The windows.
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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1690 on: February 09, 2025, 05:52:50 PM »
The wall.
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« Reply #1691 on: February 11, 2025, 10:39:10 PM »
Good idea on the cardboard biuld to test the idea. Saw someone else do this recently and it helped him sort out some kinks. :thumb:
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« Reply #1692 on: February 24, 2025, 11:03:33 AM »
Hi all,

okay I've now done a mock up of the side and rear walls of my roundhouse.
I lowered the wall by 5 mm's.
Looking at the first one that I did it was just a bit to high for me.
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Re: My new layout design.
« Reply #1693 on: February 26, 2025, 08:26:20 PM »
I like it Jörg......

Looks very, vrey nice.
And those grids over the inspection pits, wow...... Awesome  :thumb:  :biggrin:
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