Category: Layout Planning

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Deciphering Oliver’s HO-scale Neustadt Layout

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While commuting to and from work, I had the time to read thoroughly, and repeatedly Oliver Bachmeier’s Neustadt HO-scale layout. I read his descriptions of his layout building as well as analysed closely the track plans and photos to decipher some missing information. The more I read and analysed his layout, the more I like his layout. Overall, his layout is based on 2 oval tracks on a 3.3m by 1.5m base. However, the beauty of his layout is compounded by the presence of a helix and a staging yard below the top main layers. In fact, there are 3 … Continue reading Deciphering Oliver’s HO-scale Neustadt Layout

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Adopt and Adapt in Model Railway Building

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Have you ever had the feeling that you wanted to incorporate many things into your model railway after looking at those wonderful, impressive, realistic models at shows, Youtube and magazines? Or, even to incorporate many things in real-life. Well I do. And sometimes, I just have to be realistic with space and effort. Let’s talk about space before talking about effort. For many years I had this book “Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads” by Ian Rice (published by Kalmbach Books). In Malaysia, I had a train room (but never got to build one). Now that I am in Germany and … Continue reading Adopt and Adapt in Model Railway Building

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Ideas Worth Noting

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I got myself an Idea booklet to jot down my ideas and observations. Always good to put down on paper what you have in mind rather than store in memory. There is so much to think about each day; so better to have it in black and white. I had one when I did Rosenberg Meet a few years back but never got to execute that layout. But it made good sense to check what I had written and see if I could use them for germaN160 layout. Hope you keep one too. Continue reading Ideas Worth Noting