Tilt Table Layout – It Actually Works
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Visualising My Layout – Peeling the Onion
In my previous blog, I have showed how the prototype benchwork will look once it has been constructed. While waiting for comments and the quotation, I will explain how the layout will be built on top of the base frame. Remember that I am adopting and adapting Oliver Bachmeier’s Neustadt H0-scale layout in N-scale. Oliver’s original layout is 3.3m x 1.5m. My original intention was to scale that to 70%, to fit to the IKEA IVAR frames which when combined, will be 2.3m x 1.0m. If I follow truly to the scaling from HO- to N-scale, the same 3.3m x … Continue reading Visualising My Layout – Peeling the Onion
Visualising My Layout – The Benchwork
Call me crazy or mad but I believe in conceptualisation and visualisation. During my high-school days, we were taught a subject called “Industrial Arts (IA)”. In this subject, over a period of 3 years, we were taught metal works, wood works, electrical and mechanical works. I must thank my IA teachers for imparting to me the knowledge of drafting. So, instead of creating a physical prototype, I put them on papers. Here is how I envisioned my layout, starting with the benchwork. As I mentioned earlier, real estate space is a premium to me. I measured the space I could … Continue reading Visualising My Layout – The Benchwork
Locomotives Bible ….. Amen!
I walked past a bookshop called Jokers, yes that is what is it called, near Dom/Römer in Frankfurt and found this 360-page book about all locomotives of the world – Locomotiven: Das Ultimative Handbuch (Locomotives: The Ultimate Handbook) (published by GeraMond) at a discount. This book is of course in Deutsch and hence, another chance to improve my Deutsch. In this book you will find the oldest, the most produced, the smallest, the largest, the strongest, the fastest, the heaviest, the most successful, the extraordinary, the most failed, the most beautiful steam, diesel, electric locomotives and tractions in the world. … Continue reading Locomotives Bible ….. Amen!
The Fun of Model Railroad Planning
I could not think of any other hobby that is so multi-disciplinary and multi-facet. Could you? Come to think of it, even at the most basic level, this hobby involves some conceptualization and design work, carpentry, electrical and electronics, mechanical works, landscaping and painting and etc. I have quite some reference books from my earlier days of planning for a US-based layout but have since acquired some German railway books (it also helped me to improve my Deutsch). With my new Billy shelf, I have now a proper place for my books and within easy reach. As I am also … Continue reading The Fun of Model Railroad Planning
Turnout Planning with Peco Template and NEM103
PECO has finally updated their turnout templates and I managed to download all the N-scale turnout templates in code 55 (3,47MB) and code 80 (1,93MB). I intend to use mainly PECO turnouts but am open to try others such as those from Fleischmann and even at a later stage handlaid tracks from Fast Tracks. You can download the 1:1 templates here. An example of a code 80 template below. To print correctly, make sure there is no sizing of the printing (Print > Properties > … ) Once printed, the ruler on the right side allows you to check with your ruler … Continue reading Turnout Planning with Peco Template and NEM103
Lucky Draw Win: “DB Netze Infrastrukturprojekte 2012” Coffee table Book
One advantage of working for Deutsche Bahn is you have information about trains and its operations (only publicly available information are published here). DB Projektbau GmbH, a subsidiary of DB Netze (railway infrastructure company) published a coffee-table book about their infrastructure projects in 2012. I won this book through an internal lucky draw. This wonderful book (in German/Deutsch) is available for Eurailpress from 48 Euro. A good book to have if you want to follow the construction guidelines of tunnels, bridges and right-of-ways of DB. Definitely an idea book for my N-scale layout. Continue reading Lucky Draw Win: “DB Netze Infrastrukturprojekte 2012” Coffee table Book
Adopt and Adapt in Model Railway Building
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
All-in-one for German N-scale Modelling
I was thinking whether there is a book out there that details all the standards, rolling stocks, tracks, signals, list and comparison of manufacturers and just about anything related to N-scale. And, YES there is. I found it at Modellbau Süd in Stuttgart last Saturday. Published by Alba Publication, the Modellbahn Handbuch Spur N (Model Railway Handbook N-scale) describes the history of N-scale which was pioneered by German company Arnold Rapido (now part of Hornby International) and others, the various systems – tracks, turnouts, overhead cantenary, rolling stocks – locos, wagons, passenger cars of both German origin as well as … Continue reading All-in-one for German N-scale Modelling
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