7mm Narrow Gauge Micro Layout

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    You mean the O-16.5 NG track??
    I've just ordered a point in this gauge and I have 2x36" of flex track already..

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    No Ron, the two bits of O gauge setrack for the standard Gauge. It's enormous :twitch:

    Looked at the Peco O-16.5/On30 track and the same Y points are a bit bigger and would take up too much room on such a small layout.

    I've gone for normal OO gauge track and I'll just remove lots of sleepers.

    Might have a go at removing some of the sleepers from the points as well (in for a penny ...............).

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    Good luck with that, I downloaded the Peco NG point templates and they seem a reasonable size for my planned layout..
    Only going to be 300mm wide not 450 and maybe the bridge I built for the competition will only be a headshunt?

    [​IMG]

    I liked this!!
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    Just realised I posted the layout pictures on my workbench thread (Ooops), so I'm duplicating them here to try and keep things straight.




    "Just thinking about raising the standard gauge line a bit and having a chute to load the narrow gauge wagons."

    to continue.....

    Looking at the prototype I found these examples.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/5537765818/

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/5537183597/

    I've been playing around in SCARM to see what raising the standard gauge line would look like (black walls are the fiddle yard)....



    which is fine, until you look from the front of the layout


    Basically blocks the view, so the standard gauge line can be raised, but not by much.

    Forgetting about a chute, I had also found this example

    http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrw2167a.htm

    So I'm evoking Rule 1 and there will be lots of shoveling to do to load the narrow gauge wagons.



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    Looking good Ed, what size is the plank? (I case I missed it!) :facepalm:
     
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    Small Ron, 1220mm x 400mm (4' x 15.7")

    Well, it is Micro :avatar:
     
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    Thanks, it's amazing how much you can get in on such a small board isn't it!!? :thumbup:
     
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    Ed you are doing wonders in that small space looks way bigger in the photos than on paper
    The Adition of the Standard Gauge wagon really put a size perspective on the Narrow Gauge :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
     
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    I like the idea of adding some O gauge track, got me thinking now!:scratchchin::scratchchin:
     
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    I can see some changes coming to your Narrow Gauge Railway Ron :avatar:
     
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    I am still in the planning stage Chris! :thumbup:
     
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    I bought a couple of pieces of ST-700 Setrack Ron (easier on the postage).

    The expensive bit was the wagon, although I managed to do a deal with Rails and got my one for £35.


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    I decided that my Minories styled garage layout Latton Street wasn't really going anywhere, so I've abandoned the build and lifted the track.

    Basically, it's been done before many times and with far better results than I could ever achieve in the small space I have available.

    Then just for fun, I thought I'd try laying a ten inch(ish) radius curve around the 600mm wide board.

    Apologies for the pictures but it's very dark in the back of the garage, even on a bright sunny day with the lights on. If I ever do build something in there I'll have to sort out some additional lighting.





    Prior to taking these posed pictures, I did test it works ok by adding a couple of bits of flexitrack to the ends of the curves, powered by crocodile clips.

    So, food for thought !


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    What's the plan now then Ed??
     
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    Not sure yet Ron.

    Designed a few track plans, but waiting for my modelling mojo to come back.


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    There is always option 3? Have a Leek and Manifold converter wagon that allows the standard gauge wagon to ride on the narrow gauge to where the coal etc needs to be? Adds a bit of interest and play.

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    I have used normal oo track on On30 layouts (and normal N scale track on O9/On18 layouts) and have disguised them by weathering the sleepers well burying them in the dirt. No one has noticed the difference. For the more open stretches of track where I use On30 track I cut the webs on the On30 sleepers and slide the sleepers along to get a more realistic spacing. Spare sleepers can be slid onto regular OO code 100 rail to give you more On30 trackage. I have just used this principle on my Ticino Spaghetti Harvest Gn15 layout[​IMG]. HO/OO points with "spaced out" On30 sleepers. In the photos below the track that will be entirely hidden from view behind buildings will be virgin HO/OO track. All is Peco brand. Ticino spaghetti harvest Gn15 3.JPG Ticino spaghetti harvest Gn15 3.JPG Ticino spaghetti harvest Gn15 8.JPG
     
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    Thanks Andy it's another option, although I've done nothing on the micro layout for months (apart from occasionally running a loco up and down when I go in the garage :avatar:).

    Came to the same conclusion Geoff about burying the track, which is probably what I'll do on the larger layout.

    Finally got around to laying another 10" (ish) radius curve on the second old Minories board yesterday, with a view to creating a roundy roundy layout, so a bit of (slow) progress.

    While messing about trying to decide on track plans, I had totally forgot that 7mm narrow gauge stock is wider and overhangs the track by about 17mm. So a lot of the track plans I have created over the last few months are useless as there isn't enough clearance between adjacent tracks :faint:.


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    Transfer siding wasn't going anywhere, but the engine shed now has a home.





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