Adamskii Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Hello. Just thought I would offer a pic of my simple layout for my son (4.5 years old) to play with our trains on. The main board is 1200mm wide by 2400mm long. the shallow board at the back is 600mm wide x 1800mm long. I had to rearrange the room the old layout was in do accommodate some furniture to be put in storage. The rules of this build were - 1- make as much "useable" track as possible (lots of switches for interest), 2- lay the boards out so the boy could reach into any part in case of derail or play on the roads, 3- use as small a "footprint" as possible in the room 4- two trains must be able to run at the same time without collision 5- to try and maximise spare track (shunting yard) to have the trains stored on and ready for use (to prevent lifting trains on and off by the boy) This is my result! As always a work in process so comments appreciated ! Adam this was the old layout... We started to get a few more Modular's and have removed them to our city layout. this layout is now gone, but was alot of fun. Quote
BricksMcgee Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Nice! Can never have too many sidings in my experience ;) Quote
Redimus Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) It's 'for the boy', yet you have some obviously AFOL builds, lol. I like your style! Edited January 22, 2015 by Redimus Quote
MusicaRibelle Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 That's awesome! I like the horizon express with a total of four rather than five cars: looks complete, but still fits easily in home layouts like this one. Also, do you have more pictures and description for your diesel locomotives we can glimpse in the yard? They look like very nice mocs! You're a good dad, and looks like you're getting your own fun needs fulfilled ;) Quote
jodawill Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 It's 'for the boy', yet you have some obviously AFOL builds, lol. I like your style! That's what he keeps telling his wife anyway. Quote
phoenix42 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Can you post an over head view so we can get a better look at the track layout? Thanks Quote
Adamskii Posted January 22, 2015 Author Posted January 22, 2015 Hello all thanks for kind comments and yes both myself and the boy enjoy actually "playing" with the trains, but then so does my wife enjoy collecting Lego too, so no need for deception ! here is a pic of sidings as requested and a bit of a more "overhead" shot as requested. The MOC diesels are all local vehicles from South AUstralia, in very noticeable livery. the main one is my GHAN NR class, the second is my 830 class diesel in Australian National Livery green and gold, and the last is my CK class diesel also in Australian National Livery. I previously made entry to the Erobricks website regarding these vehicles. Please Don't bump the entries! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89420&hl=ghan (GHAN photos) include a video I made and here http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89438&hl=ghan#entry1762154 (830 class photos) Thankyou again folks ! Adam Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Lovely layout and nice MOC! Quote
Crazywater Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Great layout Adam, great use of space and so considerate of your kid. Bet he loves it. I hope to set up something similar in a few months time. Thanks for all the photos. I'll definitely be coming back to this thread when I get to this stage. Quote
Srbandrews Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Great layout and amazing engines. I notice the main bodies of those diesels are 4 wide. Have you managed to hide a battery box in there or do you use powered wagons? Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Great layouts 'Adamskii'........it's a bit of a hike from the fuel pumps to the garage to pay for your fuel isn't it ? Your Aussie loco's put my 501 to shame........I must build a fresh engine. Brick On 'Adamskii' ! Quote
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