Electricsteam Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I'm pretty sure that the drivers would be BBB medium drivers. The loco is not a Mallet, it's a Garrett, sort of the same but different. Both are articulated, but Garrett's had the boiler suspended between two steam engines each on their own frame. It allowed Garrett's to negotiate narrow curves, and since they had good traction they were ideally suited to many mountainous and narrow gauge applications. Hrm I was thinking it was the normal wheels but using those eingine rods for the axel. I'll need to buy more medium then to expirement... The only ones I have are in use at the moment.(wait is BBB still around?) Edited February 28, 2015 by Electricsteam Quote
Murdoch17 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Hrm I was thinking it was the normal wheels but using those eingine rods for the axel. I'll need to buy more medium then to expirement... The only ones I have are in use at the moment. (wait is BBB still around?) Yes, Big Ben Bricks still exists: http://www.bigbenbricks.com/ Quote
Electricsteam Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) This depot is going to be larger then I originally thought, I think I should make a full lay out instead of just a long strip for a scene, I'm going to look into what I can fit and where. I'm thinkin something mountainy... (what have I gotten myself into) Edited March 1, 2015 by Electricsteam Quote
Electricsteam Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) What I am thinking, two O loops set up like OO the first three rails will all be on outside the mountain all the turn arounds will be inside and open face mountain... I want this viewable from all sides... This is going to be very intesive I know.... I'm going to try and a take out my wacom and draw a mock up of how I want it to look.... ---Goals--- Viewable from all sides Mobile (there is a local trainshow at the smv every year) Hopefully things like lights ------------ What am I getting myself into.... Edit ----- I'm thinking 6x4 for the base plates with a tile built road in the middle of the first O.... Edited March 1, 2015 by Electricsteam Quote
Pizzareno Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) It seems like you need a plan because to me reading through this it feels like this is going to get out of control very quickly. Maybe you should look at making your layout modular. This way you can plan and build a small section at a time. At first it can be just for display then slowly add on to it over time as funds and time allow until it is a fully functioning layout. I know the temptation is there to get something big going as soon as possible but from my experience the task can become overwhelming and destined to fail. I needed to just work on small sections little by little which gave me achievable goals. This is in relation to an OO gauge layout I still work on. Also look at books (or the internet, but I like books better ) for ideas on making your layout scenes prototypical. Have you decided on a particular country you'd like to model your trains after? Of course with narrow gauge just about anything goes at least it did in New Zealand a hundred years ago! I also build a lot of models in LDD now and in real with rainbow colours to make sure my idea will work before committing to buying parts from Bricklink or PAB. I also made this mistake by half building a model and then buying what I thought I needed from Bricklink then deciding that it was a stupid model and realising that I spent a bunch of money on what where the wrong things for what I wanted to do. So in summary planning is your best friend at this stage I hope that is of some help to you. Edited March 3, 2015 by Pizzareno Quote
Electricsteam Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 It seems like you need a plan because to me reading through this it feels like this is going to get out of control very quickly. Maybe you should look at making your layout modular. This way you can plan and build a small section at a time. At first it can be just for display then slowly add on to it over time as funds and time allow until it is a fully functioning layout. I know the temptation is there to get something big going as soon as possible but from my experience the task can become overwhelming and destined to fail. I needed to just work on small sections little by little which gave me achievable goals. This is in relation to an OO gauge layout I still work on. Also look at books (or the internet, but I like books better ) for ideas on making your layout scenes prototypical. Have you decided on a particular country you'd like to model your trains after? Of course with narrow gauge just about anything goes at least it did in New Zealand a hundred years ago! I also build a lot of models in LDD now and in real with rainbow colours to make sure my idea will work before committing to buying parts from Bricklink or PAB. I also made this mistake by half building a model and then buying what I thought I needed from Bricklink then deciding that it was a stupid model and realising that I spent a bunch of money on what where the wrong things for what I wanted to do. So in summary planning is your best friend at this stage I hope that is of some help to you. Yeah... I could tell myself... I'm going to take time to plan out what it might look like... Hey this is going to be my first permanent layout I'm really excited... A major problem I see fitting it through the door... Chunking it out is a very good idea, I'm thinking that I should work on one base plate at a time... I'm going to try my hardest to take this slow, the faster you do something the worse it comes out. Thank you very much for offering this advice it is incredibly useful. Quote
King Aragorn Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 Here is test wagon, maybe a vehicle in repair or a narrow gauge take on the iconic train.... I haven't decided yet. WOW this is too cool! Quote
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