Victor, I stand in Awe. Actually, I am sitting in awe, but why quibble. Bravo Zulu.
That is one of the most amazing layouts I have seen especially for something so small. Shows anyone can have a G scale layout.
seems, that there is no room left to add any more features.
and now?
do you make “add ons” or a new layout altogether?
two more levels to go below the bottom. Then you can add the mine feature
Thanks guys, it is appreciated.
I doubt I will be adding any extra trackage, but detail-wise I still have a ways to go, I need junk, lots of junk, roadside junk trackside junk, trees, rotted trees, weeds trash and debris. I want this to rival Malcomn Furloughs LS layout that was in MR back in 2003, having real trouble finding any though, seams that unlike HO, indoor LSers are like O and N, they like there layouts prestine, items like junkyard stuff, trash and other junk, while plentiful in HO is almost non-existsnt in LS, I will have to modify 1/2" dollhouse stuff and what little appropriate LS stuff is out there. Lots to do still!
here is a full pic, kinda crowded but it gives a good idea of its overall environment:
The upper layout is removable, I designed it so the top could go to shows, but so far its only been to one (1) show since 2008…so I might just fix it permanantly.
I think it needs a mini-subway… Passenger cars could be egg-liners… hehehe 
Victor, it looks good…
Current schematic plan to date, surprised I never added one, anyways its pretty much done, just adding more details ond peoples to do, figure that tweaking the scenery will keep me busy for a long while.
We just got back from Quatzsite, Ariz. You’ve been busy! Looking good. Are you decorating for the holidays?
Hi Doug, not beyond the usual lights on the house, I will set up the xmas tree train again with the small 21" circle. but between Thanksgiving and an event at a relatives last weekend we’re simply too bushed to decorate right now.
Victor Smith said:Is that a political statement, Vic? :P (tongue firmly planted in my cheek)
Hi Doug, not beyond the usual lights on the house, I will set up the xmas tree train again with the small 21" circle. but between Thanksgiving and an event at a relatives last weekend we're simply too [b]bushed[/b] to decorate right now.
bushed (boo‹sht) adj. Informal. Extremely tired; exhausted: “I once stayed awake seven years on end. Not even a nap. Boy, was I bushed” (Martin Amis). [Possibly from Australian slang, lost in the bush.]
no reference to that other guy
I like the schematic. It really gives you a good idea on how much you got crammed on that amount of space
I guess I can say that the scenery is done, well for now:
You can see some of the scale “junk” in these pics, I have always found typical model RRs to way to clean and pristine for my tastes as almost every real railroad I ever have been to (outside of Disneyland) was always littered with junk and trash. So even though my layout is impossibly squashed and foreshorted till its almost infront of its own back, its still got mor detail than alot of other layouts I’ve seen
Its the little details that make this fun Even got a short video of the layout to date:The train is a cheeser Lionel job I got on extreme sale for $30 at Big Lots, found out why as the drive was busted but it was fixable, so now I’m experimenting with seing what its potential is.
Some interesting characters inhabiting your layout Looks great Vic.
Victor,
Looks fantastic.
Now if I can just get the rest of the family to agree to give me the Family Room for an indoor layout
Ralph
this layout is ALIVE!
if i ever come near to this level of details, i will be very content.
message recieved Howard thanks
I have to face a few facts… …the biggest being that my layout is once again, proving to be too large for my given circumstances. I’m really getting tired of this but between the growing need for more storage space, family issues, my new interest in Marxism (Louis Marx) and the fact that even though its mobile, my layout still literally eats ½ the garage open space…I really can’t keep the layout as it is. I think these problems have been apparent since I took up the fixed layout and began building the mobile layout. Model train layouts regardless of scale, tend to be enormous space eaters. It was the primary reason I dismantled the bigger layout, and this layout is about as small as it can get using R1 track. It’s just that now as I’m moving more things around between the house and the garage that this cannot be ignored again. I don’t want to just drop out of LS altogether, so instead I’m looking at taking down the lower 5’6” part of the mobile and doing probably what I should have done from Day 1 of dismantling the fixed layout, and that is focus 100% on the 3’ square micro layout, I never had any problems when that was all I had. I figure I can reuse 80% of the structures and 100% of the details and figures, the biggest issue facing me is the fact that there is still a sizable chunk of my roster that will never fit on the micro, so another round of sales will be coming up but I do plan to try and rebuild a couple of my favorites that wont currently fit. I seam destined to build micros. First thing to do is a complete photo documentation of the layout as is, then start test fitting structures onto the micro, get ready… I have a feeling this new layout is going to look insane before I’m finished with it. This is going to be quite a challenge…where’s the shoehorn? Here I go… again……
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