Very nice and well thought out. This could be a teaching tool for young folks or new people to the hobby. It shows a small space can be plenty and detailed nicely.
Well done! Looking forward to the full update on the project completion. Been following the progress videos. Wish I had built one of these to take on business road trips when I was working.
Wow! The design is amazing! Everything is so well designed. Thanks for this peek of you at your peak! Well, it's you being great, hopefully more to come - don't peak yet! 😂
First video on it was two years ago. I’ll have a long start-to-finish build video in a few weeks. Here is the first video on it: Build an N Scale Switching Layout in a Wooden Case! ua-cam.com/video/AkNJCVkP1ys/v-deo.html
Dam dude 😮 that be a work of art 😮 when you're a kid that train in a case is something you see being sold somewhere 😮 and it sticks in the mind😮 it's so much work to build that sort of thing 😅😁👍
I’ve done that in the past but it can be finicky in N scale since you really need all the couplers to be the same, make sure the trip pins haven’t shifted out of alignment, etc. tolerances are just a lot smaller in n scale and the screw driver works pretty well. But I should probably give it another go at some point with the magnets as it is fun to operate with them when they work well.
Super. A very nice switching pike. My HO scale model railroad has HO standard gauge and HOn30" narrow gauge track, and just a touch of HOn3' narrow gauge track, but when nobody is looking, I operate my N scale standard gauge trains on the HOn30" (N) track, and I also have two 18" gauge steam powered zoo trains, (N scale standard gauge = 18" gauge) and two 7.5 inch scale "ride on" trains that operate on the N gauge track. (N scale standard gauge = 7.5" gauge "ride on" scale track. No On30" yet.) Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Tracy, a fellow modeller used to model Ingeniero Jacobacci station which has broad gauge (1676mm) in HO mainly diesel and industrial narrow gauge (750mm) in N steam. The station has some tracks that are - broad gauge only: cargo, Y to turn round locos, and loco depot - narrow gauge only: station, sidings, turntable, engine depot, other facilities - dual gauge track (sharing left rail): main station platform, siding to pen, heads to (broad gauge) Y This exists! It's in the province of Rio Negro, 🇦🇷 Argentina He had modeled it. All the tracks and facilities though shortened up to fit in his home. It was published in a few local magazines. I managed to visit him once, all prototypical shiftings, great afternoon! Regretably it wasn't modular, so when he moved, it was torn up. A real pity. Cheers = saludos Richard Buenos Aires, 🇦🇷 Argentina 🤗🧉
That must be a lot of fun, the multiple track gauges seem like they'd make for a lot of running options. Similar to the way I use my HO shelf layout, when nobody's looking I run my O-16.5 trains. 😂 (Close to On30 but using the British O scale of 1:43 or 7mm/ft.)
Now that’s cool small layout to take to work with ya 😎🚂
That is very nice! He's the first model railroader I've seen who needs a roadie!! 🙃
Honestly it’d be nice to have modular mini layouts like this
Steve this whole setting is fantastic. Wow! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍🛤🛤🛤🛤
I like the velcro for where the boxcar needs to go idea
Very nice and well thought out. This could be a teaching tool for young folks or new people to the hobby. It shows a small space can be plenty and detailed nicely.
Well done! Looking forward to the full update on the project completion. Been following the progress videos. Wish I had built one of these to take on business road trips when I was working.
Wow! The design is amazing! Everything is so well designed. Thanks for this peek of you at your peak! Well, it's you being great, hopefully more to come - don't peak yet! 😂
Thanks! I fixed the spelling error. Too early in the morning on too little sleep. Lol
Did you do videos on this build? I love it
First video on it was two years ago. I’ll have a long start-to-finish build video in a few weeks. Here is the first video on it: Build an N Scale Switching Layout in a Wooden Case!
ua-cam.com/video/AkNJCVkP1ys/v-deo.html
Besides just being fun, this is a good logic lesson for kids to be involved in.
Dig it. That's really cool.😎
Just awesome, thanks for sharing. Dave
Unique build as the lid came up it was a show....
Looks great Steve!
That's an amazing micro layout...so cool. Regards Bernie
Love the GMTX GP15, my local has some of these (Farmrail)
This is a blast now I want one for my apartment !!! XD
Dam dude 😮 that be a work of art 😮 when you're a kid that train in a case is something you see being sold somewhere 😮 and it sticks in the mind😮 it's so much work to build that sort of thing 😅😁👍
Great looks awesome! The paper pictures I would laminate so that they take longer to wear out/bend.
I want to get a simple/cheap laminator for that kind of thing.
Thats very cool
LOVE the buildings . Are ir comercial reference?
They are all kit bashed from various Walthers and DPM kits. Can see some of them here: ua-cam.com/video/VF1rg1wfmWc/v-deo.htmlsi=3XQLPdH6NkD6gmDh
Very cool Steve! Almost pocket sized! LOL
Whoa! Take it on the go! 😊
Awesome display case 👍🏻
Great idea Steve!
Super!
🤔why not use magnetic decouplers? and then pushing the cars to where you gona park them
Cheers
I’ve done that in the past but it can be finicky in N scale since you really need all the couplers to be the same, make sure the trip pins haven’t shifted out of alignment, etc. tolerances are just a lot smaller in n scale and the screw driver works pretty well. But I should probably give it another go at some point with the magnets as it is fun to operate with them when they work well.
Cool! Very cool and nicely done
Awesome video, it would be a great help if you told me the tool you used decoupling. Thanks.
I just use a small Phillips head screw driver.
Thanks pal
Nice!
That's sick
Time for some micro-switching!
I’m going to have a switching video with cab view on this layout soon. I have three micro cameras for that.
WOW
Cool.
I want one please
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍🏆
Super. A very nice switching pike. My HO scale model railroad has HO standard gauge and HOn30" narrow gauge track, and just a touch of HOn3' narrow gauge track, but when nobody is looking, I operate my N scale standard gauge trains on the HOn30" (N) track, and I also have two 18" gauge steam powered zoo trains, (N scale standard gauge = 18" gauge) and two 7.5 inch scale "ride on" trains that operate on the N gauge track. (N scale standard gauge = 7.5" gauge "ride on" scale track. No On30" yet.) Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Tracy, a fellow modeller used to model Ingeniero Jacobacci station which has broad gauge (1676mm) in HO mainly diesel and industrial narrow gauge (750mm) in N steam.
The station has some tracks that are
- broad gauge only: cargo, Y to turn round locos, and loco depot
- narrow gauge only: station, sidings, turntable, engine depot, other facilities
- dual gauge track (sharing left rail): main station platform, siding to pen, heads to (broad gauge) Y
This exists!
It's in the province of Rio Negro, 🇦🇷 Argentina
He had modeled it. All the tracks and facilities though shortened up to fit in his home.
It was published in a few local magazines. I managed to visit him once, all prototypical shiftings, great afternoon!
Regretably it wasn't modular, so when he moved, it was torn up. A real pity.
Cheers = saludos
Richard
Buenos Aires, 🇦🇷 Argentina
🤗🧉
Saludos. 💙 T.E.N.
That must be a lot of fun, the multiple track gauges seem like they'd make for a lot of running options. Similar to the way I use my HO shelf layout, when nobody's looking I run my O-16.5 trains. 😂 (Close to On30 but using the British O scale of 1:43 or 7mm/ft.)
I have 800 freight cars and 200 passenger cars, in original boxes, it's difficult to store all that in wooden crates, I would need a lot of crates!!