Hello,
Possibly my first post here... need to check. I'm building a long skinny layout using one foot square "terra forma" blocks designed for war gaming scenery. The final layout will be able to be transported in a Really Useful Box, and will be held together by rare earth magnets, which will also connect the DCC bus together.
The idea is that this is a wharf on the River Somme, about 1920. Repurposed WW1 equipments are in use by the local sugar beet concern, as well as the salvage authorities.
I've seen a lot of WW1 layouts now, but so far nothing on the reconstruction. I'm at the stage where the track formation is mapped out, and I'm putting the scenery in place to make sure it looks OK. The layout will run as a fiddle yard to terminus for now, and if I ever make it to a show. In the longer term I hope to have it as part of a larger layout, as I like the idea of trains that actually travel from place to place. But that's a way away as we're currently in the process of relocating to France.
In fact, we just came back from France, and are self-isolating for the next two weeks. Hopefully I can make some solid progress on the wiring and scenic fronts! If there's any interest, I'll post progress pics here.
Looking good so far. What are Terra Forma Blocks? I'm not familiar with them. Is most of your Loc's DCC?
These are the Terraformers: https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/TerraFormers
They come as a flatpack MDF, which you glue together, and they have a set of two rare earth magnets on each side to lock them together.
The MDF sides have a basic terrain cut out, and you just creat scenery to follow the contours using foam (in my case) or whatever you want to use. In the photo attached, you can see one without foam inserted.
I understand the range will soon include a sector plate fiddle yard module as well.
I'm in the process of upgrading my locos to DCC.
Quote from: Mike Wilson on March 16, 2020, 07:44
These are the Terraformers: https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/TerraFormers
I haven't come across these before and they are an interesting concept.
Thanks, Julian