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Unfinnished but motorised Dapol wind-mill dominates the skyline
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The layout circuit board is made from MDF in the form of a pull out drawer in the middle front of the base board.
The black circuit lines are visible sections of the track, the red lines are track work obscured by tunnels or off scene storage.
The LED's are dual colour red/green. when off, the track is not powered, when green the track is powered and available, when red, the point is set against that section of track, or is occupied by a train.
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This is the Peco manufactured kit being used as the high level station and is set against a Peco backscene paper.
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This shows the scratchbuilt canal scene with motorised lock gates, still awaiting it's water. A .long way to go yet, but gives a taste of the finnished product.
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Another view of the canal with the adjacent low level station which is the other part of the Peco kit, nearby is the mini lake.
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An overall view of the layout. The unfinished intermediate area supporting some of my tools was to be another station, but second thoughts have prescribed some sort of industry, which means inserting a kick back siding where the old piece of setrack is laying over the ballasted track work.. This entails me making a point to fit this exact location because no commertial double radius point is available. I have made a template of the existing curved track, I am now in the process of turning this into a working point. ::)
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As you have found out Rabbit warren layouts are always very popular with the general public at model railway exhibitions, especially the children. I have one that is now over 30 years old and it is as popular as ever.
They can get to be a bit tedious to operate though!
Brian Meldon
Hello Brian, I think I would substitute tiring for tedious.:D
Keeping four trains circulating all on the one controller with only approximately 40ft of track available, under exhibition conditions, where the public expect to see something running at all times is/was a very tiring experience. ;D
Regards,
Brian.
Brian, that is why folks use DCC!
Hello "friend".
This bunny has enough trouble trying to use catch up TV without going into the realms of DCC. ;D
Regards,
Brian.
Hello again.
I have done a little more work on the rabbit layout, mainly scenic but I will append a few photo's.
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Although as you said it is incomplete it is a very good start i look forward to seeing your layout progressing and must say the rabbit warren layout do look fun indeed
Lee
A couple of picture updates.
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The lower station has now got a bay platform with a few people populating the platform. Stood in the bay is modified Lilliput coach that I have made into a motor coach by the simple expediant of mounting the coach body onto a "Kato" bogie chassis. This operates with an auto circuit that changes the points and power supply via a relay so the autocoach runs off scene and back with a timing circuit while the normal service is trundling around the rest of the layout. The original can scene has been altered because I ruined the first effort by pouring a water mix into that requires heating to make it runnable, this promptly melted the Plasticard canal banks and the palsticard dam I had fitted to protect the opening lock gates from beng overun, with the result that the gates became enbedded in the water mix. I would not recomend this substance for any water effects that require anything other than the creation of a simple pond or lake. It does not readily run round items that you require embedded within the water effect such as the canal booats etc.
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The upper station has also been populated and has a little street furniture added.
A little more work has been undertaken.
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