Ammo Box Layout

[Richard Pike]

After finishing and exhibiting my last box layout I was on the lookout for another suitable box to start a new project.  Whilst looking for something in the workshop of the Middleton Railway I came across such a box.

Dated 1961 an ammo box for holding 2 rounds of 105mm HE.  Permission given I took it home at the back end of 2018 and start what appears to be yet another WW1 inspired layout.  The box is 32in x 10.5in x 6in.  Not wanting to compromise the box I have built a baseboard that will fit inside the box but wired in such a way that it can be operated in, on or away from the box.

The layout is basically an inglenook but with scope for expansion there is a fiddle yard of sorts but rather than going off scene will be "masked" by trees and will look (hopefully) like a loop on the main line so will be part of the scenery.   I've been at it for 6 months now but the 1:1 scale railway keeps getting in the way.

[Graeme Dunbar]

That's a good size for a small/micro layout. It looks big enough to have good operational potential and I like your "hidden in plain sight" approach to the fiddle yard.

It's also nice to see another Anyrail user!

[MickT]

Nice idea and well executed Richard.

Mick

[Jeff Schumaker]

A creative use for the box, as well as appropriate.

Jeff S.

[Richard Pike]

[Jeff Schumaker]

Nice work on the scenery.

Jeff S.

[Graeme Dunbar]

The scenic break in front of the storage/fiddle yard area is very effective.

[Richard Pike]

There will be additional bushes between the trees, to make it hidden yet not hidden.

[Graeme Dunbar]

"Hiding in plain sight"  Quite apt for a military layout :)

[Michael Hurt]

Very good job.

[Richard Pike]

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[JulienW]

Very nice - well done!

[Jeff Schumaker]

Excellent work.

Jeff S.

[Richard Pike]