Ardree Quay

[derek]

5 minutes ago, LNERW1 said:

I had to run out and film it on my (not very good) phone, in about -1 or -2 degrees, at 9pm, in November, in my jim jams. I could see my own breath better than the garden room! And it's too dark now to get anything better. I'll be back with a picture in the morning, hopefully.

How 'bout you just tell us?

[DJ Dangerous]

37 minutes ago, JasonB said:

Not quite sure what's going on here. Is this a remake of The Blair Witch Project? 

It’s a garden hedge. He knows how much you love your nocturnal hedges.

 

7 minutes ago, LNERW1 said:

I had to run out and film it on my (not very good) phone, in about -1 or -2 degrees, at 9pm, in November, in my jim jams. I could see my own breath better than the garden room! And it's too dark now to get anything better. I'll be back with a picture in the morning, hopefully.

Is it a layout room?

[LNERW1]

19 minutes ago, derek said:

How 'bout you just tell us?

I did, 'tis a garden room

16 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Is it a layout room?

Half needs to be usable as a spare room, so I'm using the brilliant FREMO system and making it modular. Most of the time it will be a 100% railway room, but I can take down one corner in just a few minutes and it can be used as a guest room. It'll house a folded double track loop, made up of two C-shaped or L-shaped halves, connected by a helix at either end. The helixes are not portable, as the plan is to make it possible to exhibit the layout with the two halves connected on the flat. There'll also be a few junction modules (custom made with FREMO dimensions and endplates on the main line ends so as to be compatible with the rest of the layout) one to connect Ardree in to the main layout. However, there'll be one or two other small terminus layouts connected as well- but that's a story for another day!

[DJ Dangerous]

6 minutes ago, LNERW1 said:

I did, 'tis a garden room

Half needs to be usable as a spare room, so I'm using the brilliant FREMO system and making it modular. Most of the time it will be a 100% railway room, but I can take down one corner in just a few minutes and it can be used as a guest room. It'll house a folded double track loop, made up of two C-shaped or L-shaped halves, connected by a helix at either end. The helixes are not portable, as the plan is to make it possible to exhibit the layout with the two halves connected on the flat. There'll also be a few junction modules (custom made with FREMO dimensions and endplates on the main line ends so as to be compatible with the rest of the layout) one to connect Ardree in to the main layout. However, there'll be one or two other small terminus layouts connected as well- but that's a story for another day!

That sounds excellent!

What size is the room?

How much do the FREMO boards cost?

[LNERW1]

11 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

That sounds excellent!

What size is the room?

How much do the FREMO boards cost?

I believe the room is around 4mx8m and i have not gotten through to the baseboard guy yet (dont worry its not the MRB guy)

[DJ Dangerous]

3 minutes ago, LNERW1 said:

I believe the room is around 4mx8m and i have not gotten through to the baseboard guy yet (dont worry its not the MRB guy)

That’s a whopping area to run trains in!

Glad it’s not @Dave Lindfield, that could get messy.

[Mol_PMB]

Sounds like an amazing space!

Speaking as someone who has started a lot of overambitious layouts and finished few, I would recommend building a module at a time to start with, whilst keeping a grand plan in mind that they will eventually fit into. Don’t try and build 20 baseboards at the start.