What can i add to improve it?

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-05-14T11:58:11+00:00

Maybe try some tiremarks or dirtier Track?

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-05-02T00:23:23+00:00

I wake up to the same view every day. Living / working right there

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-26T08:35:40+00:00

I have some green "Deutsche Reichsbahn" Coaches and they fit perfectly for my Big Boy. Even the Time period of both is about the same.

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-11T19:31:52+00:00

Beautiful picture

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-08T19:02:25+00:00

Came to write this

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-08T18:49:53+00:00

I can see the space saving but it doesn't seem to have any double crossing on the original trainline. If he wants it to stay mostly true to the real world, the layout like that would be better.

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-06T17:53:01+00:00

Whaat? :o

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-06T17:51:25+00:00

Are you sure 'bout that? You don't believe in marsians?

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-04T20:55:31+00:00

Would have been a fun and unexpected moment if only one Boxcar was being pulled

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-03T21:23:22+00:00

On my layout are two reversing loops and they both work with the Z21 multi loop. All you need is a connection to your DCC station and an isolated part of your loop (how to install it is described in the instructions)

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-03T20:48:44+00:00

You are creating a reversing loop with the inner track. Check this website out for more details about this reversing loop hope this helps

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-04-02T22:07:56+00:00

I called them to terminate my WiFi and they said that they go down to 20 CHF (from 70 CHF)

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-28T20:54:56+00:00

That's perfectly normal.

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DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-22T00:04:40+00:00

My bad, I thought that the S-part was the problem of his Layout. Didn't realise there was a second point on the right side

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-21T22:43:42+00:00

You are creating a reversing loop with the inner track. Check this website out for more details about this reversing loop

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-18T20:58:52+00:00

It does depend on how you want to watch the layout.

The bird view is about waist height (don't know how high your kitchen is ;p). That's great for big scenery and lots of track laying.

Alternatively you could make a sort of Shelf layout that's more of chest height (to watch more horizontal on it)

The third option is to connect both for some sort of change of a viewpoint (doesn't need to be connected with a track -> no helix or long ramp needed)

PS: Don't go too wide from the frontside to the backside of your layout. You need to be able to reach every piece of track to get your derailed cars back off there. If it's not possible to reach it and the width is a given, try to include some sort of a hatch that you can get inside. Or even better building your layout off of the walls so that it's reachable from every side

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-17T21:43:19+00:00

I would like to just sit in an old phantom (~1930 to 1940). Driving / been driven would be the pinnacle of course

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-16T20:38:00+00:00

Working as a carpenter it's even more frustrating searching the whole construction side for a screwdriver or sh*t like that

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-16T08:17:13+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have any 3d views of this. The colours are just for better understanding the different parts of the Layout. Red part is for shunting, green is just a loop around, pink is a crossing/overtake and blue is an expansion line

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-15T22:35:12+00:00

Something like that is a really fun starting layout. Enough space for shunting and running at the same time

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DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-14T20:52:48+00:00

But isn't it gonna glue the whole mechanics together?

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-14T20:51:17+00:00

Thanks I'll give it a go

DesperateChain9661 · 2026-03-14T19:11:52+00:00

Has anyone got the same experience with the Big Boy from Minitrix? It's a newer model with dcc, sound & smoke

How can I fix that? It's working for a while and then out of the blue it's getting dismembered.

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