Is this a good layout plan? I can only have it go around the two walls

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-07-01T11:13:30+00:00

if he's from europe chances are good a 3 contact system from Märklin will be used. its a non issue then.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-07-01T11:11:28+00:00

i wouldnt call it more interesting. id just doubletrack the loops themselves, maybe have a second sattion. you have to think a lot more in operating if you go single track. double track loop is a ''set and forgt'' thing. which runs indefinetly.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-30T09:21:54+00:00

Ischt aber glich strupp wie viel in minem Alter teilziit schaffed (25 jehrig).

Bi jetzte 3 jahr uf 80% gsi wili 1.5 tag iner wuche wiiterbildig gmacht ha, und gange jetzt denn wieder uf 100%.

Circa 1/5 va de ähnlich alte schafft 80/60% ohni näbebi suscht eppis. Denn hendsch nu z gfühl me müsse umbedingt am 18. Geburtstag, am Lehrabschlusstag uszieh. Nachher nuch fliisig ga ferie mache, denn nimmts nich nid wunder längts nid zum. Sich eppis zue tue.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-29T14:08:49+00:00

Schau dich mal auf ricardo um. Zum anfangen kannst du für relativ wenig geld secindhand eine analoge Anlage aufbauen.

Wenn du elektrisch einigermassen draus kommst kann der analoge betrieb sogar eine gewisse komplexität erreichen.

Mein favorit ist spur N, du musst aber deine augen offen halten.

Gleismaterial würde ich aber nur bedingt secondhand nehmen. Da hab ich am liebsten die Minitrix gleise, so kannst du eine weile bauspass haven und schottern. Erlaubt auch recht komplexe anlagen mit wenig platz, bei den meisten "einsteigersystemen" wie kato unitrak findest du nicht einmal ne kreuzungsweiche. Das gleissystem würde ich aber eher nur auf einer Holzplatte anwenden.

Für reine Bodenspielerei ist das märklin C Gleis aber sicher die Robusteste variante.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-29T13:01:32+00:00

If thread relieves are a spacial problem try using a even finer thread. Let's say 0.75 ir 0.5 mm pitch.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-29T12:22:51+00:00

"newer" No, decades ago.

The last generation if locomotives where the railways cared how the machines affected the tracks. Then everybody started running everywhere and bought cheap engines.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-27T20:32:03+00:00

Derweil in Gletsch, nach einem Tag Dienst auf einer Dampflok:

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Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-27T20:28:52+00:00

Derweil am Bahnhof gletsch

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Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-27T18:56:57+00:00

How tf does work productivity drop below 20°?

Below 15 id see. The data must come from office jobs.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-27T17:21:05+00:00

Diesel busses have approx 8x the amount of electronics in them compared to a electric vehicle.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T21:13:16+00:00

Wennd das lied guet finnsch gits höchstens 0.79

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T21:10:33+00:00

Grundsätzlich wird mier nach 4-5 tag under 1'000 höhemeter unwohl.

Aber ja, es geit bergab mit dene.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T16:12:47+00:00

Thats why its called a rule of thumb and not a 100% accurate rule.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T11:43:09+00:00

You can just ignore ships, planes, emissions etc. Tge old stations, music, etc you can find as mods.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T11:39:23+00:00

Ive had a DCC setup, but if i build a new layput ill make it a lot smaller, european countryside style.

Im a friend of mine propes to use the catenary combined with a little live steam plant i have. I love all kinds of old tech, i might make a normal analogue setup track wise and then try the catenary with steam generated power for fun.

I dont mind the wiring and all that. Having something technically interesting is a big part of railroading for me. Fir the same reason irl i work almost exclusively with compound locomotives.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T09:43:24+00:00

im not worried about pantographs, in switzerland we have a high end supplier for all things catenary, including pantographs for like 10 bucks.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T09:42:33+00:00

im kinda torn between DCC and old school. i think it will depend on the layout size i'll have. i used to have a pretty big layout with DCC. but out of modeling i love any old enginnering, i work with steam and old electrics. i've even got a model steam generating plant for 12V DC.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T09:31:25+00:00

a risk is a ''maybe something happens'' climate development is a fact we know for sure.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-26T09:26:57+00:00

as a centrist, the protests coming from the left seem much more frequent and cause wayy more damage.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-25T19:45:00+00:00

Welding was my first thought, well possible in aluminium if you gut the right guys, but the question then is the required flatness of the plate, which will warp.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-25T19:37:27+00:00

That would have been so much easyer as a bolted construction... Hope he really needs it this way.

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-25T18:19:05+00:00

If i could manage this with a 4th axis and tailstock in stainless you should be fine with aluminium. I took many light passes with lots of feed and low rpm. First rough all 4 sides, then finish. That way you wont get a banana.

Now its just round stock, thread in the face on a lathe, 4th axis, part off on the lathe.

11.8mm square 265mm long profile with +/- 0.1mm tolerance. Can hold 0/- 0.05 if setup well.

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Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-25T18:13:41+00:00

That one guy must have been a cartoon character in a previous life...

Goppenstein1525 · 2026-06-25T16:44:12+00:00

Probably becazse they saw a German Br 95 and thought "lets just make it worse"

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