I said in a previous post that I would publish some construction photos of my 1st layout and having failed to do so have come to the attention of the moderators 
so upload willing here are the first shots of the Desolation & Eastern (note working name only and may change in future) also known as the Learning curve because of all its taught me (and i haven't laid any track yet!!)
The first is of the left hand side showning the standard L configuration of the bench work, its made from a recycled internal door that started life swinging in, was changed around in configuration by a previous owner of the house (who moved knob and lock so the ply is full of holes!!) then it was moded again to become a sliding door which my dad replaced.
I cut it up found some off cuts from his concreting project (which is why some of the wood is grey) bought what i needed and set to work tying up his shed from november last year to now
same as above but the right hand side of the layout, showing my novel 45 degree angled off shoot, this was put in to accomodate the sliding door behind and a passage from another door not seen to the left. this I plan will be where the layouts main centre and yard will be located, also can be seen is the spartan arrangement that comes with having your layout in the Queensland room out the back.
a Nice high oblique to give an overall impression of size total area is something in a square 1530mm wide by 2970mm long (give or take) actuall square footage of RR space yet to be determined. near the glue and up near the L module the tables former profession can be seen.
an under bench shot showing my 75% self taught carpentry skills (yeah i know your jealous :thumb the main table was completly rebuilt with a new frame and outside side braces only the door ply remained. the other side of the door with its frame was cut up and boxed to make the L and 45 modules. with the work ive done to that door it should survive a direct hit should the US start bombing. shown are the connect bolts for the L module (the layout is designed to be broken up and moved at least once, its living with dad while i attend uni but once i have my own place its with me or to the tip it goes) the same system is used for the 45 module. also shown are the homemade braces courtesy of the D&E backshops crew(dad).
and finally current progress showing the paint job which in terms of presentability has made the table look 50 time better than it was, you'll note unpainted sections thats because the temp has been about 10 C around here so i forgot to prime the screws on the legs
ops: - thats mondays job now provided the wether gets to double digits, very soon im going to be on this forum complaining about how the down under summer has buckled my track.
next time ill take you through my prototype theme, but until the next update i bid you fond adieu
Tony, founder and president of the D&E Lines
so upload willing here are the first shots of the Desolation & Eastern (note working name only and may change in future) also known as the Learning curve because of all its taught me (and i haven't laid any track yet!!)
The first is of the left hand side showning the standard L configuration of the bench work, its made from a recycled internal door that started life swinging in, was changed around in configuration by a previous owner of the house (who moved knob and lock so the ply is full of holes!!) then it was moded again to become a sliding door which my dad replaced.
I cut it up found some off cuts from his concreting project (which is why some of the wood is grey) bought what i needed and set to work tying up his shed from november last year to now
same as above but the right hand side of the layout, showing my novel 45 degree angled off shoot, this was put in to accomodate the sliding door behind and a passage from another door not seen to the left. this I plan will be where the layouts main centre and yard will be located, also can be seen is the spartan arrangement that comes with having your layout in the Queensland room out the back.
a Nice high oblique to give an overall impression of size total area is something in a square 1530mm wide by 2970mm long (give or take) actuall square footage of RR space yet to be determined. near the glue and up near the L module the tables former profession can be seen.
an under bench shot showing my 75% self taught carpentry skills (yeah i know your jealous :thumb
the main table was completly rebuilt with a new frame and outside side braces only the door ply remained. the other side of the door with its frame was cut up and boxed to make the L and 45 modules. with the work ive done to that door it should survive a direct hit should the US start bombing. shown are the connect bolts for the L module (the layout is designed to be broken up and moved at least once, its living with dad while i attend uni but once i have my own place its with me or to the tip it goes) the same system is used for the 45 module. also shown are the homemade braces courtesy of the D&E backshops crew(dad).and finally current progress showing the paint job which in terms of presentability has made the table look 50 time better than it was, you'll note unpainted sections thats because the temp has been about 10 C around here so i forgot to prime the screws on the legs
ops: - thats mondays job now provided the wether gets to double digits, very soon im going to be on this forum complaining about how the down under summer has buckled my track. next time ill take you through my prototype theme, but until the next update i bid you fond adieu
Tony, founder and president of the D&E Lines
