Hinshaw Valley Engineering Report

[DKS]

Actually, in my mind, you would never really view this scene from this angle.

So, that suggests a shallow relief version of the building might work. Otherwise, Ed's right--way too crammed, and not plausible.

[davefoxx]

Tom,

Any chance you could snap a picture from across the layout to give us an idea of whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?  Oh, and in your last pic, your hoppers are fouling the main. 

DFF

[wm3798]

While it looks a little cramped, as I recall, it's a door layout, no?  Show me a door layout that isn't cramped.  I'm going to let Tom tease out the scenery a bit before I start critiquing.  It reminds me a little of Gregg's dearly departed 2x4...  I'm sure it looked silly up close and personal, but it had some really good photo angles.

It sounds like he's using this as a photo bed, not necessarily as a museum quality display layout...  Personally, I'd get rid of all that wood holding it up.  Existential benchwork doesn't require anything but the idea of structure...

Lee

[DKS]

While it looks a little cramped, as I recall, it's a door layout, no?

4 X 8, IIRC. Sort of equivalent to a door in N scale, I suppose.

[GaryHinshaw]

Yep - 4x8 based on Dave Frary's Cactus Valley.  Definitely a train-set'y style, but it did have good angles.  Back in the day I was imagining having the Walthers pellet transfer station there:




Tall and narrow, but it takes a different type of hopper.... 

I'm amazed the grain elevator fits there at all!

-gfh

[Ed Kapuscinski]

While it looks a little cramped, as I recall, it's a door layout, no?  Show me a door layout that isn't cramped.

Just sayin... it's possible.

[DKS]

Just sayin...

Ha! Stepped in that one, eh, Lee?

[davefoxx]

Heh, you beat me to it, Ed.  I was going to post pics of the former Virginia Central.  I don't believe that it was cramped, either.

DFF

[GaryHinshaw]

A door layout in N is a ~5 x 12 in HO.  This layout is cramped.

[wm3798]

Yeah, as opposed to the wide open spaces on mine!


Lee

[John]

Yeah, as opposed to the wide open spaces on mine!


Lee

how are you ever going to clean all that crap .. ???

[GaryHinshaw]

That would make a great set for "Switcher Madness 2".
 

[Bob Bufkin]

That's easy John.  He's going to invite all of us over and hand us cleaning pads.  Whoever finishes his or her section first wins a free beer.

[wm3798]

But seriously, folks...  Yeah, Ed, you can take a nice photo on your layout from the right angle, but at the end of the day, it's a 5' loop and the trains look silly with more than 12 cars.  That's cramped.

Which reinforces my point... Tom's doing a photo stage, so the vignettes in and of themselves will be nice, but the overview of the layout will be just as crowded as the fabled kidney.

Lee

[tom mann]

The big cramped industry with no access for employees won't be the only non-realistic aspect of the Hinshaw Valley!  Remember, in 32sq ft, there are 3 bridges and 3 tunnels.  I don't even know how that is possible! 

However, whatever is added to that location, I still need a paved area.  The industry could be interchangeable.