Building the layout

Building the layout

It began when looking for something with more potential than a tuning fork or inglenook when I found David Mitchell’s excellent collection of micros. 

My only limitation was it must fit in a RUB storage box which kinda me pushed towards Justin’s range of ‘layouts in a box’, David’s Kidmore Halt is everything I want, two turnouts and potential movement. 

The scene will be a last domestic coal merchant, during the early ‘90s, in Treptow, Berlin somewhat similar to this scene.

This is another approach

Kohlenbachbrücke James Hilton

David’s Kidmore used a Scale Model Scenery BBO18 baseboard + 22ltr box and a separate fiddle stick……what if a BBO17 board was used, it is 372mm longer and fits in the 77ltr box? Rather than a fiddle stick there could be a hidden siding with the additional length used in the foreground as a long siding…or maybe flip the track plan as done by James Hilton with Kohlenbachbrücke

The same rules apply 

1. Only one locomotive
2. Only four freight cars
3. Magnetic hands free uncoupling
4. DCC turnouts*

*DCC concepts now offer an adaptor to allow their DCC-fitted turnout motors to be fitted on their side, this reduces the clearance needed under the baseboard to just under 40mm, perfect for SMS baseboards which are just 47mm deep.

Potential stock 

V15, three small wagons wagons

Berlin backstreets 

Berlin street scenes