HOe modular project
No
name yet for this latest project..
For a long time I've had
a plan in my head for a long thin shelf layout on our
landing, using 009 / HOe stock. Little people who play with vigour on
that landing has put that particular plan on hold, but the thinking led
me to planning and starting this project.
The idea is to have two small terminii, with at least one module in
between.. with the option of adding more as and when. I didn't get on
too well with 009 the first time but thought I'd try again, sticking
with a vaguely flat North German feel and available RTR HOe stock.
As usual, some items are ebay bargains.. but the track is all
new PECO 009, with really excellent fine limestone ballast from GeeDee
in Nottingham. I ordered the two Auhagen station kits from
International Models. Ideally I want to get lighting in the buildings,
and the wiring is keeping that in mind.
Each module is 20cm x 60cm (actually 66cm, the width of a sheet of MDF), with no backscene.. being
operable and to be viewed from all around. They are joined with coach
bolts and electrically connected using DIN switches soldered up. (My
soldering is rubbish.. although I did make the swing in the garden with
wire, using my soldering iron as though I knew what I was doing!)
The square building at Friedrichsdorf is an HO cheapie from ebay out of the bits box, which
is probably going to be a cycle hire shop..or a taxi firm..
Until I work out how to support the layout beyond the dining table..
the only other module I'm likely to build next is a U shaped one to
insert in the centre.
The three modules so far |
Edibeckersee |
central module |
Friedrichsdorf |
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