Re: Hammertoe, my 16mm scale 45mm gauge Indoor layout
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2026 11:34 am
Working on the waterfall and the waves/ripples Scrat, Updated photos soon.
Of bigger news is the fact the the Melbourne weather has been a bit better and I have braced myself and ventured out into the garden. Last weekend I gathered up all my old LGB track sections and started laying out what I had. I wanted to see if I could do anything useful without buying any more track. Turns out I have enough to make a simple oval of track with a passing siding. Nothing major only about 4m overall with 600mm radius curves.
I don't really have that much flat, level space but I do have a slightly raised flower bed that is wide enough and might be long enough to fit it in. I spent a bit of time starting to prune back some overgrowth, pull out some dead/dying plants and generally policing the site. There are some bigger landscaping rocks to deal with and leveling will be interesting but I think it could work. Next step is to get the site ready and maybe get some pegs and string lines up so I can get a sense of the lay of the land.
I'm thinking of using concrete blocks set on their sides on a bed of tamped down roadway gravel base. Based on the way the garden has behaved I think any kind of wood will rot quickly. I really only want to have to do this once and have limited ongoing maintenance.
Quite the new adventure and I'm look forward to having something up and running by late springtime.
Of bigger news is the fact the the Melbourne weather has been a bit better and I have braced myself and ventured out into the garden. Last weekend I gathered up all my old LGB track sections and started laying out what I had. I wanted to see if I could do anything useful without buying any more track. Turns out I have enough to make a simple oval of track with a passing siding. Nothing major only about 4m overall with 600mm radius curves.
I don't really have that much flat, level space but I do have a slightly raised flower bed that is wide enough and might be long enough to fit it in. I spent a bit of time starting to prune back some overgrowth, pull out some dead/dying plants and generally policing the site. There are some bigger landscaping rocks to deal with and leveling will be interesting but I think it could work. Next step is to get the site ready and maybe get some pegs and string lines up so I can get a sense of the lay of the land.
I'm thinking of using concrete blocks set on their sides on a bed of tamped down roadway gravel base. Based on the way the garden has behaved I think any kind of wood will rot quickly. I really only want to have to do this once and have limited ongoing maintenance.
Quite the new adventure and I'm look forward to having something up and running by late springtime.