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by deanobeano
Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:13 am
Forum: My Layout
Topic: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls
Replies: 32
Views: 69905

Re: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls

Hi Mike, That's thinking outside the box if you pardon the pun!! - never thought of adding a spacer to help form the box!! Your a far braver man than I re placing the point ends across joints - I worked hard to make sure the key point ends were both away from the board joint and the cross members (j...
by deanobeano
Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:10 pm
Forum: Buildings and Scenery
Topic: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings
Replies: 9
Views: 35809

Re: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings

They are super buildings and once i get my flight legs back (DVT!!!) New England is definitely on the places to go list. Peter, thanks for the tips re the building materials. Another attempt on Wed saw an improvement on overall shape although I think that it still needs a slight increase in length (...
by deanobeano
Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:40 pm
Forum: Buildings and Scenery
Topic: Challenge 2015 - Peter Bowen - HO Roundhouse
Replies: 46
Views: 133389

Re: Challenge 2015 - Peter Bowen - HO Roundhouse

Hi Peter, The weathering of the floor looks really good, our garage floor looks something very similar!! I guess the techniques are the same no matter what the scale but I guess the larger the scale the better the opportunity to make it look like the real thing - any pointers for a n gauge man and a...
by deanobeano
Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:28 pm
Forum: My Layout
Topic: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls
Replies: 32
Views: 69905

Re: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls

Hi Mike, Nice idea for joining the boards, thank you - I also see from your pic that you have a section which swings over on top for transport? If there's one thing I have learned to date is that there are so many ways of doing things but each seems to have a compromise to go with it! I would have l...
by deanobeano
Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:03 pm
Forum: Buildings and Scenery
Topic: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings
Replies: 9
Views: 35809

Re: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings

Good Evening, Just to show I haven't forgotten this challenge please see below the 1st (very crude) mockup of the Drive In cabin of which I need about 6 or 7 to fill a space on the proposed layout. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5713/23587383336_4cdbcfb6e9_c.jpg Drive In cabin Mk1 by Dean Halls , on...
by deanobeano
Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:59 pm
Forum: My Layout
Topic: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls
Replies: 32
Views: 69905

Re: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls

Good evening, And a nice drink it was :D As promised a very quickly drawn layout using one of the many on line available track planning tools - it was only the demo version hence the limited plan. I have found that "playing" with the actual turnouts onto a solid surface was a really enjoya...
by deanobeano
Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:04 pm
Forum: My Layout
Topic: My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls
Replies: 32
Views: 69905

My First Layout - N Gauge Denesport & Lesley Falls

Hi All, If this works then i might just have a small drink with my dinner tonight!! https://farm1.staticflickr.com/729/22988119039_61552892b3_z.jpg image by Dean Halls , on Flickr The picture above shows the traditional framework (Metric versions of 3" x 1") of one of the two baseboards th...
by deanobeano
Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:44 pm
Forum: Buildings and Scenery
Topic: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings
Replies: 9
Views: 35809

Re: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings

Peter / Koos, many thanks for the advice and encouragement - Flickr here we come!!!

Dean
by deanobeano
Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: Buildings and Scenery
Topic: Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings
Replies: 9
Views: 35809

Dean Halls Challenge 2015 N Gauge Buildings

Hi everyone, This step into actually building something has been a long time coming - here's hoping I'm ready for it! Scratch Building something for presentation by March and having to show progress along the way I'm sure will help focus the mind (posting is a new challenge too - can someone advise ...
by deanobeano
Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: Competitions & Challenges
Topic: Challenge 2015
Replies: 13
Views: 31254

Re: Challenge 2015

Hi Koos,

Thanks for the response - I will try again to post my beginnings!!

Regards

Dean
by deanobeano
Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:25 pm
Forum: Competitions & Challenges
Topic: Challenge 2015
Replies: 13
Views: 31254

Re: Challenge 2015

Hi Koos,

Took the plunge and tried to post but not sure what went wrong (or I did or didn't do) but it didn't work out - you will see a post but there's nothing there when you try to open it and it seems to have an odd date (1970) attached. Any thoughts?

Regards

Dean
by deanobeano
Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: Competitions & Challenges
Topic: Challenge 2015
Replies: 13
Views: 31254

Re: Challenge 2015

Hi everyone, as a "newbie" and with an interest in participating rather than just planning can someone advise on the protocol for entering the winter challenge please?