Hi All,

As some of you may know I'm moving from Weymouth to Swanage, a bit further down the coast, with a nice beach / harbour, some lovely pubs, and a good theatre, like Weymouth has, but also a real Steam Railway, and room inside for me to build a layout like all you guys have .... which I don't have in Weymouth.

The house that I was aiming for fell through, so I have been looking at other properties, and all is sorted with an end of terrace new (4yrs old) build.

It is fabulously insulated so should be cheap to run, in the kitchen all the appliances are fitted in, and there is a wood burner in the lounge and patio doors to a small back garden.





The house is further out of town than the one I had previously sorted, which knowing sea-side towns is quite a good thing. I am only about 10 mins walk from the town centre, which is ok, and the house is far nicer     

Anyway, that's not what you want to know about. You want to know where I can put a layout 

There are two bedrooms upstairs, like I have here. One just a bedroom for me, and another as spare room / work room. Then above that is a room in what would be the loft which will be solely for a layout.

This is the size ....



And here's how it looks .....







My first thoughts are to have a dog-bone layout like this ....



I might also get an outer loop running continuously round the walls, and on a shelf at the stairs end. 

Also perhaps a fiddle yard here, where the cardboard box is. 



Anyhow, that's what is planned, so will let you know when I know what's going on 

All best wishes

Kevin

 

Looks such a pleasant property  kevin with just a perfect Railway room. Hope you can stagger home from pub, park if need,  get to the shops and still have space for all those layouts !

When is the house warming party?

Hold your horses Martin     

I've got to get me there first !

There will be one though, and I'll try and fix it for when there's an open day at the railway     

All best wishes

Kevin

 

 
 Best of luck Kevin, looking forward to your new layout
  stay safe regards Derek

Hi Kevin,

That all looks great  . Looking forward to your build and the house warming, seems like plenty of room to crash 

Cheers, weave 

Great stuff. You're all set now!

That plan looks like it's a Model Railroader one, and, like most North American layouts, is single track. Now you have the dream space, it's got to be double track!

Looks great, Kevin.
You do have a crash helmet for wearing in the railway room, don't you?  

Very exciting time starting a new layout, Kevin.

Deadwood is a limp dog-bone layout like you are planning. This basic configuration worked very well for me.

Happy planning and building, Webbo

Looks great (I'm jealous), best wishes for the move 



Ed

All sounds good but is there a Dog House nearby, ideally with an updated website. Just for the Fakebook followers and before 'someone' else posts it they do update this page at least 

Great to see the potential there, congratulations!

Hi All,

Well, I've been a bit preoccupied with getting everything sorted out with banks and solicitors to get the contracts exchanged for completion before stamp duty goes up.

All is sorted now. Everything was completed yesterday, so now I've got a new house with an upstairs room for a "big boys" railway, and walking distance from the steam railway     

No date for the move yet, as I need to get tenants in here at Weymouth (the letting agent is coming round Monday) but all is now completed 

The main aim was getting the finances in place before the rise in stamp duty, and plans for Swanage will start towards the end of May with exploring the pubs, looking for Martin's "plank on the pier", and is it too early to plan a layout       

All best wishes

Kevin

 

Hi kevin
Slowly but surely bit by bit

Hope you can relax the weekend and chill

It's never too early to plan a layout as, to my mind, it's the most important piece of any set up. If you don't get it right you'll come to hate it further down the line (sorry )