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| Scale: |
HO
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| Size: |
14'
X 8', plus 18ft Branch and 12 ft branch (through the wall into
second room) as well as a 24' section to staging. |
| Prototype: |
Canadian
National, Hopewell Subdivision, Oxford Subdivision, Pictou
Landing Subdivision, and Sydney Subdivison.
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| Locale: |
Stellarton,
New Glasgow, Trenton, Granton, Abercrombie, Pictou Landing, Valley, Havre Boucher, North Sydney, Nova
Scotia. Staging is Truro and Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Period |
1978
|
| Layout
style: |
Middle
Section with Duck Under and Around the wall sections in two rooms. |
| Layout
height: |
54"
to 57"
|
| Bench
work: |
Steel
Benchwork using C Channel and Steel Studs and 16" shelves with
shelving underneath in Abercrombie and Pictou Landing Branch |
| Roadbed: |
Cork
on 2" styrofoam insulation. Using Woodland Scenics
incline sets for grades |
| Track: |
Atlas
Code
83
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| Turnouts: |
Peco
Code 83 #5's, a few Walthers #5's and Walthers curved turnouts and
Walthers wye. |
| Minimum
Radius: |
24"
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| Length
of mainline: |
I
still need to measure this accurately.
|
| Scenery: |
currently
working on track / tie painting and ballasting...many buildings in
place. |
| Backdrop: |
Will
be painted on walls
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| Power
system |
Lenz
DCC, sound equipped
|
| Operations: |
Car
cards, 4 sided Waybills, |
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