The STM (Schenkeldijkse Tramweg Maatschappij)

Yesterday I resumed the development of my layout. I started this bend.


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Ahhhh trains on the rails!!!

Some might remember my two rabbits who found great pleasure in ruining the plants at my old layout... Well, last November Barney died of age and in March this year we had to put Pebbles asleep, also due to age. She had become 11 years old.

So that gives the opportunity for even more track in the garden!!!
 
typical dutch....as soon the temps go over 18c+ they go out in the garden......
Best regards from a sunny noord holland

Sorry for your rabbits
 
Hi Henri,
Curious about the construction (and materials) in that top corner of the layout?
Tell us more..

PhilP.
 
Henri said:
Some might remember my two rabbits who found great pleasure in ruining the plants at my old layout... Well, last November Barney died of age and in March this year we had to put Pebbles asleep, also due to age. She had become 11 years old.

So that gives the opportunity for even more track in the garden!!!
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I was wondering about the rabbits, remembering your efforts to fence them out of the old tramway.
They seem to have lived to a ripe old age.
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Sad to hear about the bunnies, so far as I know they do not have a particularly long life span thus I believe that they both did well enjoying a good happy time in your gardens.
 
Todays progress. The difference in height was originally intended to be solved by a nifty plan with complex engineering. The two years of neglect have proven the plan to be wrong. There were hollow spaces underneat which where swiftly occupied by snails, ants and mice. So i came up with a new plan with bricks and concrete. I prepared one corner today. All is level now.

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Concrete will be used on top of these bricks.
 
justme igor said:
Where did you buy that plastic board?
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In Dutch it is called a 'Gietrand' of 'Borderrand', you can buy them for example at Hornbach (clickable). 10 meters, 15 cm wide. I've cut them in half, having 20 meters of 7,5 cm width. I find them very useful when using concrete. Leveling the borders and then it's just filling up with concrete and making sure the surface is level with the borders. Afterwards I remove them.
 
Henri said:
In Dutch it is called a 'Gietrand' of 'Borderrand', you can buy them for example at Hornbach (clickable). 10 meters, 15 cm wide. I've cut them in half, having 20 meters of 7,5 cm width. I find them very useful when using concrete. Leveling the borders and then it's just filling up with concrete and making sure the surface is level with the borders. Afterwards I remove them.
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Looks much like what we call UPVC Gravel Board in UK, Wicks sell it.
 
Having a challenge here. Did some mis-calculation (by head…) and now this curve is protesting at me.
The incoming curve is a very moderate R1 (one could say R2 ish), then this R3 point and then two straight, parallel tracks.
The further I move the point to the right, the better the fit. But I loose length on the two straights this way.

Pictured is the point at its ideal position. The top track is R1 and the bottom flextrack close to R3.

But I’d like to avoid R1 on the layout. This is not to my liking.

Maybe I can solve this with a bent point?

I’m open to suggestions.

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Henri said:
Having a challenge here. Did some mis-calculation (by head…) and now this curve is protesting at me.
The incoming curve is a very moderate R1 (one could say R2 ish), then this R3 point and then two straight, parallel tracks.
The further I move the point to the right, the better the fit. But I loose length on the two straights this way.

Pictured is the point at its ideal position. The top track is R1 and the bottom flextrack close to R3.

But I’d like to avoid R1 on the layout. This is not to my liking.

Maybe I can solve this with a bent point?

I’m open to suggestions.

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I'd always be tempted by a curved point in that situation - it'll look so much better and the trains will run through smoothly :nod::nod:
 
You have a 3d printer? i could make a stl file for you, incl chairs and frog.
Alu strip is what i use and abs filament and hard wood.
With templot i can adapt the chairing to your profile code.
BUT the shrinkage could be way different between our printers...
And always make use of a transaction curve.
If i am not mistaking a r2 is around 1.5 meters in diameter?
 
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