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The City of Oceanside |
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Selected scenes from one of our current American 'N' scale layouts. All of these scenes are in the construction stages
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| Basic construction of baseboards - table top and risers - facia - track laying | ||||||
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 First train running - for testing of track laying |
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| General scenery construction using a new method - expanding foam from an aerosol can carved after it solidified. Ideal for portable layouts because of its lightness | ||||||
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| Further scenery work being carried out to foam shell firstly with a plaster bandage overlay then covered with a textured layer of flexible plaster and rock moulds all blended together to form the initial layer of scenery. | ||||||
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Wiring a layout is normally done when
the track work is finished and before starting the scenery. Here we are showing how droppers are soldered to each rail before they are fed back to either a 'BUS' wire or direct to the control panel. The next two frames show 'Tortoise' motors under the layout below their respective points. The following two frames show electrical circuits that control the point. The unit comes from CML Electronics and is a Digital system that is an add on to a DIGITRAX DCC control system. We are only using this DCC system to operate the points leaving the trains running on normal DC control. The last frame is the control panel for the whole layout.
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The following pictures are of Oceanside in a near
finished state just before its initial exhibition at
Wycrail 2003. |
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| If you like what you have seen so far and have an interested in American N scale models and would like to know more about the hobby contact our secretary or visit on a Monday evening where you will be made very welcome. | ||||||
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The following pictures are of the layout. photographs by David Dawes - End 2004 |
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Oceanview. A housing development overlooking the Pacific ocean.
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Where the ocean meets the rocky coastline
The outskirts of Ocean City. A busy suburban scene |
Surfers and bathers paradise
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Crossing the ocean via 2 styles of bridges
The backstreets og suburban Ocean City |
Oceanside Junk yard
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Photographs below taken by Alan Deane |
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Across the parking lot of the Depot
A view over the scrap yard to the Depot
Amtrak's San Deigon heading south
Over view of the San Diegon Heading south. |
Outside the Taxi offices
The Coaster pauses at the Depot
Bathers and Yachts on the beach
High on the tressel is the northbound from Oceanside
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a fight in progress
The tenement building overlooking the tracks
The future site of a beach cafe
The lower dual tracked mainline heading north
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Overlooking the City
Steam is king as it huffs and puffs up the grade.
Passengers enjoying the vista and good food
2 trains heading in the same direction. North to LA
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The streetcar running late
The tracks paralling the Pacific Ocean
Condos overlooking the ocean
Rounding the 'S' curve skirting the rocky outcrop. |
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