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SPECIALIST JOINERYSpace and money are usually the limiting factors in the design of a model railway. Unfortunately we cannot help you with the money side of things, however specialist joinery can make more of the space you have. Professional Layout Services have been asked to make many items of specialist joinery with the two most common requests being spirals and traversers. SPIRALS Spirals are the most efficient space saving way of forming gradients where a large climb or fall in the track level is required. Often used to access hidden storage sidings beneath the normal layout level, or as a way of making a train disappear and then emerge in a different place, on a different level and usually going in the opposite direction. A spiral can accommodate several tracks and in the case of the image shown, this twin track spiral has both an up and a down track to access hidden siding loops. We offer to design and manufacture your spirals, supplying them as a self assembly kit, or we offer a full installation service. Our spirals are fully adjustable allowing fine adjustment of each layer.
TRAVERSERS Traversers operate like a sliding shelf and are usually used on small end to end layouts to allow for the selection of trains and locomotives in the minimum space. It is however possible to manufacture traversers as sliding fiddle yards to allow the selection of full trains. Traversers are an alternative to forming terminus sidings using turnouts which take up a great deal of space. The two upper images are of a large 50 inch long traverser with eight tracks each electrically switched from the main layout board. The traverser uses five flat mounted ball bearing heavy duty draw runners to slide and support the traverser weight. The lower image shows a 28 inch traverser used on a small end to end layout with two end mounted heavy duty ball bearing draw runners. To create three twenty eight inch sidings using turnouts would increase the layout length by at least twelve inches even when using a space saving three way turnout. When space is at a premium a traverser could make the difference!
CARRIER FRAMES Where a large single board layout needs to be moved around, or where a specific board may need to be moved for access we make a carrier frame on castors. Ideal for use in garages and large sheds, or on small children's layouts in a room for cleaning.
We are please to estimate on any model railway joinery that you may require. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
BACK SCENE BOARDS A useful addition when having baseboards constructed is to have back scene boards supplied. These can be machined to your required height based upon commercial back scene papers, or to any chosen height. MDF is usually selected as this provides a smooth flat surface to apply back scene papers. The images below show a bespoke commission to supply baseboards with back scene boards to the rear and side of the three baseboards with a folding front board across the front. The folding board hen dropped down provides a 'lip' of approximately 25mm to stop anything falling off the board. When folded up the front is the same height as the back scene boards for covering when not in use or in storage.
DIORAMA BOARDS Small baseboards can be supplied as diorama boards ready fitted as required. For example the images below show back scene boards fitted to a small baseboard together with the cutting out for a turntable.
FOLDING BASEBOARDS Often where space is limited for a model railway the only solution may be to have a baseboard that folds. The images below show a simple 72" x 48" baseboard manufactured from two boards each 72" x 24" designed to fold allowing 12" clearance between the baseboards for scenery. It is always necessary to lift the hinge above the baseboard level to allow the boards to fold without crushing any track passing over the mid join. It should be noted that if this baseboard option is chosen care is needed with the track laying at the baseboard join to maintain alignment, and it may be necessary to have a cable connection between the boards.
We are please to estimate on any model railway joinery that you may require. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
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