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Re: No-Name Z-scale Micro Layout
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2025, 04:18:57 PM »
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I saw your posts on the facetoobs, along with a few others.  Sorry I didn't make it down the mountain.  I had a lot of prep to do for this snow event today.
It will definitely be on my bucket list next year, and I'll make sure I have the NRF fluffed out to exhibit.  There's also a train show at the Martinsburg Roundhouse in the fall.

Perhaps we should lobby the N Scale Weekend guys to offer up a Micro sub event during the big show.  Why should those FreeMo guys have all the fun!

Lee

There's nothing stopping you! Email them. I bet they'd be game. And ill be happy to contribute the Tom's River.

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Re: No-Name Z-scale Micro Layout
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2025, 10:34:52 AM »
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Bit late to this it it looks fantastic!

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Re: No-Name Z-scale Micro Layout
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2025, 04:30:49 PM »
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Long time, no post. Life and such had other plans.

Now that the air outside is too cold for most everything, it’s time to do something else.

This little Micro has been to a few shows since its debut.

Now that that I’m back to working on it, there are a few important things that need to be done before I can take the scenery any further.

Primarily:
I still haven’t figured out to do with the second tunnel entrance…
I also need to paint the rails/track so I can be ready for ballast.

But, I at least cleaned the track. So there’s that?

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Also in the pipeline is finally installing a battery holder underneath the layout. The parts are on order to do it.

The plan is currently to install a panel-mount holder for eight AA batteries underneath the layout. I’ll also install a small center-off toggle switch inside the tunnel for selecting between two resistors depending on if I’m running a Z-Shorty on the layout, or if I’m running my Nn3 Plymouth.

Down the road I may still install a remote relay for turning the layout on and off with a key fob, as this layout is still likely to end up living inside a glass display cabinet in the bedroom when it isn’t out at shows.
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Re: No-Name Z-scale Micro Layout
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2025, 08:07:51 PM »
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A mile of tape later…

Still to come is some highlighting and an India ink wash for the ties.
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Re: No-Name Z-scale Micro Layout
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2025, 09:33:36 PM »
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Battery holder arrived today. So it was time to cut some more Gatorfoam to make enough space for it underneath, and a sort of “frame” around it so the layout can sit flat still.

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Cody W Fisher  —  Wandering soul from a bygone era.

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Bill Kidd
Bill “Rep” Repholz
Erik Seidelmann