Tower: Design of Main Station Bottom Layer (Layout Episode 2)
This video looks at the design of the bottom layer of the tower layout. The main feature of the bottom layer is the main station with room for long trains at the platforms. The bottom layer also has a shadow station for storing trains and a mountain to climb to the level above.
The layout is an experimental layout with the objective to learn how to build a permanent layout. You can see tower layout overview and concept in layout episode 1:
• • The Tower: A Multi-layer Layout Conce...
In the video the design is of each of the elements: Main Station, shadow station and mountain is described. The video looks at what is the idea, how does it fit together and what issues could there be with the design.
Let me know if you have any ideas.
Enjoy and have fun with model trains :-)
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:33 Overview and viewing angles
03:02 Main Station: Design
06:14 Main Station: Platforms
08:34 Long platforms on a short layout
09:55 Main Station: Issues?
11:21 Shadow Station: Needed?
12:13 Shadow Station: Design
17:51 Shadow Station: Issues?
21:29 Mountain: Design
24:59 Mountain: Issues?
25:11 Helix tip
26:53 Outro