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After cutting an 18 inch hole in the plywood I used for my Christmas tree layout, the E&GCT, I looked at the resulting disc and decided it had to be a micro layout. Drew having introduced me to Gn15 scale, and since I had these trees my grandma made me, I decided it would be Gn15. I'll have to pick up some HO flextrack at the train expo this year. Forgive the mess, I still haven't cleaned up the cardboard scraps from the tunnel and I started a LEGO project...
Maybe a small pond behind the trees?... Also, these pictures might not be such garbage quality, because I took them with an iPad instead of the old Lumia.

I like where this is going. Seems like it'd be right at home on Carl Arendt's former website: https://www.carendt.com/category/micro- ... n-gallery/ (If you haven't checked it out already, there's loads of inspiration there!)

The name's a bit unfortunate though... Kind of makes me think of a UTI!

An indoor micro layout can be a great idea for when the weather is uncooperative, or for testing out ideas on a smaller scale before committing to them in the yard/garden. I'm excited to see how this one turns out!

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:22 am The name's a bit unfortunate though... Kind of makes me think of a UTI!

Well in that case I suppose we could call it the UTRR.

This is the page I was thinking of: Carendt.com Pizza Party

As a bonus, the scale/gauge combo of the last entry is listed as 7/8n18... just what we were talking about the other day!

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:58 am This is the page I was thinking of: Carendt.com Pizza Party

As a bonus, the scale/gauge combo of the last entry is listed as 7/8n18... just what we were talking about the other day!

That's got me motivated! Problem is, I only have so much money so the BM&LO is my biggest priority. I can still work on scenery during the winter but I won't have track for it until hopefully I can spare some money for it at the train expo.

dudeface wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:31 am
That's got me motivated! Problem is, I only have so much money so the BM&LO is my biggest priority. I can still work on scenery during the winter but I won't have track for it until hopefully I can spare some money for it at the train expo.

The trouble with modeling more than one scale at a time is that they compete with each other for time and money! That's why my HO and O-16.5 stuff has been on hold, and I've been focusing on the 32mm projects... which are going nowhere anyway.

I saw this video today and it reminded me of this project, an interview with Carl Arendt about Gn15 and micro layouts: