Nathans Point: 2019 in Review

Nathan's Point

A modern-era proto-freelance H0 scale layout with a NSW terminal and regional theme.

The layout is a point-to-point design with the open staging yard being the main yard (Jonestown) of the layout and comprising of a basic loco facility, intermodal terminal, grain receival terminal and a passenger station.

From the yard, the mainline (or in this case the branchline) operates through a grain loading town (Heidiville) and then continues onto the terminus town (Nathans Point) which is also a grain town and includes a regional intermodal terminal, passenger station, and small steel distribution centre.

There is no hidden staging, with all trains operating with an on-layout purpose.

Follow along as the layout finally gets closer to reality during 2018 and 2019!

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

2019 in Review

A lot of scenery progress has happened in 2019, with the photos below a testament to the activity that has happened in the shed.

A few notable aspects that have occurred this year:

1) Signal are installed and powered by switches.

2) All Tortoises are installed (except two that I am still thinking about) and controlled from fascia panels.

3) Fascia is installed right around and painted black.

4) Nathan's Point and Heidiville have ground throws installed and wired up for frog power plus track is fully ballasted with a lot of dirt and grass now installed as well.

5) Ballasting in recent months has consisted of 4kg of Matt's Ballast Dunmore HO.

6) Expansion joints have been cut after a rather warm start to summer and track buckles in some locations.

7) All track is now painted flat camo brown ready for ballasting

8) A lot of industries have some form of building and activity to make it look ready for business.

9) Clean up has commenced and more stuff to go onto Ebay!

Enjoy to photos!