So you don't think you have room for water features...use your aisles!! Pictures...

That's quite ingenious.  I like it.

Very clever, this Human is. 

I like the water feature. My father just moved in when he did he brought a shower door .( he's in the home restoration business ) so anyways I was telling him about the shower door idea for water he then told me to not even think about it his extra door is off limits for me. but I have another question about your arch ways. is that pink foam? first question secondly the triangles under the bridge. is that foam core ?

 

Thanks for posting this clever idea.  I wondered how it all worked when you've mentioned it before.  Very cool!

Looks real nice. I like the shower door idea.

thinkin  out side the box.  Way cool!!!

 

Absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!!

Peter

Awesome job Alan. You certainly got me thinking about making some changes on my layout.

Here's an idea to throw out. How about you and Alex M. conduct a scenery & structure seminar at York in the future? They had one at York a few years ago and it was very informative and well received.

Alan,

what a great repurposing of a shower door!

I love the look. It does capture the look of water & brings back many day's & night's of sitting out on the Bay.

 

 

Dave

 

That is fantastic.  I had thought about something like that in one of my aisles, but not thought through some important details.  You pictures are very clear and help show how to do it well.  

 

I have deliberately left the edge of one side of my main aisle with an indented skirt (the layout edge overhangs eight inches) so that when the "water" folds down, there is room underneath for a boat-on-water mechanism (about 7 inches high) underneath that would fold in under that edge of the layout.   I've got a ski boat running on the central lake on my layout but was thinking something larger on a river: barges, a riverboat maybe, or the LioneL tug? 

Many thanks for sharing Alan.

Lovely idea! Well done.

Alan, that look's fantastic. Another job very well done!!!!!!!!

 

 

Thanks for posting,

Alex

TrainsRme....thank you very much!

 

Hi Matt!!...thanks my Friend!....when are you going to move our direction??

 

Jhainer....Thanks!  First, one does not have to use a shower door....shower door glass is what I used.  Purchase the annealed glass, not tempered.  Then it can be cut to any size desired.  I actually had my glass company cut it for me and they delivered it.

 

And...yes to both of your questions, the arches and the bridge supports are pink foam and have been painted to look like concrete structures...

 

Apple & Spud Line....thank you! 

 

Spence...Thanks.  Again, I didn't mean to imply I used a shower door.  I used what is called by many, shower door glass.  It is really the most common type of glass used in shower doors.  It comes in several types of patterns and is usually tempered for safety reasons.  I purchased the "un-tempered" version.

 

Steve....Thanks!

 

Peter...Thank you so much!!  Hope you are doing well..!

 

Hey There Captain!!  Thanks so much!  AND...I would be honored to do a presentation at York as you suggest..but..I don't hold a candle to a master like Alex!  By the way, make sure you are at the OGR grandstand meeting if you are going to this coming York...I will be doing something special there!

 

Dave...Thanks!  Remember, this is the use of shower door glass and not the door itself.  By the way, you will not be that far from my home if you are going to settle in the Ava area.  You will have to come visit!!

 

Lee...thanks so much.  The use of aisle ways for other purposes is something I had thought about for a long time.  I am working on another idea on the opposite side of the layout...we shall see!!

 

Jason...thanks buddy!!

 

Alex...Always a pleasure to have you take note.  Means a bunch from a master like you!!

 

Alan

What a great idea, wow!

Thanks David!

 

Alan

Our own Larry LaJambe' did this.  Years ago I had the pleasure of seeing his layout in person.

 

 

Thanks Marty....great picture...  Using the aisles when they are not in "regular use" is a way to great enhance the layout.

 

Alan

Here is a picture of a small liner getting ready to dock along the canal....

 

Alan

Still working on it.

The folding water scene was a very clever idea!  You have me thinking, because I have rivers that currently end at the isles.  With this idea, my rivers could continue!

Alan, this is a brilliant tip. I'm building a new layout this year, and I want to include a waterfront scene, and you've shown me how to do it. Thank you very much.

Very unique idea. I like when people think outside the box.

I love the phrase, "what will they think of next?"

 

Alan, you've really done it. Simply superb !!!

 

Gerry

 

 

That is a neat idea.  I like it!

 

Thanks Alan for sharing this with us.

Matt...let me know if you all would like to check out our part of the country.  You can be my guests for a long weekend!  Would love to have a train person live nearby!!

 

Nick...thanks and I am glad that the idea may have helped in some way...

 

Dave...Thank you my "Southern Friend"...(hey, you are even farther south than I am!) Hope to meet you sometime soon...are you coming to York in April???

 

Joe...Thanks so much!  Sometimes it hurts to think outside the box!

 

Gerry...a big thanks to you my Friend...am really looking forward to seeing you and the other guys in a few weeks!

 

Thanks Johnny...and you are welcome!  I like to share if it helps someone else...

 

Alan