pics of living room layout

Have a feature on that very topic scheduled to appear in our June/July issue.

Briansilvermustang where are you ?   you have been paged  

I dont really have any wide shot pics, only focused on a few areas.  But, yup its in the living room, on the floor...permanent.   Runs the perimeter. Behind couches, etc...

Here's a few shots of mine that is in my "living room" now know as the train room. The first 2 are old as I have removed the mountain in favor of adding the turntable see in the bottom picture.

I think Laidoffsick does IIRC

I know I have seen pictures of someone's layout here where the benchwork is furniture-quality.  Nice decorative stained wood, etc.  I have no idea whose that is.

Doug (laidoffsick) and I, built a 17'x26' multilevel layout in my wife's formal living room and dining room, with her blessing of course. Not quite finished yet, but working on it alone now as Doug moved to Abq. If you go to youtube .com, laidoffsick, there are several video's of the layout in various stages. He has the majority of the still photos with him.  

Budkole posted:

I dont really have any wide shot pics, only focused on a few areas.  But, yup its in the living room, on the floor...permanent.   Runs the perimeter. Behind couches, etc... 

 

 

Nicely sceniced for a floor operation.  Looks great!  

Good-looking ballast? On the carpet? You guys certainly qualify for the "Lunatic Fringe" moniker!   

Suggest that you add some backdrops to tone down the harsh contrast between the wall and the bright white baseboard.

The above looks great, ain't never gonna happen with wife. But while she is gone mine will double in size as of tomorrow. Nothing but two concentric ovals, and trains. Will try an post tomorrow after the set comes. Grandson will not care whether buildings or not. How about a steam vs diesel race.

Old Mike

c.sam posted:

Good-looking ballast? On the carpet? You guys certainly qualify for the "Lunatic Fringe" moniker!   

Suggest that you add some backdrops to tone down the harsh contrast between the wall and the bright white baseboard.

Thanks everybody!

Sam, its actually fine brown aquarium substrate.  And yup, directly on the carpet.  It holds extremely well and can easily vacuum around it with no problem.  Kinda like the look of the of the baseboards...still makes it look like a living room.  Plus...not sure if the wife would allow any backdrops.

Here are a few vids that I took some time ago:

You are a brave man, Frank.

towdog posted:

I know I have seen pictures of someone's layout here where the benchwork is furniture-quality.  Nice decorative stained wood, etc.  I have no idea whose that is.

If I'm not mistaken there was a feature on that layout in the magazine a while back as well.

I am single and live alone. My layout is in my living room, it's L shaped along two walls. It's still open framework but I never did have any plans to finish it off beyond the normal facia and skirting.

Of coarse I see it all the time.

I was on the Den carpet for two years before 1992 when my wife deeded me the wall space only in her 15'x32' x 18' h ceiling Kitchen-Breakfast room at our Mountain Cottage in western N.C. Unfortunately the Den carpet operation pics are gone. But below are shown some of the photos illustrative of my surrender and peace treaty (no bells /whistles while Oprah was on TV in Den next door plus an enforced noise abatement  "slow order" by the domestic CEO). The 30 car consist of empty coal hoppers behind my Clinchfield Challenger was a tad noisy.

All I can get away with, it has doubled in size since yesterday.  Wife factor.

Old Mike

OldMike posted:

All I can get away with, it has doubled in size since yesterday.  Wife factor.

Old Mike

Next is to have a make it L and have it turn about under each piece of furniture...

Slow grab a few inches at a time!!! That how my wife does it, 1 new animal at a time.... I think we have over 40 now.... Hmmm kind of like me and my toys err models.

Garrett76 posted:

Hi, does anyone have a permanent layout in their formal living room, not a dedicated train room?  Trying to find some some pics on how a finished layout might be integrated into a room that is intended and decorated for a more domestic purpose

Thanks

This is a thread about a foyer. I think it's very well done.

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/new-foyer-layout

Budkole posted:

I dont really have any wide shot pics, only focused on a few areas.  But, yup its in the living room, on the floor...permanent.   Runs the perimeter. Behind couches, etc...

 

That's pretty cool. I think I would have panic attacks about it being stepped on.