Hi Michael, everything is shown in my blog at www.waldbahner.de

It'll work for any gauge as long as it's scaled properly.

Thanks 🤗

Hi Leslie, for turntables, you might use mono or stereo plugs from headphones instead of the ones I used, which are single contact only. Gerd

Hi, I use ready made boxes for this layout. So the box joints are not made by my self.

Waldbahner Do you have more info on where the boxes came from and/or the brand of them? I'm trying to find them in the UK, but can't see anything that looks the same. Thanks! :)

Jonathan Batchelor The brand is "Casani" and I get them in an art store. You'll find them on www.boesner.com

Waldbahner Brilliant, thanks! :)

Please check the following post on my blog : blog.waldbahner.de/?p=803&lang=en

Thanks. No, not all pieces are connectable with any other. Mechanically with the plugs and sockets it will work, but the track will not match on each combination. There are 5 different track arrangements on the connections. Most of them are of the "D-Type" and those can be combined in several different combinations. There's another video, showing some details on how I planed/designed the modules. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptdnatiB2rilmHU.html

Hi, on the graham county railroad, I made modules wich are 27cm deep and up to 110cm long. Since my old house has no rectangular footprint, I had to work with many curved modules to get the layout into my train room. Meanwhile, the whole layout is given to friends for their hobby room.

Hi, the basic board sizes are multiples of 20x20cm. I made storage and transport boxes as you considered. Feel free to visit my Blog at www.waldbahner.de (available in English as well) for all the details you're looking for. There are tons of photos and building logs posted. Gerd

Hi Peter, I put all information together in this post on my blog. I've no idea how they are called or on which brand they are available in the US, but the photos and links to the German source might help you to find them. Here's the link : blog.waldbahner.de/en/2016/01/bezugsquellen-info-fuer-meine-h0e-module/ Acutally, they are 4mm banana-plugs for bord installation. Gerd

Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. great idea you came up with

Arnau Vila Yes, Hon30 is the american way of H0e. H0e represents 750mm narrow gauge. Hon30 is based on inches which means H0 scale (Ho), narrow gauge (n) and 30" gauge on prototype which will be 763mm. Both are 1:87 in scale, running on 9mm track.

Waldbahner Just for addition - In UK, they have 009 scale, which is also running on 9mm track, but is a bit larger in scale with 1:76, based on the 00-scale.

Waldbahner Thanks

Sure, why not. But you have to keep the larger radius in mind. The layout and modules may become much bigger. But the basic design will work in any scale. Gerd

How you going with that ?

@@hodaka1000 I need to get the plywood, 1x4s and xpf sheets. I also need to get sculptamold, earth colored flat latex paint and other scenery material.

@@d.l.hemmingway3758 Good, so you haven't given up

MrOldCrow I tested DCC for a some month, but finally returned to old fashion DC, which works very well for me. BTW, I like to operate my layout instead of playing keyboard. Thats why I use manual point mechaisms on all my layouts.

I've been designing a similar modular layout for 2 months, but I am doing it with DCC, points on mechanic too. I kind of get what you mean by playing a keyboard, but here in Europe we have brilliant controllers which don't resemble anything digital. DCC is much flexible and carries more opportunities, but DC has a romantic side of things. I am still on the decision. Obviously the layout can be turned from DC into DCC in a matter of minutes, but I still need to decide on the locomotives with sound and all that...

Hi, I once watched a guy, operating his O-scale layout with Roco Multimaus. He had a list of turnout numbers and it's just to complex for me to operate the points with a DCC controller. As you say, there's some romantic on that DC operation and at least - A rural logging railroad with DCC hightech is some kind of wired. Another point is the money saving on doing it "old fashion". I don't need to install DCC to the locos and can buy some more locos instead. I use to operate not more than 3 locos in a operation session and due to the layout size and track plan, mostly only one loco can run at a time. So these were the reasons for me. If you're going for sound, DCC might be very helpfull. But where to install a sound system in these small locos?

Not all locos are capable of carrying sound due to lack of space under the chassis. I agree with you. Multimaus is great but I would like my points operated on separate DC circuit or machanically (not manually).

Hi, if I would have space for a table, I would be able to build a permanent layout. The house we lived in was very small and the layout was stored in boxes in the cellar. It was just my way to have layout, which can be set up temporary and quick to run my trains, and to get it out of the way when model railroading time was over. In the meantime, we moved to a new home and the layout is now arranged as shelf-layout and included in the living room ;-) Gerd

nice tech for condo life, is your build deep enough for stackable storage? Not to put you to work, but a unpowered 73' Peco turntable unit is a must, wonderful work.....