tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015792618471574238.post7128370605716961535..comments2024-02-16T09:25:00.233-08:00Comments on Apa Valley : Lateral ThinkingJames Finisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16351798531269786632noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015792618471574238.post-50954245539603532502013-09-08T11:37:42.760-07:002013-09-08T11:37:42.760-07:00Yes I agree the first option is much better. It pr...Yes I agree the first option is much better. It probably needs a 5ft by 2ft board to become practical in EM, but that would still be a one board layout. I will play around with Templot when I have a spare six weeks.<br /><br />Generally I agree with you about pointless layouts, but I'm beginning to wonder if the two sector plate scheme is actually the one I should have built as an Apa project, whether in N or EM. The advantage it has is that it is wholly self contained yet operable, and could I suspect be built as a 3-2-2 version of an Inglenook puzzle. In which case the siding at the front could possibly, in HO/OO at least, be served by a real point and still fit in the space. The second sector plate is a bit of a gimmick - and a bit more trial and error suggests it needs to be a traverser not a sector plate - but would add just a touch more flexibility.<br /><br />Incidentally the Peco loco lift could just about be butchered with care to provide both the sector plate and the traverser as long as the Sentinel is the biggest loco used. I suspect the common small industrial o-4-0 diesels - the Judith Edge 48DS and the Roxey Howard would also both fit.James Finisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351798531269786632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015792618471574238.post-52025741742471070272013-09-07T01:43:57.718-07:002013-09-07T01:43:57.718-07:00I like your first idea much better. The two sector...I like your first idea much better. The two sector plate variant will look a bit spacier but as your trains lengths are limited by the length of the larger sector plate.<br /><br />Pointless layouts are ... pointless IMO :-)<br /><br />If you put two APAs side by side you might even be to do H0 - especially if you decide to use shorter, stubbier "toy-grade" switches.<br /><br />But this is just me ...<br />Christiancklammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483384774775424236noreply@blogger.com