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Maden.. which means Mine in Turkish ...is actually the name of the town which dwells in mining in the southeast of Turkey...is about to become our next project.

A couple of snapshots of the town:







Erkut

Looks great! Love those stone bridges.

That sounds exciting, Erkut. Will you model the town above the tracks in the first pic?

Yes we are Frederic, infact the layout will be in two sections; the town above the station complex and the mine itself which will be full of surprises.

Erkut

    Abd and Erkut,

   a very nice choice. Not too large, many shunting possibilities and not too overwhelming mining facilities.
   Please spend plenty of time to work out the storage and fiddle yards to enable a good handling of trains.

   Jacq

Oh, you haven't built it yet? I thought the photos were of the completed layout. -- ssuR

Some more pictures,
we donot forget the antic monuments that there is a copper mine worked in BC 9000 u ll find one picture below
pls once more check the bridges lot of sources for us
one of them typical midibus and one man walking on rails here is Maden Turkey all  Legal,if ended by casualty we going to say Destiny!!.






















commenced by paperworks lokhaus..

regards
A.Usta

hi erkut
big project what scale are you going to use?
do you live close by ?
i checked out the location on google earth it is a very rugged area a good source of local stone.the location for a model is good as there are tunnels on either end of the yard[there are a lot of tunnels on this section of line].is the rail line of stratigic value as it seems to be going in the direction of iran ,iraq and syria.personally i find this area of the world very interesting [no i don,t work of australian military intellegence but sometimes i think i am james bond]
kind regards kim

Hi kim,

The layout will be HO, just like Selcuk, estimated 11 meters long.
Its the landscape that fascinated us, very rugged and baren, opposite to the layouts that we usually see covered with green trees and foilage. Rough terrain it is, Abd's favorite.
Its a copper mine and the railway has no significant value.

Brgds
Erkut

Please show us your progress on the engine house. -- Russ

Are those old photos of the prototype, or are they still using steam locomotives?

Quote from: Ray Dunakin on January 11, 2013, 12:53:10 PM
Are those old photos of the prototype, or are they still using steam locomotives?

Ray, the steamers are all history now, infact the last batch was pulled out of service in the 1980's. Photos depicts the 1960-1970's.

Erkut

Ok Gents here we go.

If its a mining layout you need mechanical loco's pulling the mine tippers. Our extensive search yielded to two kits of British origin from Nigel Lawton.

They arrived:



However panic struck us....they are micro small

Kit's contains etched brass body parts, etched nickel-silver chassis, cast exhaust and radiators and finescale wheelsets.



will you please check out the size of the motor:



the actual size of the loco's is as on the boxes: 34mm (W) x 60mm (L) x 32mm (H)




Constructing these kits requires a lot of precision and micro surgery.....I'm chickening out....and passing all these to our team member Aykut....who is heating his iron.....I promised to do the paint and weathering.

Signing off.

Erkut

Wow, that's tiny!

I have seen larger bacteria. -- Russ