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How things started: A few video’s

In 2010 I started with the Timesaver layout. I shot a few video's then of questionable quality 😉 The good news is the magnets are...

Spiderfield layout photo’s

Photo's of the Spiderfield layout. Sometimes I just like to make some photographs of my layout. No particular items, just clicking around. That's what...

Streetlight update

The first streetlights are connected and placed on the layout. Here are some pictures in a pretty dark room. The power to the LED's...

Make your own streetlights

There are several professional streetlights on the market. Although some of them are reasonably priced, making it your self gives a lot more satisfaction. To...

Southern Railway Promotional Video

As you can guess by now the Southern Railway is the railway of Spiderfield. Read all about Southern's history and fallen flags here. Including...

Outdoor photoshoot

Today a milestone is reached, all the basic scenery is done. Now it's time to put the 'real' details on the layout. But before the...

Split the layout in two

Well, the design of the Timesaver layout is obvious. Most of the Timesavers I know are just track with no or few scenery (as...

Build your own Static Grass Applicator

I found some tutorials on the internet about a home made Static Grass Applicator and decided to build one myself. See the end of...

Adding some trees

Almost everyone in the Netherlands have probably sedum growing nearby. It's a very common autumn flowering perennial. I don't know which one I found...

The Timesaver

Here's the original "Timesaver" layout built by John Allen (together with its duplicate twin, built by Bill Corsa shortly after the original miraculously survived...

Wiring the switches

Last week I've connected the DCC switch decoder. I use the DCC–SDEC–08 by Kreischer Datentechnik. (www.easyconn.nl) It's a NMRA compliant DCC Decoder for magnetic...