Builder: Don Pacetti
Prototype: Colorado & Southern narrow gauge, South Park
Division
Locale: Como, Jefferson, Kenosha (with fictitious mining
complex), Boreas & Garos
Period: Late 1930's
Scale: HOn3 (1:87)
Layout Size: 12' X 18'
Style: Walk-in
Benchwork: L-Girder / bench combination
Roadbed: 1/2" Homosote, with foam and cork track bed
Track:
Micro-Engineering Code 55 flex track, with Hand-laid Cream City
turnouts. Bridges and trestles are hand-laid Micro-Engineering Code 55 Rail.
Model Masterpiece's 50' wrought iron turntable
Mainline Run: (approx.): Approximately 50'. Como yard is 12'
long
Maximum Grade: 2.5%
Minimum Radius: 20"
Power & Control: NCE DCC, Tam Valley servo turnout
control
Backdrop: Hand-painted on sheet rock. Corners rounded to
reduce shadows.
Scenery: Pink foamboard for general shapes, with foam rock
castings. There are 7 wooden trestle bridges on the layout.
Disposition: Under construction; benchwork and track
complete, wiring in-progress. Many buildings already completed, and salvaged
from previous layout.
