G Scale ceiling train in my house

[mannyboy805]

Love your setup. What size diameter are the corners.

[SHESABUTE]

THAT SUCKS ASS! KIDDING, THATS THE MOST AMISING WALLMOUNT TRAIN IVE EVER SEEN! THROUGH EVERY ROOM? WOW! GREAT JOB! AM,AZING!

[Matthew1027]

That is awesome:)

[MrLupfer]

how did you attach the white wood to the wall?

[cab4word]

Oh you dont know how many people I have done that to, that is how I will show the train off sometimes. They will here the horn right as it comes into the bathroom lol

It is now controlled with my Apple 3GS I phone...way cool

[fordlukebo]

@cab4word no way, by a i phone? thats is mess up! =D

[cab4word]

@fordlukebo  What are you talking about??????????

[1441bullman]

good prank for some one in the barthroom

[tom30in07]

love that it goes through the walls, very nice layout.

[Creativeei]

Hi cab4word, love your video of your layout. Saved your video on my PC and I play it to the kids all the time, they really enjoy it. I have a question, what track radius did you use for the corners? Is it 4' diameter or 5' diameter curves? I like to build an indoor ceiling layout for my kids to enjoy. Any info, will be greatly appreciated.

[65bigjoe]

i love it i want to live there

[TheSatanta958]

That's really nice.

[Dolman76]

I bet the mice love it!

[multibulss6666]

through the bathroom lol

[Lachoy01]

Love the video and the way you've done the shelf layout is the best looking one I've seen and seems to be the most cost effective. I've done some basic DIY stuff but the only thing I'm unsure of is how to measure/cut the corners. I would want to do 5' at least for some of the locos I have. Do you have a template or sketch of the corners you could share? Thanks!

[cab4word]

@Lachoy01 Please contact me be E Mail and I can tell you all you need to know it is easy

67chris@comcast.net

[SkitzerPoindexter]

The train is cool. The shelving it rides on is really nice. The running from room to room to catch it on tape is my favorite part though.

:)

[zoumca]

thats really cook, i bet sometimes it gets really annoying eharing it though

[cab4word]

@zoumca no I can turn off the sound and run it for hours at a time, some times I do fill the rooms with smoke though

[WestCoastRails]

Yes, Awesome Job!!! very clean looking, Love it.

WCR



[dltodd1966]

Excellent job! 

[andyflyerc5]

great wall layout... what type of wood and how did you put it up without brackets... because I don't see any.. on the long straights...

[LowasaSnakesbelly]

Awesome setup! Loved seeing the Earnhardt memorabilia. Go 88! Love you Big E!

[Weisenheimer78]

Great! It would be heartbreaking if you had to move.

[Rivelution]

Cool to see another race fan that is also a rail fan!!

[TheTenwheeler]

That horn surprised me at the end. Nice job.

[cab4word]

Thanks check out the train ride too.

[cab4word]

Thanks for looking. The wiring is all DCC and is on the top back edge of the shelve. The bridge was a bit harder to hide the wires but I did. The rope light is in front of the train behind the trim and the whole thing runs on a Digitrax Zepher at my work bench.

[vanwilm]

Looks terrific. How did you hide your wiring. Is there a box on the wall somewhere and did you put the rope light behind the train. Thanks

[cab4word]

Another idea would be to do like in my bedroom and just run the curve and it would be open on both sides.

[cab4word]

No lay out your curve on the floor and you will see how far out you will be, you are using 4' x 4' of the corner so you are going to have to put something in the middle for support.

[keithLD50]

Good idea, it will be in a finished basement so I might try 8' if I can get away with it, want to run some E8's eventually or SD70s.

[keithLD50]

Nice!

What diameter curves did you need to use? 4' diameter curve track or can you get away with 8' curves indoors?

[cab4word]

Keith when I first built this I used 4' and still have in the living room. But when I added on to the house, the rear two rooms are now 5' and I will change the front as soon as I can figure out ho to cut in the molding. The bridge took me 8 hours to build and is fully self supporting. Thanks for looking. E mail me if you have any other questions. Chris

[cab4word]

and i do believe you could do a 8' curve only remember you would use 4' in the corner making the center of the curve out from the wall about 36 " and you mite wand to ad a toggle bolt threw a piece of tubing up to the ceiling.

[keithLD50]

Thanks for the reply, it looks amazing! I am planning a very similar layout going through a few rooms.

I would like if possible to try 8' curves so I can run some longer locos since the layout will be in a finished basement.

Do you think an 8' curve would be possible on wall corners? Probobly would stick out about a foot farther in the corners than yours right?

[NSTrainFan]

This might be a stupid question, but I am looking into putting a gscale set that I got from a friend around my room. How did you construct your shelve, because it looks alittle more fancier than just plywood, and what did you use to hold the track up, because I didn't see any shelf brackets?

[cab4word]

Never a stupid question. It is very easy to build. I started with a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 plywood, I used CC sanded one side. Ripe it in 8" wide strips. And rip the same amount of 3" strips this is for the wall mount. Glue and staple or screw the 3" piece to the top back edge of the 8" piece. This will leave you with a 7-1/4 shelve to run the train on. Screw it to the studs and cut and glue on any trim to the front for looks, mine is 1-1/2 molding and it hides the rope lighting. let me know.

Chris

[NSTrainFan]

Thanks. I'm definitly in the planning stages still, gotta figure out how much track I need, and get that before I go anywhere else.