Jimm Limonade

A well-established trackplan, a successful adaptation, carefully designed and built rolling stock. And to round things off, a stunning touch… Such is the recipe for a splendid micro-layout.

Text: François Fontana based on input from Roderik Vanderkelen

The layout Plan The master-cook is Roderik, the layout is Jimm Limonade, and what got it all started was a micro-layout challenge organized by the Belgian show Modelspoorexpo in Louvain in 2018. The trackplan is based on Giles Favell's layout plan (Voie Libre n° 68): an interchange area between standard and narrow gauge; beyond that, however, all of Roderik's imagination and inventiveness kicked in! Roderik Vanderkelen: I adapted Giles Favell's trackplan from his The Loop layout, to increase its shunting potential. I also adapted the theme, as I wanted something more typically Belgian. What is more Belgian than a brewery? But I do not drink beer, and plenty of layouts have chosen that theme. I conjured up the idea of a lemonade factory. In the 1960s, there were many of them, each…

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