Adventures in Märklin 3-Rail

Dettingen

Dettingen is a diversion! It started as a pile of gifted cardboard boxes containing ageing Märklin 3-rail track, locomotives, rolling stock, structures and scenic details. After 4 years of on-again-off-again toil, Dettingen was created.

Dettingen has a unique custom-developed control system based on an Arduino Mega and Nextion Touch screen. In combination with IR Sensors and digitally operated relays, train operation can be run in manual or automatic. In automatic mode up to five trains – up to two at any one time – operate in sequence.

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Completed Layout Gallery

Dettingen Town

Dettingen – Windmill and Summer Winers

Dettingen – Town Centre

Dettingen – Station and town

Dettingen – Station Rear

Dettingen Station Rear

Detingen

Dettingen – Station carpark

Dettingen

Dettingen – Station carpark

Dettingen

Dettingen – Station Area

Dettingen

Dettingen – Station area

Dettingen – Rail Crossing

Dettingen – Rail crossing beneath high bridge

Construction Gallery

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 1 – Lower level

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, Future loading dock area before installation of Arduino control system

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, Future loading dock area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, High bridge

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, Future forest and farm area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, High bridge

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, High bridge

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, Future arcade tunnel area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Phase 2 – Upper level added, Station area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Tilted for wiring installation

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen -Tilted for wiring installation

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Tilted for wiring installation

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Nextion touch screen and custom designed interface

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Nextion touch screen and custom designed interface

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Arduino micro processor mounting and reversing relays

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming and facia

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Road base and temporary church

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Road base

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Very early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Very early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early scoping, basic terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early tunnel forming and scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Tunnel forming and scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early tunnel formation and scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming and scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming and scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming – Loading dock

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early Terraforming Loading Dock

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming farm area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Early terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Yard scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Loading Dock scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Forest terraforming

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Farm overview – scoping

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Arcade tunnel overview, terraforming and painting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – station overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – overview, terraforming and painting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Station overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen -Station overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Station overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Yard Lead overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Loading Dock overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Forest overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Farm overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – High Bridge

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – mid-section overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – High bridge overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Arcade Tunnel overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Station overview

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – station area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Loading Dock, ballasted M-Track

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Farm Area, terraforming and painting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Forest Area, terraforming, ballasting and painting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Arcade Tunnel, terraforming and painting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Station overview, ballasted M-track

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Forest

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Forest and Farm Area

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Cutting

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Station, Rest Home

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Church Location

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Retaining Walls, Road and Church location

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Construction Progress

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – 3D-printed wall caps

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettinggen – Arcade Tunnel

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – e-loc

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Detttingen – Arcade Tunnell

Dettingen – Construction Phase

Dettingen – Arcade Tunnell