Brian T
Western Thunderer
Whilst i`ve been casting about deciding what to do next after having two failed attempt`s at layouts already,i came across a box in the loft that i`d built to use in the RMJ cameo competition,which like the layouts mentioned never got off the ground either!.
So with that and the purchase of a Dapol 08 & Heljan 05 ,oh and not to mention at 'few' wagon kits....
i decided to see what i could do with the 'box';which by the way is 4ft x 18.5 inch x 18inch deep.
After a few scribbles i came up with the following as a potential idea..
But then after a slight re-think,and seeing the Intentio coal office,i change it to a more open look and came up with this...'Parkers sidings'
Now your probably thinking,that`s all well and good but your not going to fit much in that space or be of any operational use...well it`s just big enough for a inglenook shunting puzzle.
Inglenook Sidings Shunting Puzzle
So the track plan is very simple,no points,3 sidings,and a single 1 track sector plate.
Initally the sector plate was built to take an 03/05 and two 10 ft wheel base wagons,but with a little jiggery pokerie it`ll now take an 08 and two wagons,just.
Track was laid in a day using C&L track parts,and then wired up in the next couple of days followed by the central divider.
Then of course it was only right to have a play.....
With play time over i started building the bigger of the two bridges,only to build the inner wall of the far side at the wrong angle!.
You`ll also notice that i was going with a double arch too.
So it was back to the original idea of a single arch and a girder overbridge,and after a bit of hacking about the following emerged...
Still got a bit of way on this,ie; palisters and retaing walls etc.but at least it`s starting to look the part,and it fit`s properly as well this time.
And this is where i`m at,at the moment as i`m waiting on some more brick plasticard to arrive so work has stopped for the time being,though i do have another 11 wagon kits to build,not to mention some US stuff to build as well,so i`m not exactly short of things to do..
Happy days.....
Brian.
So with that and the purchase of a Dapol 08 & Heljan 05 ,oh and not to mention at 'few' wagon kits....
i decided to see what i could do with the 'box';which by the way is 4ft x 18.5 inch x 18inch deep.
After a few scribbles i came up with the following as a potential idea..
But then after a slight re-think,and seeing the Intentio coal office,i change it to a more open look and came up with this...'Parkers sidings'
Now your probably thinking,that`s all well and good but your not going to fit much in that space or be of any operational use...well it`s just big enough for a inglenook shunting puzzle.
Inglenook Sidings Shunting Puzzle
So the track plan is very simple,no points,3 sidings,and a single 1 track sector plate.
Initally the sector plate was built to take an 03/05 and two 10 ft wheel base wagons,but with a little jiggery pokerie it`ll now take an 08 and two wagons,just.
Track was laid in a day using C&L track parts,and then wired up in the next couple of days followed by the central divider.
Then of course it was only right to have a play.....
With play time over i started building the bigger of the two bridges,only to build the inner wall of the far side at the wrong angle!.
You`ll also notice that i was going with a double arch too.
So it was back to the original idea of a single arch and a girder overbridge,and after a bit of hacking about the following emerged...
Still got a bit of way on this,ie; palisters and retaing walls etc.but at least it`s starting to look the part,and it fit`s properly as well this time.
And this is where i`m at,at the moment as i`m waiting on some more brick plasticard to arrive so work has stopped for the time being,though i do have another 11 wagon kits to build,not to mention some US stuff to build as well,so i`m not exactly short of things to do..
Happy days.....
Brian.