Wow, how quick the time flies...! It's been a year since I said anything about this project....
Considering a whole year has passed, not really much to show, but here goes...
I have been slowly getting on with the carpentry. (Several lengthy phases of lost mojo have hampered progress).
6 main boards are now finished. My final design ended up with 5 narrow scenic boards to add width to the layout. Two of those included curved removable backscenes which made the design and carpentry quite complex for my limited build ability and facilities. (But necessary to allow me to set the layout up in my confined space loft). Just some assembly and painting to finish. Transit trolleys not started yet, but in order to fire up some motivation, I've decided to abandon comedy carpentry for a while and get on with some track laying and scratch building of the shed area.
Here are the six main boards on the low setting of the dual height legs,
Cartridge fiddle area will be disguised as plat 4 of the station. (You can just see one of the narrow boards to make the shed area wider at the far end).
The 350 is standing where the buffer stops behind the shed road will be sited,
The layout plan was drawn full size, on a roll of leftover wallpaper, long before any wood was cut. My original intention was to add only a few inches of width to accomodate the fuel tanks and workshop/drum store, but I ended up adding 11" to maximise the use of available space and add some depth behind the buildings.
The station end. The dotted lines denote a board join. These gradually moved outwards as the design progressed adding a further 16" to overall length for shallower curves off the pointwork.
More to follow after a cup of tea...
...That'll teach me to look more closely at the photos!
I'll be back...
