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Time for a replacement for Foster Street?

paulprice

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Well another post in a short space of time, I will have to be careful in case it becomes a habit? Don't worry it wont, but this entry will be more of a list of questions.

 

I have been thinking for a few weeks of starting a new layout, Foster Street still has a few exhibition commitments and will not be scrapped, but as the number of outstanding jobs on it decreases I need something new to keep me out of trouble.

 

So the next layout will be designed to be taken to exhibitions, that is of course if anyone would want to see it, but this time it will feature a mainline rather than a secondary line. Of course it will be in LMS territory and definitely pre-nationalisation.

 

The questions are?

 

1 What do you think is a reasonable size for an N gauge layout??.
2 Do you have to model a full station, or as I think maybe just modelling part of one is a better option?
3 Are layby sidings/loops as good a feature and I think?
4 Are mainline junctions as exciting as I think they are?
5 Are 30+ wagon freights a must?

 

If you could let me know what you think are good features, you may help me to reduce all the mad schemes I have going around my head, and maybe help me be sensible? :)

 

As ever until next time Happy Modelling :)

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Guest Midland Mole

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Not strictly on the subject, but what shows will Foster Street be at? I would like to try and see it sometime before it gets retired. :)

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paulprice

Not strictly on the subject, but what shows will Foster Street be at? I would like to try and see it sometime before it gets retired. :)

Don't worry its not being retired, I just feel like building a new layout :)

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I have seen a lot of exhibition layouts in the past. For my a small layout with a lot of movement will do. Maybe a small country station with a goods yard placed in the same period as Foster Street. I think you can find a lot of inspiration on the RMweb and in the railway literature.

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Hi Paul, this sounds intriguing (is that how it's spelt). For me Foster Street seemed like a large station and layout, so if you are going one bigger now it's going to be quite something.

 

Having zero experience with N I don't have much to offer regarding your questions. Modelling part of a station always seemed like a smart approach to me in larger scales, but one of the potentials of N is that you can capture the big picture of things, so maybe that's worth going for?

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