After that long interval, some sort of a trackplan:
This obviously shows only the front curve of the layout, the return curves and fiddleyard being hidden. Although notionally on a double track line, the fiddleyard will have single line entry - see below.
I wanted a double track line with main line trains, but wanted to work it as a single line for operational interest (and fiddleyard flexibility). A contradiction in terms? Not if a double line has to narrow to single to pass
Well, it is in a parsonage study, anyway. This space over the fireplace and the photocopier seemed inviting, so I filled it with some benchwork:
The space is 116" wide, and the layout is 25" deep at the two ends, about 13" in the middle. This view gives an indication of the shape:
(Apologies for the picture quality, by the way. My camera is on the blink, and these are taken on my 'phone. I hope to get the camera sorted and have clearer pictures as this progresses.)
Like the rest of you, I'm trying to get the hang of this new format. I've had a few days not posting at all to watch how it all works, and I thought what better time to turn over a new leaf and become a bit less of an armchair modeller, a bit more of the productive kind.
So I've resisted posting until now; this is my first contribution to the new forum, and the big news is that it contains some actual modelling!
Here we go...
