coombe junction - moorswater

Looks fantastic already!

Very interested in seeing this go ahead.

 

~ Gary

I think that you need a break between Looe and Combe, otherwise it could look very strange.

 

p.s. see you pm about b sets

Looks fantastic already!Very interested in seeing this go ahead. ~ Gary

 

Many thank Gary...

 

I think that you need a break between Looe and Combe, otherwise it could look very strange. p.s. see you pm about b sets

 

PM sorted Kris - Thanks - The trouble is I think, it will look too cramped with another halt in between...and I did consider adding in another board, but then it would be mostly treelined...and take the layout to 6.6 metres overall...that's double what I have now and too long to be considered a bedside light I feel!

A little troll on RMWeb 3 and I found both Mickey and Ramblin's comments....

 

Mickey (the artist formely known as Blazey Bridge2 on RMWeb 3!)

 

"Only a thought but....

 

maybe missing out the Moorswater Viaduct altogether and instead being able to fit the actual Junction and the rising and falling gradients from there, could well be more interesting visually and operationally and definately a lot easier to achive than having a foot-high viaduct section over a pretty narrow board...."

 

Followed by Ramblin's addition....

 

"I'd agree with what Blazey Bridge2 says here but I think that means all the board spacing goes to pot (unless you build 2 half boards!). I do think that the split gradients of the Moorswater / Looe lines is a key feature though & one I'm trying to incorporate into my Coombe-ish plans...."

 

 

Miss out Moorswater Viaduct...Are you sure?...

will the domestic authorities allow this ?

The 2011 challenge has you fring on all cylinders now. I rather like the bus shelter and plastform by the water and if you could make that hide the fy for the clays thats a double plus. Yes the prairie and bsets would be v nice but admit it BR blue is your first love so build that to go with the dries, and keep the prairie and quays for later.

Meanwhile I look forward to seing more of Kyle it was your efforts with Kyle together with Missy's Highclere that made me want to have another go at 2mm. I particularly like the way you compressed things without spoiling it.

Don

I like it (as always...) and really love the 3D visualisations you've done.

Since you're talking about Looe now, take a look at this image of a full size Looe - in OO...?

will the domestic authorities allow this ?

as with my other layouts, initial plans will be prepared....but no discussions will take place...

 

The 2011 challenge has you fring on all cylinders now. I rather like the bus shelter and plastform by the water and if you could make that hide the fy for the clays thats a double plus. Yes the prairie and bsets would be v nice but admit it BR blue is your first love so build that to go with the dries, and keep the prairie and quays for later.Meanwhile I look forward to seing more of Kyle it was your efforts with Kyle together with Missy's Highclere that made me want to have another go at 2mm. I particularly like the way you compressed things without spoiling it.Don

 

Many thanks Don - Your right...stick with BR Blue is probably best for me. Thanks for the kind words re KIAB...that will be making a re-appearance with its own blog sometime this week I think...

 

I like it (as always...) and really love the 3D visualisations you've done.Since you're talking about Looe now, take a look at this image of a full size Looe - in OO...?

 

Thanks Rich...Interesting photo that...do ya think its vandalism or photoshop....or both!

 

 

Now I am awaiting Mickey to comment...as thanks are also due to him of course for this...

And here I am! Definatley worth the suspense of waiting - thanks for giving this preview of your plans. I was on the Netbook yesterday so it was rather like looking at your excellent drawings through opera glasses the wrong way round!

 

The new version of the 1:10 proving model is exactly as I imagined you to have imagined it - you can tell why you are an architect, you've got that "vision thing" down to a T

 

To me it most certainly compliments and completes the whole project - for some reason the slight turn of the line towards the rear of the layout at the terminus adds a bit of extra "Looe-ness" - possibly 'cos it allows for a bit of extra water (or mud!) which to me is the defining feature of the station.

 

I really can't wait to see this one take shape (after Xmas of course!)

 

so onwards and upwards with Kyle

And here I am!

 

Many thanks Mickey...and for being persistent about me getting my head around it!

 

You will see some changes between the sketches and the model...which is how I work in my 'day job'...refining between model and sketch and so forth...except that during an economic crisis peeps tend to not build much...especialmente en espagne :-(

 

I was just looking at my diorama yesterday and trying to imagine repeating that amount of detailing of the 11" module across the length of the layout in current 3.3 metre format (does that make sense?)

 

Perhaps the best way forward in 2012 is to bed in the viaduct and Brunel pier on the moorswater board and finish the dries complex, then working back towards Coombe Junction. By the time I reach the fiddleyard...who knows....I might even be laying out the new shelves/ trackbed for the extension!

 

Thanks again all for the continued interest in this project...