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"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

TomE

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I thought that quote summed up baseboard construction pretty well! :D

 

Originally I had intended that the baseboard be around 4ft by 1.5ft for the Ropley project. However, after playing around with the plans it became obvious that there would need to be compression of the scene at each end, namely the main shed and C&W shed would have to be effectively chopped in half. Whilst this isn't exactly a problem, it would make expansion of the layout at a later date to include the station much more difficult.

 

So after some thinking, which may or may not have been aided by an alcoholic beverage, or 3, I decided the best solution was to start the layout from the Eastern end of the yard and work West. With the 4ft being the maximum length I can get in the car, this means the board split will be right in front of the shed, which is ideal! The main shed & wheel drop will then be built on a second smaller board and this also means that eventually, as space & time permit, the layout can be expanded to encompass the station area too.

 

Here's the plan for the baseboard join, which hopefully is robust enough to keep everything aligned!

 

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This method of construction will also allow the slope away of the terrain to the South of the shed to be reproduced.

 

Next stop, the local timber merchant!

 

Cheers all,

 

Tom.

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Will J

Ah, measuring the board with an eye to whether it would fit in the car. The best I have achieved is to decide, retrospectively, that the board will fit in the car, assuming that it sits at a dramatic, not to say jaunty, angle!

 

Like the diagrams :)

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scanman

Another addage - 'No plan survives first contact with the enemy' - or in my case, the saw-blade with the wood! You could also consider planning the car round the baseboards rather than vice-versa??;)

 

Regs

 

Ian

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Donw
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When I started Project Management I was advised that any Project is aiming at a moving target i.e everthing is laible to change as the project proceeds. So for any project you set off in the right direction and adjust as you progress rather like adjusting the rudder on a boat to account for the effects of wind and tide.

Don

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richbrummitt

Another addage - 'No plan survives first contact with the enemy' - or in my case, the saw-blade with the wood! You could also consider planning the car round the baseboards rather than vice-versa??;)

 

Regs

 

Ian

 

 

In my case the car is as important as the railway. I use the car every day (20,000 miles/year) , whereas I've transported the layout twice (accounting for <100 miles of the c.50,100 that are on the odometer).

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Will J

At this point I would try to sell Tom my Ford Focus estate... but I fear he knows too much about the hard life it has suffered!

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TomE
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At this point I would try to sell Tom my Ford Focus estate... but I fear he knows too much about the hard life it has suffered!

 

Indeed, are you allowed back at KFC yet? :P

 

Tom

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