Today, I took my plan of action a step further. I exported a hi-res image from Xara, and plopped that onto a banner page in Publisher, suitably sized to match my baseboard size. That was printed out onto A4 sheets, which were then duly trimmed, and taped together into one big sheet. Finally, said sheet was pinned to the board.
Various locos and rolling stock were then placed onto the sections of track, to see how things fit, how sizes are, etc. I printed it on the laser printer, a
My first layout, having returned to railway modelling, turned into a disaster. It was spiralling out of control, was too complex, fiddly, and quite frankly, no fun to work on. I ripped it all up, and decided to start again.
After much deliberation, fiddling around in XTrkCad4, and browsing magazines and things, I've finally come up with a plan.
I present - 'untitled II'.
Location: Somewhere around the Chilterns. Ish.
Era: Modern, post-privatisation.
Scene Modelled: A small TM
