Box in a Box - mark II
Having just purchased a BachFar 'Warship, 3 BR Collett coaches and a Class 108 DMU set,I've found out something that should have been glaringly obvious from the start... a boxfile fiddleyard ain't BIG enough!!! Cannot imaging how I'd run a '28xxx' & long coal train or a 'King' & 14 bogies.... So some lateral thinking has been applied. I'd like to continue with the 'minimal' baseboard concept and I do like the effect of running in the deep cutting that the boxfiles give. Current options are to
1. Cut new boards from 3mm ply (old wardrobe sides) (free, fairly rigid but still light) or
2. Make the new boards from foamboard. (Easy to work, LIGHT and still fairly rigid)
In either case the boards will each be 750mm long with 100mm sides/ends to allow for the depth of the cutting. There will be two scenic boards with a cassette f/y at each end. the cassette boards will have 'fold-down' outer ends to allow for longer cassettes when necessary (the 'King' & 14 etc!)
Re-vamping will also allow for the prototype curve between the tunnel portal and the Potley Lane bridge - which I hadn't accounted-for in the original in the original. It will also allow more visual impact in the scenic section.
Okay, it's not a boxfile layout any more but I'd like to think I'm still complying with the spirit.. Feel free to tell me whither I'm wrong!!
Got the ironing to do which will take most of the day - but will give me 'mulling-over' time re the choice of materials. Once again - comments welcome!
Regs
Ian
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