Good afternoon!
Here is my latest entry with progress on "a little slice of Grantham shed" project.
I have finally put the baseboard together and fixed down the layout plan using Templot. As I'm still not great with Templot, I created the different turnouts and straight sections individually, printed them out and once the board was marked out, the pieces were stuck together like a jigsaw puzzle.
So here is the first photo, the whole layout is 120cm long by 22cm wide. The area to the right (where there is no track plan) will be the fiddle yard. I have created the plan as close to the prototype as possible and although I have turnouts at one end which don't actually lead anywhere, this not only keeps it prototypical but also allows the possibility of future extension. There are four turnouts and a double slip (thanks to Cav - RBE - for creating this on Templot for me as it was pretty complexe and way beyond my computer skills) which I'm not looking forward to putting together so any tips on how best to tackle this would be greatly appreciated. The water tower and coaling stage will sit to the right of the plant.
The plan allows locos to arrive at the plant for recoaling and the area to the left of the slip is just long enough to allow a loco to run round and head back along the other road back to the fiddle yard.
Track plan - fiddle yard to the right.
Overall view of the layout with coaling plant in position for effect.
A1 "on shed"
View from the other angle - I have been experimenting with colours on this side of the coaling plant and there will be several more washes going on to tone down the colour which should look great once finished.
I have also been adding more hand rails to the tower - they seem to be never ending! Here is the latest progress with a little trimming left to do to complete the middle section.
Best regards,
Jeremy
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