Shame

I rather liked that track plan / location you had.

Is there no way you can condense it a little to fit?

Pete

well Pete, I've been having a look at it again today, the Port Pennan layout which was on the old forum doesn't look all that different from Banff really (both plans I think originally came from the same group of modellers IIRC), apart from having a seperate platform face at Banff, so I think what will follow will indeed be a condensed version, loose the short frontmost siding possibly, try get rest to fit in the length of 2 boxfiles joined end to end.

I remeasured the goods shed again and found that it IS actually more or less to scale, must have been something I was drinking last night, so now on with trying to get the roof in proportion, quite difficult as the ridge of the roof is only about half the length of the entire length of the building. here's a link to the real one . I hadnt quite realised the trackbed was raised, the other pics I have seen being from the station end. This is why it may help to loose the other siding, the crossover can move out a bit to allow the track to rise. I do like seperate levels in track and for such a small and simple layout I think this feature is more attractive than anything offered by an extra (v. short) siding?

in fact I've just had a eureka moment! cut the board down and make the fiddleyard seperate. pics, explanation in new entry, to follow