Avonwick South Devon in 2mm (Kris' Blog)

Hi Kris,

 

Good to meet you at the EXPO - Very nice to see Avonwick as well. I think the high backscene and proportions work really well and for me, the layout has a good sense of depth/train in the landscape feel too.

 

The above plans sound very exciting...any chance of sketching out a track plan so I can reread it, digest it and try get my head around your proposals a bit more?

 

Pete

Plans scribbled and sorted Pete

Plans scribbled and sorted Pete

 

Nice one Kris - really helpful and helps put your text in context.

 

It will certainly transform the size of the layout from the original Avonwick...I guess that seeing Fencehouses had nothing to do with that decision

 

Pete

Nice one Kris - really helpful and helps put your text in context.

 

It will certainly transform the size of the layout from the original Avonwick...I guess that seeing Fencehouses had nothing to do with that decision

 

Pete

 

The plans are a little misleading here as it will end up being about 900mm shorter (well if my woodwork works!) than the existing combined length. Width wise is another matter. It's increasing from just over 300 to somewhere around the 1600mm mark.

 

As for Fencehouses, it looks fantastic, but the amount of grief I would get for even suggesting something of that size at the moment No I don't think I'll even go there at the moment, the future however, well we'll just have to see.

Kris careful or your be rebuilding that helix again......

I rather like the roundy roundy if you have the room. It greatly increases the ratio of scenic space to fiddle yard.

Donw

Nick - No helix's this time, I shall endeavour to ensure this.

 

Don - I'm luck enough to have the space to be able to put up either design, it's just I can't keep the whole thing erected. I do agree that it increases the scenic space to fiddle yard area which is defiantly positive. The design of the main board will mean that the the existing and new scenic areas won't flow into one another. I can't easily alter this so won't be trying to.

 

I might consider using this joint area to display some layout information. Hopefully this will hide this discrepancy somewhat.

Kris re;

 

"The design of the main board will mean that the the existing and new scenic areas won't flow into one another. I can't easily alter this so won't be trying to.

 

I might consider using this joint area to display some layout information. Hopefully this will hide this discrepancy somewhat."

 

I think if you have an obvious break of at least a couple of inches. As high as the backscene and painted dark I think people will accept that the two scenes are separate. Particularly as short branch trains will be less obvious if showing in two scenes at once. You could also have a scene name for each on the lighting pelmet.

Donw

I like that bridge too- There were also some more spectacular iron bridges between Gara and Avonwick that would be worth considering. At least KB is a single line branch, which greatly improves space saving, even on a round. Funnily enough I was looking at this same issue myself. I would love to have a contnuous run but there's no way I can do it now and stay close ish to prototype.

I really want to do some more scenic sections, into the Avon valley and Gara Bridge station, but these will have to wait until the current sections are done. The steep gorge section between Gara and Avonwick would be amazing to model, really dramatic. Looking forward to seeing pics from expo and how the above sketches pan out.