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Since I'm not going to be able to get enough foam board in sufficient time to construct the layout that I was going to do for the local arts fair in November (though my other half's uncle is on the case as he works in construction and the next insulation job they do, he's ordering me a 5x5m area), I've had to revert to my plan B.
In short this is going to be a build quick, temporary layout (so temporary, that I'm using old stocks of ply sheet fastened with double sided tape to the board, ditto on the track, so I can run the ham knife under them to pull them out), and everything is being built on top of that; but in a way I can just lift the scenics off, and the temporary boards and mount them to something more permanent if I decide to keep them on.
I would show some photos of the street area what I'm looking at doing, but... I can't find any on line representing the era and I know of only three or four reference photos from the time showing the railway up the main street. And to make it a little more tricky, a lot of the older builds have been replaced by more modern (post railway closure) along the street, so I'm going to have to build generic building facias referencing other buildings of the time frame and amalgamating the ideas.
Motive power wise, there are plenty of interesting little things that ran through here, and these photos I found (on Flickr of the area) show a few of the motive power units.
the model of which is available RTR from Minitrix (minus air tanks on the cab roof), and also there is a Fleischmann that is close to the design with only needing a few modifications. And these can be found secondhand for less than the price of a new coach or wagon, because they were also in the 'initiation' sets, and the market is saturated.
one of the local manufacturers do a RTR of these, albeit with a 'standard' buffer beam.
Then there is this...
There are a lot of other different things that can be added in to the area, as each company in the region (of which there were many) had their own locomotives, stock and 'oddities', and when the railway companies were amalgamated, a lot of different things came in from all areas.
Scenic wise, the buildings across the back are going to be built in partial relief, with a quick 'box' made from 100mm x 5mm balsa sheet, reinforced with 3 x 5mm hardwood strip, and the fronts/sides/roof are going to be thick card based, textured, and glazed, using the box for the main support.
I'm not going to post a track plan, as it's not hard to envisage, as there's a piece of flexi-track with a bit of set-track on each end to keep it level.
If I don't have the mess around with a job I'm on later, I should be able to get the boards, basic scenic mounts, etc in and photographed (must remember to post photos!).
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