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Today I got Kit Kat in my eye
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sorry for quoting the whole post G-BOAF. Can we see your layout, it sounds really interesting! I think the preserved setting offers a really interesting subject when it's as well thought out as this.
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has been modelling and is quite pleased with it. Unfortuantley I can't find the charger for my camera battery, so you will just have to believe me on this one
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trying to work out how long a Bachmann 158 is
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Just around 24 inches for both coaches. Check Hattons as they photo everything with a ruler http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=21231
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very few things cannot be resolved using a macro enabled workbook
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gets married in 7 and bit weeks
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was looking for something to do for two hours in Leeds on sunday. Turns out its the exhibition at The Middleton Railway. Problem solved.
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likes rmweb and CSI
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Hi Roger, just been looking at your inglenook adventure. it looks really good. I've got some pictures of the wagon repair works at Scunthorpe steel works on this computer I'll put them in the next post.. might be the direction to go in.
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Crickey, very similar track plan and subject! I can assure you mine won't be to such a high standard. I'm now in a dilema as to whether to continue with the idea...
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I've made some progress since my last blog post. The tracks laid, wired up and tested. A big challenge was the the 3 way point. Perplexed on how this works and how to wire it up I turned to rmweb to steer me. Fortunately others have been equally perplexed by this, so I soon found the answer. I have to admit that I read the explanations a number of times before finally getting a handle on it. A trip to maplins the next day and we were good to go. I will probably re-wire the layout just to tidy it up. I've tweaked the track plan slightly. To add some interest i wanted to reflect the sharp radius found on industrial complexes, so the top road will veer off at an alarming curve into a building. Here's a poor quality photo to illustrate the trackplan: There's the potential to run off into a fiddle yard at either side of the layout and the potential to propel a rake of wagons back into the building. I'm deciding on a setting. I'm thinking a foundry or a small part of a steel works. Either way I want to give the impression that the viewer is glimpsing a small part of a larger complex. This will also give me the opportunity to build and run some interesting internal use wagons. Here's a crude sketch I've drawn up of the strcutures. I sould like the buildings to act a back scene, to prevent the foot or so of blue emulsion that could so easily destroy the scene. It'll be nice to try and add some subtly forced perspective in there too. comments and suggestions are always welcome
