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Hijack away! It looks excellent. It’s amazing how even the polystyrene scenery changes the look. feel free to post more stuff anyhow. 
 

For me the ‘railway in the environment’ is one of the things I’m trying to achieve in this layout. I tried to plan it in from the beginning with the baseboards being above the frame so I can sink some bits of it and raise up some others. I think the other challenge is to get it geologically correct...that’s another challenge though! A19E0455-9771-4AA4-8C4D-E3BB45017F9C.jpeg.a8a19fe66f23da1b9d2b71588accb9c3.jpegA997CFC5-A354-42E0-BF7E-DC193A275ACD.jpeg.43a881cc4881e7d60d78f1d44f5da147.jpeg45816E9B-EC2F-4ECB-ACCB-7410DADEF0BA.jpeg.0104897985655ab918e3f737b862d3e3.jpeg

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I'm now a homeschooler of 3 children - to be fair they've been pretty good. However things have slowed down at Litton & Cressbrook....

 

The other thing that's slowed me down is that I've been trying to work out the width of the platform on the up side of the main line. It will be platforms 2 & 3 on my layout - on the real Millers Dale it would have been platforms 4 & 5. With help of Paul Bolton (thanks Paul) I found a diagram of the station on the MRS archive site and worked out the rough widths. I cut some templates out but initially I thought they looked too thin at the ends however, I do think it's right.

 

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I've done some embankment work which I think makes a big difference. I tried to work out the 'right' distance between the road bed and the start of the embankment and then cut it there. I hope that it looks ok. I think the geology / earthworks is a big feature of a peak line layout.

 

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I put some more tracks and templates down to give an idea of how things will look. I don't know how long I'll need to wait for slips and curved points in bullhead though.

 

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finally I did get a 1P - lovely little loco!

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r I'm managed to get a bit of work done on the points leading into the bay. With the help of I found this more challenging then I thought it would be because 

 

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Thank you - that is amazing! I've done very little of late. I did manage to mark out the bay and runaround platform and then cut the hillside. We have to have our roof replaced tomorrow so hopefully there won'[t be any issues for the layout.

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Not posted on here for a long time but I have an update finally, though it’s an odd one. 
 

L & C was meant to be my ‘layout of a lifetime’ but basically I got a new job and we’ll be moving about this time next year so it’s not going to happen.
 

Therefore I’ve decided to level the baseboards and lay the track I have down i. A simplified track layout so I can play trains - they’ve just done nothing for years. 
 

However I’m not sure if it’s worth doing any more than that and wanted some thoughts? What would you do if you had until December?

 

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Thanks Baz. Your encouragement is much appreciated. 
 

I think there are some things I can practice without extra cost - eg I can do wiring and practice interlocking (is that the right word) cobalt point motors with a Dapol signal maybe. And I can make some platforms and stuff. I guess I can also practice running the timetable too - I’ve got most of the stock for the peak line! Any other things that might be worth doing for the future?!

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