petejones Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) As you can see, the earlier map has a second lane from the turntable, but from a photo I have, it's gone and the two tracks go round the back of the shed. I reduced that to one on my plan as I think it looks too crowded. Edited August 17, 2020 by petejones 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 I could lose the front road, move things to the right like so and add in the twin lanes round the back of the shed: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Not sure if this is too far to the right now, but I transposed the 1906 OS Map onto the track plan to get the angles of the two sidings correct. It should look OK as a model as I'm going to use a curved backscene at both ends, so there won't be big gaps in the two back corners. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Just waiting for some odds and sods to arrive in the post, so here's a couple of shots of the baseboard I made a few months ago. It measures 240 x 44cm, a timber frame with blue craftfoam infill and a ply backscene. The only problem with the craftfoam is there is nothing to screw point motors onto, so I will need to cut some of the foam out and add pieces of ply where the points will sit. However, the baseboard is really light, I can carry it with one hand, even though it's 2.4m long. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Slight problem with the proposed plan and the 1950s time-frame - the turntable was moved to a different area of the yard in 1950 and the one infront of the shed was filled in! This was the shed in 1960: So I could either change the plan and remove the turntable (and lose a nice feature of the layout) OR I could change the period to the 1930s or 1940s. No particular reason for me to focus on the 1950s, other than RTR loco availability (the 1600 class model that will one day be released by Rapido). For an earlier era, I could do with an 850 Class and no-one makes a model of that as far as I know... However, in favour of moving back a decade or so would allow for some potentially better modelling as the previous shed was in a dilapidated state by then, as can be seen in this pic - what a nice model that would make! This is a nice scene from the 1930s: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Decisions, decisions! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 1940s it is! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) Had to move the whole lot over to the left by 4cm due to the turnout on the right being directly above a wooden strut: Edited August 27, 2020 by petejones 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 In the meantime, I've been working on a very minimal shelf layout (180cm by 15cm) to test some ideas on. I will upload some pics later this evening, but this is the very basic track plan: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) It's nothing much, but has allowed me to try stuff out before I work on the main layout. The turnout is wired up to a Peco turnout motor with accessory switch and powered by a Gaugemaster CDU + controller. I have wired the track up to allow for DC control via the Gaugemaster controller or DCC via the Zephyr Express. I will landscape it as well soon. I tested the 45XX Small Prairie just now and it runs smoothly using DC or DCC. Edited August 28, 2020 by petejones 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 And here is the Signal Lady watching a through train to Cardigan! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 This is a 1906 map of Whitland Station - scaled at 4mm, it comes out at 7m x 1m - that would make an impressive layout! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) And a more modest 4m x 1m for Cardigan Station, again at 4mm scale, 1904 map: Edited August 31, 2020 by petejones 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 This looks better, by following the terrain boundaries (mud-flats at the top, embankment at the bottom) and would make for an unusual baseboard design. The single line going off to the right would only need a 30cm deep baseboard and could either lead to a fiddle yard, or hopefully one day, another station down the line. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joppyuk1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Some parts of the Cardi-Bach have already been done, I think in 3mm. Details can be found on the Chuffer Duffers blog. Can't provide details as I'm away from them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Yes I've seen that before, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petejones Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) For the time being, I will be trying to learn railway parlance and Templot, so I can put a more accurate track plan together. To keep my practical interest going, I am going to re-purpose the 240x44cm board for a fictitious terminus, the reasons for which, and the progress of, can be seen on this thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/157807-newport-pembs-station-1930s-oo-gauge/ Edited September 4, 2020 by petejones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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