RSS Fetcher Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Here we go again... I received my EMGS Newsletter' today.... Take an area 5' 00" x 18.2" (the '0.2" might be critical!) and turn it into a layout by November 2015... The Plan:- pretty blank at the moment - but various themes are floating round my head.... Oh yes, the hatched lines represent the space taken by the cassette-type fiddle-yard(s). Theme 1 'Perfection Wharf' - - a canal basin - Wharehouses - wagon turntables - high level 'access' line. Theme 2 'Perfection Brewers' - canal basin - Maltings - boiler-house -road crossing -Pub (to make use of he one I built years ago)! 3. 'Perfection Sidings' - almost derelict small yard, possibly industrial -very run-down -3-way stub point access -overbridges each end (type??) -'high-level' access? 5. Halt station -industrial setting, possibly using elements of (1) & (2) -replace water with station - 'Heavy Engineering' location? Whatever theme I use, it will be 'architecture heavy', and movement light'! The cassettes will only be 12''long, so a loco and two wagons max. However, the potential for movement might be increased by the 'high-level' line in front of a backscene, where the cassette acts as a 'crane-lift' to the lower level. There will be no pointwork as such although the 'yard entrances' (if visible) will probably be represented by a standard crossing-nose or a three-way stup. Should have something more concrete in the next couple of days. However, because of other working commitments I'm limiting myself to 'wednesdays only' on this one - so about 52 days modelling to finish it! Oh yes - the baseboard size... 5' = 60" and 2015 will be the 60th anniversary of the formation of the EM Gauge Society. and of course '18.2' (mm) is the track gauge! Regards Ian Attached thumbnail(s) View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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