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three times fast

I am continuing to make a new layout set in Glasgow in an inner-surburban area, a contemporary ficional station inspired by Polkshields East. It will have mrk 3 and mrk 1 catenary masts and will have foliage and a background of tenements which I may paint on the backdrop. I am just working out the clearances on the slightly curved platforms using the simple but effective masking tape and a pencil method. I attached a pencil to the centre of my longest bogie on one side pointing downwards. I then ran the vehicle on the inside curve, with the pencil on the inside and made a line on the baseboard which gave me a good idea of the inner clearance curve. I've marked the outside curve too in a similar way, I now just have to be careful when laying the track to get a nice smooth line.

brillant work

Brilliant, good luck with your layout.

Brilliant very nicely painteded locomotives and coaches, good job.

good to see the progress

good luck with that

I have already removed the rails out of the old sleepers. And I’m starting the process of putting the rails in the new sleepers. That’s all for now gawd beye.

I have prepared the baseboard for laying the track. I’m in the process of making the track at the moment.

I have prepared the baseboard for laying the track. I’m in the process of making the track at the moment

thanks

brilliant

ok

nice point work

it would'nt be 16.5mm it would be 21mm track gauge

thanks

great effect

I am going to make a section of broad-gauge track on an old base board on a failed layout . The gauge would be the 5 ft 3 in Irish broad-gauge and will be done in less then two days which I might start this weekend, gawd beye

brilliant

I have had to start all over again! The gruelling task of getting started on my Glasgow Central layout has gotton more tedious as I have had to have a re-think of my plans, owing to the fact that the 422mmx345mm baseboard was just too small to accommodate 13 platforms. I am planning to include the bridge that spans the Clyde until the tracks separate, so, I think the baseboard will have to be triple the size of the original, at least 1200mmx900mm.