Ed Winterbury
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Ok. I want to use imperial but tape measure is metric. Here's a sketch: Partially obscured by volume indicator.
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This has so far been a monologue, so I'm here to make it a dialogue...
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Hills of the North - The Last Great Project
Ed Winterbury replied to LNER4479's topic in Layout topics
I've just tuned back into this thread. Why have you highlighted the words 'how' and 'to'? -
Don't subscribe to things unless it's a challenge to visit a shop on a monthly basis and buy a magazine. It's the same principle for all magazines, not just Model Rail.
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My phone/camera is temporarily occupied, but I will photograph the puzzle when I can get hold of the phone-maybe.
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Dimensions are... 3900mm (3m 90cm or approx 13') x 7'6" or 2m 20cm. A bit longer but a bit narrower than the rough predictions. There's also a little bit that pokes out and the dimensions are 3'-ish 50cm. Whilst I would like to utilise this small space, it seems fairly unlikely anything would fit in.
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I've arrived at a figure of 4' to 6', but am still sceptical about if that's enough. On another note, a recent trip to Scotland has helped to locate the layout. I wonder if a normal LED lighting strip is enough to create a night-time effect.
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Well, a quick update: I've put down some track on the 4'x2' board mentioned, it's a shunting puzzle. I have a tape measure and I'm at the layout now. I think I'll do it today. Just bear with me a couple of hours. I've moved on a bit and have been considering a through branch line station as well as mainline through stations and termini.
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I'm currently wrestling with how long trains need to be for a secondary mainline in the 50s and 60s, though Blue Pullmans and HST may feature. Can I please have some help?
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Indeed. Thanks!
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'Messing around' tends to create the realistic images a teenage spotter of the 60s and 70s might take. Too manicured and it will look like there's a 'pose'.
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Except the last one, I was led to believe that you had real 60s photos!
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I'm not the first to ask this, but a track plan will help us appreciate this beautiful layout.
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I will try to get it to the cm, I can't get it any more detailed. I should hope that Graham does create the plan.
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The 4x2 layout's board is still in the production centre, then onto the 'snail mail' before arriving my (normal) home. I just hope I'm not away when it's delivered.
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Thanks, Andy! So far, I've whittled it down to Crewlisle and Graham Nicholas' Aberdeen-inspired layout as primary inspiration. Graham says that he could do me the favour of compiling a track plan for Aberdeen soon, so I will wait for that and hopefully, I'll be where the layout is this Christmas to get measurement accurate to the inch.
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Don't tell me you're serious about the airport plan?
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Thanks
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I don't possess it in my normal (London) home, which is where the board will be delivered to. And I would wreck the board, not to mention forfeiting the warranty. I do, however, possess a soldering iron.
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Oh, WOW!
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No, I do not possess a piece of metal with sharp teeth known as a saw. And I would destroy the underframe.
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Well, the board is on its way, so I can't change it.
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The 4'x2' board's layout has been designed, here it is: . Please feel free to suggest improvements. To this, I would add some buildings.
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Sure! I started the Cakebox Challenge layout yesterday (Sunday) with the Scale Model Scenery Small Diorama Baseboard, a second-hand BR 01/02/03/04/05/06/07 shunter and a single 7-plank wagon. I've built up the weighbridge from RM and also placed a resin garden shed. For this exercise, only the best will do so I purchased a yard of Peco Code 75 Bullhead Rail (a personal first). Again, I've opted for the most expensive scatter and ballast, for added realism. So that's my cakebox: a shunter, wagon and some structures.
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Yes, a 4' by 2' board is on its way. By the way, I'm in the Cakebox Challenge (yet to enter)
