TheSignalEngineer

Also a hundred and twenty five of my notes would not be allowed anywhere near someone who can type a listing on EBay and then not even bother to spell check it!!

 

It is not exactly rocket science is it?

And according to the category that it is listed in it is "Animals & Scenery"

"Should be" being the operative words here. .

All layouts have an element of compromise. Viewing angles in the 1:1 world are considerably different from those for models, so it is a often matter of getting something that looks right rather than being 100% dimensionally accurate.

I read this a few weeks ago so have been paying attention to it on my daily commute. It may be a principle but is not adhered to universally. It is not true of most of the southern 4-track section of the WCML. Other than at stations & tunnels, the 4 tracks are spaced more or less evenly.

 

I think on straight sections, you can make a huge improvement by moving the lines 5mm closer without causing trouble. I will try this on some test track before starting on my next layout.

Standards are a moving feast. At the time when most of the southern end of the WCML was 4-tracked it looks to have been done on the basis of minimum land take and minimum widening of cuttings and embaknments. When I worked on it I found a few places where the six-foot wasn't even six feet wide in those days, let alone providing a ten-foot.

Three items to note.

1 - Where there are more than 2 tracks, at least one of the intervals should be a 10 foot way. The GWR were quite lucky on this as they kept the old Broad Gauge interval in a lot of places when extra tracks were laid on either side.

2 - In 00 the track gauge is only 4' 1.5". Given that the stock is the same width as on 4' 8.5" gauge on the 1:1 railway, the 6 foot needs to be slightly wider. Using track centres is a more reliable way of avoiding side-swipes.

3 - Don't forget that because of non-prototypical curves there is extra side and end throw, particularly on bogie vehicles and locos. The minimum Passing Clearance between vehicles should be 18 inches at 1:1 or 6mm in 00.

Must be a very rare collectors item.

Well worth the 40 odd quid, must be an investment !

20 quid BIN price for a couple of old Hornby points as well

and completely over the top weathering too. I've never seen 97302 looking like that, last time I saw it the paint work was immaculate.

Looked at his website, should have used the stuff that other beers don't reach. Nice clean areas where the most dirt collects.