Monday, 3 March 2014

New layout: First Steps


And so it begins...

After my initial design using SCARM, it was decided that we'd try a mock-up of the track work for the front of the layout. This simply involved loose-laying the tracks across the tables, I grabbed a pile of spare track (sadly not enough points) and masking tape to illustrate the size of the boards and where the joins would be, so that point work and crossovers could be moved if needed.


16ft x 5ft approximately. The front section will incorporate the main station and level crossing as it does now, along with the turntable and a small terminus at the other end.


Masking up showed me where the board joins would be and what track work needed to be moved.


The raised section is also loose laid, for now just placed over the existing tracks so that we could see where bridges and tunnels would be needed.




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