Hi all,
I thought I best turn my old discussion into a proper layout topic as I am making some progress. My thoughts for this layout is a 30's GWR layout with shared running from the other companies to add some variety. I am handbuilding all the track using functional chairs apart from the fiddleyard (RH Side) which will be just rtr for ease and speed.
This is my current plan after much deliberating on weather or not to add a junction instead of a branch but with the fiddleyard space I have I don't think it would work very well. So where the mainline disappears the bottom it will just run around behind the backscene and into the fiddleyard (which will be opened up to 00 for tighter curves). With it being plain track there shouldn't be too much issue and the CMX will keep the track clean. The branch line gives me a space to do something really nice and scenic with a single line running through the countryside which I have always enjoyed. The idea with the layout is that it gives me the "best of both worlds" so I can run mainline aswell as branch traffic.
My only question now is, I have kept the mainlines at a scale 8ft distance to leave space for any detailing stuff that needs to go in the middle and ground signals etc. Is this just right or a bit too much? I want it to look right but not cause too many issues down the line. My on scene curves are around 5-6ft for the mainlines until it's hidden.
Otherwise I am really liking this plan. My goods loop where it joins the mainline halfway down the left side is quite short but I guess that's a compromise thing as I didn't really want the mainline to follow the branch too much.
Thanks
Mike
I thought I best turn my old discussion into a proper layout topic as I am making some progress. My thoughts for this layout is a 30's GWR layout with shared running from the other companies to add some variety. I am handbuilding all the track using functional chairs apart from the fiddleyard (RH Side) which will be just rtr for ease and speed.
This is my current plan after much deliberating on weather or not to add a junction instead of a branch but with the fiddleyard space I have I don't think it would work very well. So where the mainline disappears the bottom it will just run around behind the backscene and into the fiddleyard (which will be opened up to 00 for tighter curves). With it being plain track there shouldn't be too much issue and the CMX will keep the track clean. The branch line gives me a space to do something really nice and scenic with a single line running through the countryside which I have always enjoyed. The idea with the layout is that it gives me the "best of both worlds" so I can run mainline aswell as branch traffic.
My only question now is, I have kept the mainlines at a scale 8ft distance to leave space for any detailing stuff that needs to go in the middle and ground signals etc. Is this just right or a bit too much? I want it to look right but not cause too many issues down the line. My on scene curves are around 5-6ft for the mainlines until it's hidden.
Otherwise I am really liking this plan. My goods loop where it joins the mainline halfway down the left side is quite short but I guess that's a compromise thing as I didn't really want the mainline to follow the branch too much.
Thanks
Mike
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