Re: Winter Project - West Mary Yard - Postponed!
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:55 pm
Hi Keith,
I commend your enthusiasm, and it looks like you're getting on to something. The track plan looks to give you sufficient switching options, but I do have to mention two things:
- Try to avoid cramming too much in a small space, even though this one has plenty of options for 'play' , I'm not entirely sure it's realistic at this size, if it was a couple of feet longer in a similar configuration, it might work.
I think for the amount or points you have, it leaves some of the tracks rather short, and it appears you have little space to run around a train, perhaps a car or two at most, that might just be the angle of the pictures perhaps.
-I know this is just an experiment, but I would for your final plan, use larger/smoother points, this will probably mean less of them, but overal appearance will improve and trains will run better.
Don't let that put you off however, by all means have a play, experiment, see what works for you, and take your time. If you find you get a lot of gratification and above all, FUN, out of it, by all means build it!
Koos
I commend your enthusiasm, and it looks like you're getting on to something. The track plan looks to give you sufficient switching options, but I do have to mention two things:
- Try to avoid cramming too much in a small space, even though this one has plenty of options for 'play' , I'm not entirely sure it's realistic at this size, if it was a couple of feet longer in a similar configuration, it might work.
I think for the amount or points you have, it leaves some of the tracks rather short, and it appears you have little space to run around a train, perhaps a car or two at most, that might just be the angle of the pictures perhaps.
-I know this is just an experiment, but I would for your final plan, use larger/smoother points, this will probably mean less of them, but overal appearance will improve and trains will run better.
Don't let that put you off however, by all means have a play, experiment, see what works for you, and take your time. If you find you get a lot of gratification and above all, FUN, out of it, by all means build it!
Koos