added to assessing my likelihood of ever building a layout of size again,
and discovering an unexpected product or two...
and playing with both Anyrail and real pieces of track...
I think my thinking has settled on the extremely improbable layout that may be a fast build but keep me entertained for a while.
3ft by 2ft
(I thought I might need an extra 3" in the width or length or both, but I designed down to smaller limit eventually.)
Anyrail sketch.
But Anyrail can't quite cope with how I'm stealing the odd inch and half inch to make things work.
A terminus with a bay platform and sidings, to a turntable fiddle yard with three tracks.
Baseboard is just 1" foil foam. Quite strong and rigid enough, but scenery based on layers or the same will strengthen it,
Three Hornby 4 wheel coaches can be at the main platform and be run-round.
It looks as though an extra siding will go in.
The turntable will be a couple of inches longer than shown.
The tricks involved in this madness, apart from my oft-mentioned 10" radius Fleischman 6020 curves?
A recent discovery of old Playcraft products.
Top, a Hornby R2 point (OK, with added live frog, but that's a separate story) 18" radius, basically
Middle, a Playcraft 15" radius point. About Hornby R1.
Lower, a Playcraft 13" radius point. Very silly, unless one is already using 10" curved track.
The construction of the Playcraft points means that they can be cut back to the frog without much difficulty.
So a crossover, the only one I need, can be further reduced in size compared to a single standard size Hornby point, saving on length and width.
Electrics: non-existent. This is for my battery-powered radio control locos.
Next, the unorthodox turntable. Little to no precision required.
Top remaining issue: scenery and style. Do it conventionally and ignore the impossible track curves?
or associate it with one fantasy world or another?
Chris, who may have finally lost it.
