7mm Marshalling Yard (A Proposal)

[Simon Dunkley]

It's the thinking behind the right-hand siding on my layout Schiller Point, here...

Just a thought, but if you modelled it all in forced perspective, so that the long bonnet got smaller, and the freight cars, too, then it would be even more realistic!

two long sidings are much more realistic than 4 very short ones.

Decent layout design in a nutshell - they can also be more fun to shunt. And one siding, can be even more frustrating fun.

 

[Jordan]

Just a thought, but if you modelled it all in forced perspective, so that the long bonnet got smaller, and the freight cars, too, then it would be even more realistic!

Realistic, yes; working, no!!!

 

[SteveO]

Great! Thanks Simon. I'm nursing a littleman with a temperature today, and most of last night, so will digest when I get a bit of kip. Cheers!

 

[Simon Dunkley]

Great! Thanks Simon. I'm nursing a littleman with a temperature today, and most of last night, so will digest when I get a bit of kip. Cheers!

No problems, Steve.
An you will not believe the amount of restraint I am showing by not commenting on "nursing a littleman".
I hope he gets better, and you get some sleep!

 

[Simon Dunkley]

Realistic, yes; working, no!!!

There's always someone to find fault with a good idea!

 

[marsa69]

No problems, Steve.
An you will not believe the amount of restraint I am showing by not commenting on "nursing a littleman".
I hope he gets better, and you get some sleep!

You've changed

 

[Simon Dunkley]

You've changed

Not really. Just become more subtle - by showing that I had been restrained, I still made the same point...

 

[marsa69]

Good job I'd already had a laugh about it then when I first read it

 

[Jordan]

.... you will not believe the amount of restraint I am showing by not commenting on "nursing a littleman".

I can believe it...!!

 

[iploffy]

I can believe it...!!

We all can

 

[SteveO]

Thanks for all the input on this, I've almost certainly decided to add an extra board to take it to 12 feet (!!!), I've even put aside the slats ready to start sawing.

That would give me so many more options on what to do, and give a little extra for a run, instead of just popping in and out of a fiddle yard like a meerkat. Peepo!