Friday 27 May 2016

All our yesterdays

 The art of compromise is nearly done. Not that it's been an intense process, I just fiddle once in a while. There's really only the signal box to do. Above; the left hand end with  full capacity sidings. Not that it's been asked, but do I want to take it out of the house? I thought no initially, then it seemed like a good idea, now I'm not so sure. Definitely on table height trestles I think as befits its 1978 period.




A wander around Rye a few weeks back and a wander into the junk shops on the Stand. This caught my eye and will have a resonance with many. The Bond Aston Martin - but look at the price! With box, and ejector seat included inside, unlike in the Hoover bag where most ended their days.

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  1. Good to see it in the 'flesh' so to speak. Can we have a picture of the other end and maybe a couple of shots closer in? The plan always intrigued me, along with hundreds of other modellers no doubt, so seeing it built is a treat.

    Looking at the pic, I'm pondering your choice of goods shed. Thinking about the bigger shed on Llanstr, that model visually anchored that end of the layout, I wonder if a slightly bigger structure might have the same effect on the AotC.




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  2. The choice was deliberate. The original plan used the Prototype models GWR shed which although small-ish dominates that end. I've said before that the LH end on the plan won't work in the width as drawn - it's not wide enough. So I've lightened everthing. The Wills shed is the main part of this.
    CF

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