The first show out of the traps next year is Southampton with Tal-coed. Being that the next few weeks are silly season in more ways than one, I thought it might be an idea to get it out and give it a look over. Of course it isn't large so looking didn't take long. The usual bald bits of green needed doing and on top of that I have a few odd things that I may do. Wary not to clutter like some do, this will be subtle: veg in the veg patch, a couple of Coopercraft tools by the lean-to and possibly a water butt. I pondered the fiddle yard such as it is and wondered if it could be improved. A few suggestions from others include a cassette system. Not my favourite method and then where would you store them? The beauty of Tal-coed is that it is one-lift - no bolts, no other boards, no fuss. Maybe it's best left as a pure breed.
The only way to really improve the fiddle yard is to widen the board at the back. You'd then have various options including a couple of spurs to cassettes. Some like those on Awngate would be easy to install but while they are great for a home layout they are not always the easiest to deal with at a show. A loop or couple of sidings may be easier.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. My long term thoughts exactly.
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For some unknown reason Sue found the second and third sentences of your post so funny when I read them out that she had a coughing fit. Can't think why.......is there some hidden innuendo that I have missed?
ReplyDeleteRe: fiddle yard.......saw Howard Coulson's Belgian layout at Colehill today was shown the rather natty sliding drawer-type traverser that is hidden under the high level mine track. Just a though although it might be difficult to work into an existing layout.
Stig.
Err... why are you reading them out?
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Because the type comes out so small on the stupid iPad that she can't read it.
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