009 News January

[George Surridge]

Excellent article about the Brent Eleigh, Peter Rednall produces superb layouts. But the overall picture would be enhanced so much by a layout plan! Shame this was missing.  Any chance of one on here?

[Hobby]

I suspect it depends on what the Author of the article sends to Chris. It's a good point, though, perhaps in future all of us who do layout articles for the News should also include a plan, I am always asked for one when i submit articles to CM. If people can't use a computer to do one then a simple drawing which can then be photographed or scanned and included with the photos will do the same job. Alternatively, if the layout is small enough, a view from above does the same job.

[Stephen Rainsbury]

I was just about to suggest the same thing. I find it so much easier to form a mental image with a track plan :)
(no this is not the first step to rivet counting - just the way my brain works  ;D )

[Hobby]

(no this is not the first step to rivet counting - just the way my Model Railway Enthusiast's brains work  ;D )

OK hands up those who still have a selection of CJ Freezer's plans books on their bookshelves!! ;)

[clayliner]

That's a very cute little observation car on the cover, but it doesn't appear to have any wheels...

David.

[Graeme Dunbar]

I was just about to suggest the same thing. I find it so much easier to form a mental image with a track plan :)

Or to correct it. I am often pleasantly surprised how different views from photographs overlap and inter-mesh making the model as seen in photographs appear larger than the plan would suggest.

I've enjoyed attempting to recreate a few layouts using the Anyrail track planning package. Initially I tried drawing Awngate from the photos and the track plan. The thread here reminded me that some time ago I figured out to overlay an image of the track plan as a background and rescale it and used it to draw Yurze Ore Mine so I've revisited Awngate and here are the results.

It is not as smooth looking as my first attempt but I've not spent so long tweaking the details.

[Stephen Rainsbury]

OK hands up those who still have a selection of CJ Freezer's plans books on their bookshelves!! ;)

I never owned one, but I did take a load of photographs from the one in the library :-)

[Stephen Rainsbury]

That's a very cute little observation car on the cover, but it doesn't appear to have any wheels...

Hover van

[Hobby]

It's got some, it's just the angle of the photo and design of the coach (low sides) that prevent you from seeing them!

[clayliner]

It's got some, it's just the angle of the photo and design of the coach (low sides) that prevent you from seeing them!

Yes, I've no doubt it has! (I think you can see some in the photo inside.) However, given that quite a number of folk seem to have bought L&B coaches only to find that they were too big for their layouts, I'm wondering whether this coach may not present buyers with clearance issues of a different kind. We shall see.

David.

[B.Meldon]

That's a very cute little observation car on the cover, but it doesn't appear to have any wheels...

David.

Here is a link to a photo of the prototype for this Peco model.


(Originating web page: http://insidemotion.co.uk/2019/08/07/a-different-track-shrewsbury/ )

Back in 1863 when they were first built the idea behind the low body design (probably by C.E. Spooner) was to keep the centre of gravity low down on what was then considered a very narrow gauge for passenger coaches. The central seat is built over the wheels.
No1 in this photo is a replica completed in 1997, however it does include several parts from original coach No2 including the carved sections above the windows.

Brian Meldon

[Stephen Rainsbury]

OK hands up those who still have a selection of CJ Freezer's plans books on their bookshelves!! ;)

I never owned one, but I did take a load of photographs from the one in the library :-)

Since that I have bought 5 of his books, including 60 plans, and his Layout design book. All were under £3 each from Abe books ;)