QUOTE (Expat @ 21 Apr 2009, 13:43)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi HHF.
Do you have space to get another platform in between the furthest away track and the back of the layout as that would actually make much more sense operationally? Maybe you could fit some baseboard extensions in between the roof joists. I'm thinking "How do passengers get to the platform" ?
If this is possible you could then have a low-relief station building and possibly have either a printed backscene of the rears of some terraced houses backing onto the furthest away line or, if there's enough room, have some low-relief terrace house rears with a Townscene roofscape backscene behind them.
Just a few thoughts.
Constructive comments are always welcome, so please print them here. It is one option I have looked at, although the room behind the furthest track on the board is quite limited, but there is air between that and the roof joists. The other option was to have a walkway and stairs from the side of the A72 road bridge (which can't quite be seen in the last photos), perhaps with a station building at street level. This should be the next part of the layout to get scenery, thats why there is currently no access for the punters!
QUOTE (BRITHO @ 21 Apr 2009, 16:14)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>....If that's a Stagecoach East Kent Metrobus II it's well and truly lost as they were all based in Ramsgate while carrying that livery.
Regards
Ermmmm...........Yeah, okay it is an East Kent bus, the minibus is a bit lost too, but I have no other buses that could be suitable and they were to hand at the time. Does anyone know the correct bus company for the Peebles area?
I had thought the new position of the station would allow an irregular train service to somewhere down the branch, but whilst the road bridge has room to spare, I have built the tunnel on the branch line for short freight vehicles and shunters, so now I find that the only passenger vehicles that will fit are class 101s and possibly 142s! So I might leave that idea on the drawing board.
