Following on from a hard day's navvying then I thought it was time to share the grand plan, and that "Houston we have a problem" moment.... See the two maps from Railmodeller software.
Model railways often have a bit of give and take on curves etc because the track is put together with fishplates and it moves etc. Well, its a good job that I'm not surveying this for real.
The challenge now is to tweak this to include R3 curves (possibly) - the almost "must have" minimum circuit to avoid any big locos having problems, the buildings (platforms and stations) that I have, and to include enough operating challenges and passing loops to make it actually fun to use.
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| Concept sketch |
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| What Railmodeller tells me I've got if all track is aligned perfectly. |
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| What I have effectively got - there is an expandable track to ensure it joins, but I haven't understood how to achieve that yet in the software. |
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| Bottom left corner if I go to LGB R3. Inner curve is PIKO radius 3 (920 mm radius), Outer curve is LGB R 3 (1195 mm radius) |
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| Top right corner if I go to LGB R3. Inner curve is PIKO radius 3 (920 mm radius), Outer curve is LGB R 3 (1195 mm radius) |
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