More design considerations

Still waiting for timber and plywood supplies at the "right" price so no wood butchering yet and doubtful if any wood butchering will get done this side of Christmas.
However that doesn't mean i can't think and plan ahead a little bit.
Now, i'm no artist and never will be but, I spent about half an hour just sketching this picture to give some sort of impression as to what Ashwood end will look.

Not the best picture as it was drawn in pencil then photographed with my Canon C12.

Not all the detail is shown, just enough to give an overall impression  that's all.
The eagle eyed may note that an extra curved point and siding has been added to the original plan shown previously.the addition is a short siding to bring coal and fuel to the factory boiler house.
I intend to start construction on some of the buildings shortly so watch this space for progress.
Cheers
Frank

Getting my points across.

My new project for 2014 and beyond is a new layout in 0-16.5 scale.

Having built some locos and stock I think it's about time I built a layout for them to run on hence "Ashwood End" is being created.

A layout needs track (obviously) for the locos and stock to run on, so, i spent a couple of afternoons last week knocking up a couple of turnouts.

I used the traditional copper clad sleepers type of construction  using scrap Peco code 75 flat bottomed rail except for the right hand point where I used bull head rail for the switch blades.

I was a bit cheeky though because I down loaded some H0/00 point templates from the Peco web site, printed them out and used them as a guide to building, adjusting the size and spacing of the sleepers accordingly. Bit of a cheat really but it works!

These are the first narrow gauge points I have made and I'm quite happy with them. Stock seems to run through ok with no wobbles or derailments so that will do for me!

Only another 4 points of various types left to do so got some work for the next week or two!

Cheers
Frank