09-29-2009, 02:23 PM
OK.........All stop...Rudder amidships...when forward motion stops, take visual bearings to confirm ship's position, and set course to get her back in the channel. 
Otherwise known as... when in doubt, stop and make sure you know where you are.
I would offer this:
Design whatever you want, when that design is done,and you think "that's it!", (if you have enough sectional track) lay it out in full size, and ask yourself....."is this what I want??" If the answer is yes, build it.
If the answer is no, add-remove-move-play with the full size until you can answer the question with a definite yes. Then.......transfer that full size to your design program, to keep as a guide to where everything is supposed to be, and build that.
I don't know if your design software allows "topogragphy" "elevation lines", but if it does, add them as you complete scenery, this will allow you to safely make changes later on, after construction is well along. You might also want to record in the drawing where all the roadbed support structure is....just in case, and on that subject, make all your attachment points accessible from under the layout, so change can be done with minimal "destruction".
Course plotted to center of channel, come right to 075 degrees, all ahead one third, turns for 12 knots,
When center of channel is reached, stop planning, and start building....
"We always learn more from our own mistakes than we will ever learn from another's advice" It's not that I'm not afraid of making mistakes, I simply do not let that fear stop me...........and I do learn.
Pete
Otherwise known as... when in doubt, stop and make sure you know where you are.
I would offer this:
Design whatever you want, when that design is done,and you think "that's it!", (if you have enough sectional track) lay it out in full size, and ask yourself....."is this what I want??" If the answer is yes, build it.
If the answer is no, add-remove-move-play with the full size until you can answer the question with a definite yes. Then.......transfer that full size to your design program, to keep as a guide to where everything is supposed to be, and build that.
I don't know if your design software allows "topogragphy" "elevation lines", but if it does, add them as you complete scenery, this will allow you to safely make changes later on, after construction is well along. You might also want to record in the drawing where all the roadbed support structure is....just in case, and on that subject, make all your attachment points accessible from under the layout, so change can be done with minimal "destruction".
Course plotted to center of channel, come right to 075 degrees, all ahead one third, turns for 12 knots,
When center of channel is reached, stop planning, and start building....
"We always learn more from our own mistakes than we will ever learn from another's advice" It's not that I'm not afraid of making mistakes, I simply do not let that fear stop me...........and I do learn.
Pete
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!