Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railway)

[jonte]

...An overall view ...

Jonte, that is a very impressive woodwork Did you have exhibitions in your mind when you designed it?

Hi, Reinhard, and thanks for the compliment

Frankly, I didn't design it - I'm really just making this up as I go along, so it's more sort of 'happening' !!

However, my influence has come from two stalwarts of British railway modelling, Barry Norman and of course Iain Rice, who design their layouts primarily for exhibiting, hence the portability of the design. Also, I want it to be temporary so that when it's finished - if I ever do - I can take it apart quite easily and dispose of it. Also, I have a long term plan in mind: as I age, my arthritis gets worse and my eye sight with it, which leads me in the direction of 7mm modelling ('O' gauge) and an LMS branch line, in particular, that closed in the mid 60s. Already, I've been stock piling 'O' gauge points and some track, and have also acquired an LMS (steam loco) in B.R. livery and a maroon coach of the north west region, in readiness. So as you see, there's no long term future for this diorama/layout; I'm just cutting my teeth on it and having fun at the same time, in the hope that skills and lessons learned will be transferred to my proposed, and probably more permanent layout when I eventually get round to building it - and, boy, have I learned some lessons already !

Finally, I don't think my 'two points plan' would keep an audience entertained for long - Dave Long, has recently succeeded with his '2 point layout' (Northwest 22nd Street), but he's a proper modeller and even when there's not much happening, the quality of his work has to be seen to be believed - plus, I've kit bashed in the past and scratchbuilt one or two structures just for fun, but frankly, they're not of exhibition quality so I don't hold out much hope for exhibiting.

Plus, I'm far too shy :oops:

Best wishes, Reinhard, and thank you once again.

Jonte