06-30-2011, 03:29 PM
I have to admit that over the last couple of weeks or so, I've started to feel a little homesick and begun to pine for the green fields of home, thus I find myself in a dilemma. Do I persevere with my railroad theme and carry on to the bitter end or do I cut and run before the first tracks are laid? Well, over the last 24 hours or so I've been weighing up the odds, and rather than bore you with the what ifs, whys and wherefores, I'll just cut to the chase and tell you that I've decided to call it a day. The layout has become a bit of a Leviathan and is just too big in its current form for what I had in mind. Plus, every time I look at it, I can't help seeing M7s, Class 4MTs, T9s, N and U Class locos pulling the shortest of malachite green trains through a quiet country station with passing loop, situated in deepest Meon or Corkscrew or Dorset or........I think you get my drift. The woodwork will stay (spent too much time and effort on it to get rid just yet) but will house a layout of British origin instead.
I haven't totally gone off the railroad idea, in fact I've still to find a use for that 2' x 1' foamboard baseboard I built last year, so will carry on at some stage with what I'd intended, it'll just be a darned sight smaller and capable of sitting atop my workbench with a simple desk light for illumination, so watch this space.
Meanwhile, thanks to all of you who offered your invaluable help and support to get me this far; I'm sincerely grateful. I'll keep a regular look in to check on how things are developing and all being well, it won't be too long before I've got something to show you........just a little smaller!!
Bye for now.
Jonte
I haven't totally gone off the railroad idea, in fact I've still to find a use for that 2' x 1' foamboard baseboard I built last year, so will carry on at some stage with what I'd intended, it'll just be a darned sight smaller and capable of sitting atop my workbench with a simple desk light for illumination, so watch this space.
Meanwhile, thanks to all of you who offered your invaluable help and support to get me this far; I'm sincerely grateful. I'll keep a regular look in to check on how things are developing and all being well, it won't be too long before I've got something to show you........just a little smaller!!
Bye for now.
Jonte