The Headshunt - They do it with mirrors

When we last saw the 'The Headshunt' a couple of weeks ago I was trying to see how the visual gap on the left could be filled for photography using an item of rolling stock. I had a further thought this week as to how the gap at the left-hand end could be "filled" for photography, so I ran an experiment, the Keef was hanging around as it is still for sale (hint)...

Whilst using a small mirror actually does fill the visual gap, it is clear that the reflection really makes little sense due to the doubled-up gatepost. What could work better is a sectional timber building, disguising the mirror with an upright. It is certainly something to consider, especially as it could be combined with the previous idea of an end-of carriage section to visually enclose the scene. 

Just for the record, this is the unedited version of the picture above.

Colin

 

Getting Something Moving - Or Not

As I'm having a bit of a sort out and re-ordering of projects, one of the many issues was ‘Getting Something Moving’ and somehow making it work for me. 

Well the title of the project is now somewhat ironic because nothing is moving. It has been in existence now for three years, I suppose that when I started building in that lockdown Easter it was what I wanted to do but now looking at it with hindsight I'm not so sure... I've tinkered with it a few times since then but it still doesn’t gel. As seen recently I've spent some time playing with different track plans that will fit on the board and spent some time trying to work out if the current track plan could actually be made to work for me without having to do anything too destructive, but the more I looked at it the more the amount of work it needed to achieve what would work felt a little bit overwhelming due to time constraints.  

Well I say current, however despite surviving three Easters since construction started, just one Coronation later...

I had always said that I'll keep the track down on the board until I'd definitely made my mind up whether to retain the track plan, it looks like now I'm at that point! Everything has been recovered from the board and we shall see what develops next. I freely admit I struggle to work with 09 concepts that aren't 15 inch gauge railways as I know them which are as generally speaking passenger carrying pleasure railways. Anything slightly industrial or agricultural to me doesn't sit right. Others (Bill Flude and Graham Watling in particular) manage it far more eloquently than I do.

Colin