As promised, we return to the theme of the miniature railway depot/shed scene for another plan. This time however I have flipped the plan back-to-front (the wonders of photo manipulation!) so the lead-off leaves the scene behind a building. I have not drawn it here, but the idea of revealing the interior of the front-right building was appealing. This version does need a fiddle stick off to the right to allow locos and stock to be exchanged.
One thing I have become very conscious of is that I have a suspicion that I am under-estimating the sizes of some of these structures for the board space/height, especially to keep it in the box. Looking at these shed scenes again, the long, flat structure across the three tracks, based on the running shed at Cleethorpes, looks too 'flat' and really needs to be two structures with a step in the frontage to add some variety. These plans would definitely benefit from mock-ups as a next stage if developed further.
The last of the current batch of plans probably gets the structure sizes about right, and for the first time the loop and siding plan gets a sketch!
This is very much in the vein of a scenic test track, the scenery is fairly stripped back to two small structures - a bus shelter and grounded wagon body, plus fencing and shrubbery. Yes it needs more fiddle yard than desirable but if it is for my own enjoyment only...
Colin
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