I've had a bit of time, and funding over the last couple of weeks to do
a bit more work on my layout.

Details are here:

<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/main_web_site/Trains.html>

and some photos are here:

<http://gallery.me.com/andrewhewitt1#100118&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=
16>

The photos are more or less chronological.

Any comments appreciated, but please bear in mind I have not got a lot
more spare cash. Tne cork underlay isn't quite finished yet, I have some
more on the way, so I should be able to complete that this week.

Then the biggest headache is finding enough points motors to make a
start on powering the layout.

Cheers.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

In message <1ima6ii.itf1sz1vmmq6rN%thewildrover@me.com>
          thewildrover@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:

> I've had a bit of time, and funding over the last couple of weeks to do
> a bit more work on my layout.
> 
> Details are here:
> 
> <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/main_web_site/Trains.html>
> 
> and some photos are here:
> 
> <http://gallery.me.com/andrewhewitt1#100118&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=
> 16>
> 
> The photos are more or less chronological.
> 
> Any comments appreciated, but please bear in mind I have not got a lot
> more spare cash. Tne cork underlay isn't quite finished yet, I have some
> more on the way, so I should be able to complete that this week.
> 
> Then the biggest headache is finding enough points motors to make a
> start on powering the layout.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!

Cheers
Richard

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              I have become... comfortably numb

beamendsltd wrote:
> In message <1ima6ii.itf1sz1vmmq6rN%thewildrover@me.com>
>           thewildrover@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:
> 
>> I've had a bit of time, and funding over the last couple of weeks to do
>> a bit more work on my layout.
>>
>> Details are here:
>>
>> <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/main_web_site/Trains.html>
>>
>> and some photos are here:
>>
>> <http://gallery.me.com/andrewhewitt1#100118&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=
>> 16>
>>
>> The photos are more or less chronological.
>>
>> Any comments appreciated, but please bear in mind I have not got a lot
>> more spare cash. Tne cork underlay isn't quite finished yet, I have some
>> more on the way, so I should be able to complete that this week.
>>
>> Then the biggest headache is finding enough points motors to make a
>> start on powering the layout.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
> er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
> Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!
> 
> Cheers
> Richard
> 


It's a Mac thing. ;-) But it works with Firefox on WinXP, too.

Click on Subscribe, the pictures will show up, and you can move to a 
gallery of thumbnails, from which you can view larger versions of the 
pictures. The layout diagranms will also be enlarged when you click on
them.


-- 
wolf k.

beamendsltd  wrote:

> > Then the biggest headache is finding enough points motors to make a
> > start on powering the layout.
> > 
> > Cheers.
> > 
> er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
> Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!

Er, no, sorry. I created the pages on my Mac, using iWeb, and the
gallery is directly uploaded from iPhoto - I don't have any control over
those pages at all.

I'll see if I can find another way. I know they do show up fine in
Safari and Firefox on Mac OS and Windows, and AFAIK it usually works
with IE too, but I don't have a way to test this easily.

Regards.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:26:42 +0100, thewildrover@me.com (Andy
Hewitt) said in <1imabop.1oeuef3gu30kbN%thewildrover@me.com>:

>I'll see if I can find another way. I know they do show up fine in
>Safari and Firefox on Mac OS and Windows, and AFAIK it usually works
>with IE too, but I don't have a way to test this easily.

You could always register on mine, it's a wiki :-)

Guy
-- 
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

Just zis Guy, you know?  wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:26:42 +0100, thewildrover@me.com (Andy
> Hewitt) said in <1imabop.1oeuef3gu30kbN%thewildrover@me.com>:
> 
> >I'll see if I can find another way. I know they do show up fine in
> >Safari and Firefox on Mac OS and Windows, and AFAIK it usually works
> >with IE too, but I don't have a way to test this easily.
> 
> You could always register on mine, it's a wiki :-)

Ta. I do have a bit of spare web space I could just bung a plain HTML
page onto, it's just getting the time - in iPhoto, I just drop photos
into my albums, and they get uploaded automagically :-).



-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

Wolf Kirchmeir  wrote:

> > er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
> > Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Richard
> > 
> 
> 
> It's a Mac thing. ;-) But it works with Firefox on WinXP, too.
> 
> Click on Subscribe, the pictures will show up, and you can move to a 
> gallery of thumbnails, from which you can view larger versions of the
> pictures. The layout diagranms will also be enlarged when you click on
> them.

I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
forgot that works from iPhoto too).

Cheers.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

Andy Hewitt  wrote:

> Wolf Kirchmeir  wrote:
> 
> > > er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
> > > Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Richard
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > It's a Mac thing. ;-) But it works with Firefox on WinXP, too.
> > 
> > Click on Subscribe, the pictures will show up, and you can move to a
> > gallery of thumbnails, from which you can view larger versions of the
> > pictures. The layout diagranms will also be enlarged when you click on
> > them.
> 
> I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
> forgot that works from iPhoto too).

Oh dear, I tried to stop it, but it went anyway...

The link is:

<http://picasaweb.google.com/wildrover.andy/AndySTrack>

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Andy Hewitt  wrote:
> 
>> Wolf Kirchmeir  wrote:
>>
>>>> er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
>>>> Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a Mac thing. ;-) But it works with Firefox on WinXP, too.
>>>
>>> Click on Subscribe, the pictures will show up, and you can move to a
>>> gallery of thumbnails, from which you can view larger versions of the
>>> pictures. The layout diagranms will also be enlarged when you click on
>>> them.
>> I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
>> forgot that works from iPhoto too).
> 
> Oh dear, I tried to stop it, but it went anyway...
> 
> The link is:
> 
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/wildrover.andy/AndySTrack>
> 


It works fine as a Picasa album, too.

-- 
wolf k.

In message <1iman7m.14jwxkc2nqfbgN%thewildrover@me.com>
          thewildrover@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:

> Andy Hewitt  wrote:
> 
> > Wolf Kirchmeir  wrote:
> > 
> > > > er, I don't suppose you have a non-Javascript version? Even my
> > > > Javascipt browser is can't render the pages!
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Richard
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > It's a Mac thing. ;-) But it works with Firefox on WinXP, too.
> > > 
> > > Click on Subscribe, the pictures will show up, and you can move to a
> > > gallery of thumbnails, from which you can view larger versions of the
> > > pictures. The layout diagranms will also be enlarged when you click on
> > > them.
> > 
> > I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
> > forgot that works from iPhoto too).
> 
> Oh dear, I tried to stop it, but it went anyway...
> 
> The link is:
> 
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/wildrover.andy/AndySTrack>
> 

Bootifull ta!

Cheers
Richard

-- 
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              I have become... comfortably numb

beamendsltd  wrote:

[..]
> > > I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
> > > forgot that works from iPhoto too).
> > 
> > Oh dear, I tried to stop it, but it went anyway...
> > 
> > The link is:
> > 
> > <http://picasaweb.google.com/wildrover.andy/AndySTrack>
> > 
> 
> Bootifull ta!

That's great, and?....

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

In message <1imbo7e.12cw44scwhtz4N%thewildrover@me.com>
          thewildrover@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:

> beamendsltd  wrote:
> 
> [..]
> > > > I've now bunged them onto a Picassa album, see if that's any better (I
> > > > forgot that works from iPhoto too).
> > > 
> > > Oh dear, I tried to stop it, but it went anyway...
> > > 
> > > The link is:
> > > 
> > > <http://picasaweb.google.com/wildrover.andy/AndySTrack>
> > > 
> > 
> > Bootifull ta!
> 
> That's great, and?....
> 

Nice unconventional layout - doesn't look like it came out of a 
track plan book. Unconventional is good! ;-) Nice to see what I 
presume is the shunters cabin at the throat of the yard where 
it should be. And the tree on the platform! 

Cheers
Richard

-- 
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk       sales@beamends-lrspares.co.uk
              I have become... comfortably numb

beamendsltd  wrote:

[..]
> > That's great, and?....
> > 
> 
> Nice unconventional layout - doesn't look like it came out of a 
> track plan book. Unconventional is good! ;-) Nice to see what I 
> presume is the shunters cabin at the throat of the yard where 
> it should be. And the tree on the platform! 

Ta. No, I didn't get it from a track plan boot, although there were a
great source of inspiration for parts of the layout. I decided I wanted
to be able to run as much as I could in the limited space I have, so
that really how it ended up as it is. It will be based on a fictional
preserved line, running mixed traffic.

The trees and buildings aren't likely to be anywhere near where they are
now, I just put them out for layout testing.

Cheers.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>

"Andy Hewitt"  wrote in message 
news:1imbw3v.1m5lrje1cljklsN%thewildrover@me.com...
<snip>>
> The trees and buildings aren't likely to be anywhere near where they 
> are
> now, I just put them out for layout testing.
>

It's OK, the word "Play" can be used! :~)

Andy, if *you* are happy that is the main thing, you will no doubt 
develop certain likes and dislikes as you go [1] and you will probably 
change things as time (and finance) goes by, I would suggest that you 
spend the next month or two just 'playing trains' to both check that 
everything works as expected and that your enjoyment level is what you 
expected from the design - better to make fundamental changes now than 
when you start modelling whet ever landscape and building you intend.

[1] and your involvement with railway preservation will no doubt 
influence you to some degree, I speak from personal experience, my 
dislike of RTR track came about from working with the real thing - as 
a direct result I took up P4 gauge - take my advice, if you have an 
eye for scale modelling don't get involved with full size trackwork!
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Jerry <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

> "Andy Hewitt"  wrote in message 
> news:1imbw3v.1m5lrje1cljklsN%thewildrover@me.com...
> <snip>>
> > The trees and buildings aren't likely to be anywhere near where they
> > are
> > now, I just put them out for layout testing.
> >
> 
> It's OK, the word "Play" can be used! :~)

Ok, Ok, you got me ;-)

> Andy, if *you* are happy that is the main thing, you will no doubt 
> develop certain likes and dislikes as you go [1] and you will probably
> change things as time (and finance) goes by, I would suggest that you
> spend the next month or two just 'playing trains' to both check that 
> everything works as expected and that your enjoyment level is what you
> expected from the design - better to make fundamental changes now than
> when you start modelling whet ever landscape and building you intend.

Aye, I found that I prefer to have lots of action, and sacrifice the
scenery. If I had more space, I'd have both. The playing I have done
over the last year has given me ideas to redesign the track a number of
times already.

> [1] and your involvement with railway preservation will no doubt 
> influence you to some degree, I speak from personal experience, my 
> dislike of RTR track came about from working with the real thing - as
> a direct result I took up P4 gauge - take my advice, if you have an 
> eye for scale modelling don't get involved with full size trackwork!

LOL, that's not too likely, I only work in the station group - this week
we were stripping paint off the bridge.

I also know my limitations, and I'm not that good a modeller really. I
enjoy it, and I get a lot of pleasure making the kits. I'm certainly not
up to building locos and rolling stock from scratch, so RTR is has to
be. Making the scenery, what there will be of it, will be fun though,
and should be within my abilities. I'll buy what I have to, and make
what I can.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>