Hi guys.
It's time for me to throw my hat in the ring! I've been thinking about this challenge since it's announcement. I even went so far as to do a matrix, rating all the projects I could think of under several different headings, until I ended up with five shortlisted projects. I then doubled the scores for the two most important categories and the South Tellynott wedge narrowly took out Thorndikes mill kitbash.
Photo 1 - Here is the area. Its exactly 288 square inches. It took some time to work this out! If you look closely you can see the big wedge has been broken up into lots of smaller pieces to measure. I laid the piece of paper on the layout top and creased the shape of the curved backdrop into it. Likewise, I ran my thumb around the track to mark the two tracks on it. I then drew an offset line on the inside of the track and worked out a 288inch area. I may move this area slightly to the left or right, re working out the area, if I end up with half a structure on one end.

Photo 2 - This is the river to the left of the wedge. A rail road bridge will cross the river here and the road will then curve around in the same direction as the track, but closer to the backdrop, gaining in elevation. At some point it will need to curve back the other way and exit into the backdrop.

Photo 3 - Here we see the Thorndike Mills kitbash mock-up. The South Tellynott wedge is behind this.

Photo 4 - Shows the position of the wedge.

Photo 5 - Here we see the scenery to the right of the wedge.

Now you all know where the wedge will reside. The next part will be deciding what kits, bashes, scratches will be needed and where exactly the road will go. This may go smoothly or it may involve a lot of problem solving and many iterations before I come up with something I am happy with.
More soon, cheers, Mark.
It's time for me to throw my hat in the ring! I've been thinking about this challenge since it's announcement. I even went so far as to do a matrix, rating all the projects I could think of under several different headings, until I ended up with five shortlisted projects. I then doubled the scores for the two most important categories and the South Tellynott wedge narrowly took out Thorndikes mill kitbash.
Photo 1 - Here is the area. Its exactly 288 square inches. It took some time to work this out! If you look closely you can see the big wedge has been broken up into lots of smaller pieces to measure. I laid the piece of paper on the layout top and creased the shape of the curved backdrop into it. Likewise, I ran my thumb around the track to mark the two tracks on it. I then drew an offset line on the inside of the track and worked out a 288inch area. I may move this area slightly to the left or right, re working out the area, if I end up with half a structure on one end.
Photo 2 - This is the river to the left of the wedge. A rail road bridge will cross the river here and the road will then curve around in the same direction as the track, but closer to the backdrop, gaining in elevation. At some point it will need to curve back the other way and exit into the backdrop.
Photo 3 - Here we see the Thorndike Mills kitbash mock-up. The South Tellynott wedge is behind this.
Photo 4 - Shows the position of the wedge.
Photo 5 - Here we see the scenery to the right of the wedge.
Now you all know where the wedge will reside. The next part will be deciding what kits, bashes, scratches will be needed and where exactly the road will go. This may go smoothly or it may involve a lot of problem solving and many iterations before I come up with something I am happy with.
More soon, cheers, Mark.