3/10/10
- After
a rather long break of 12 months, I am finally in a position to continue on
my layout. Our 14th Convention was a great success and all paperwork is
done. Those who are familiar with my layout know, that I lost my best
worker and inspector, Percy on March 23, 2009. So, I have no choice as I
have to work hard all alone without my best friend. Well, that's life.
On the left side of Percyville (my desert town got a name) I do have a
conflict with my street connections of lower und upper level. The easiest
solution would be just a grade crossing of main street to the left. My
second idea was to make an off ramp off main street to the upper level. As of having 16
cm height difference, the ramp would be approx. 160 cm long and would cover the
buildings (of West Coast Customs and High Desert Cadillac) on the left side of Percyville. So, my next idea would be a
seperate, lower bridge over the main tracks with a left curve. Therefore, the
ramp can be shorter as we are talking about 9 to 10 cm height. I made
several cardboard segments to get an idea how it will be looking. At the
end, I took a piece of styrofoam to build the ramp. It does not have the
final size at the moment. |
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| 3/10/10 Connection
from Percyville to the upper level - 606 |
This would be a
logical street connection - 607 |
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| 3/10/10 The ramp
would cover the West Coast Customes building - 608 |
Even the 2nd
building (High Desert Cadillac) would be covered - 609 |
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| 3/10/10 With a
seperate, lower bridge, the ramp will be shorter - 610 |
The visibility of
WCC is much better - 611 |
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| 3/10/10 As seen
from my point of view, the lower bridge is better - 612 |
Just imagine that
both streets/bridges will meet further to the left - 613 |
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| 3/10/10 We will
have 3 levels (tracks, and 2 streets) that way - 614 |
Of course, there
will be no sharp bend between bridge and ramp - 615 |
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| 3/10/10 How it
might look one day - 616 |
As seen from the
upper level - 617 |
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| 3/10/10 Here is
another view from above - 618 |
These bridges
will be unique as both are curved - 619 |
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| 3/10/10 I was
trying to take photos from different angles - 620 |
The upper bridge
has a right curve - 621 |
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| 3/10/10 Similar to
the photo above but further away - 622 |
The main tracks
will get a grade crossing to the upper bridge - 623 |
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| 3/10/10 Next step
is a piece of styrofoam - 624 |
The styro has to
be cut further to the back for clearance - 625 |
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| 3/10/10 The styro
is still too high and will be cut down - 626 |
On top could be a
small building (business) - 627 |