Dreaming.. (again)

I’ve just finished my message pad at work, went to throw away the card back and had to stop myself. I figured it’s just about the right size to make a tunnel mouth insert. Then i look down at the pad itself and the doodle on there i started this morning of the dilapidated N gauge layout in the loft. I was up there yesterday putting some bits away, took a look around and thought to myself that maybe, just maybe, i could tackle this next. I did plan to build a nice little N gauge exhibition layout, and i’d still like too, but what with Hartland Junction just gathering dust in the shed i think it’s more than unlikely i’ll ever exhibit that again. It’s just too much effort, i think it’s the 48’ long incarnation that’s left. Too big for me, even if the sense of nostalgia and honour it would bring me to exhibit one last time is still there. So why not trash it? salvage what i can and rebuild the loft layout. I’m sitting here redesigning the whole thing again already, the double track main line remains, but as the gradients were always too steep, build a middle level, loop it round the loft 3 times instead of 2, i like the idea of the middle level being on a bridge and covering the bottom level. Little Vignettes in my mind, maybe extend the branch to the middle level and to a nice little country station, and even as i type i realise theres no need for the desk up there anymore so i COULD extend it onto that and do something there, but that seems a little too adventurous. I did think at first though, run the branch to the lower level, then back over the bottom track to this new station, but if i just run it to the middle level, then i can possibly squeeze another double track just on the bottom level.. who knows.

Anyway, this post wasn’t even supposed to be about this, it was supposed to be wrapping up my summer activities, oh well.

Back to the doodle, and see what my over active imagination can come up with this afternoon.

It definitely beats working.