Tailor built portal
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When space is tight
Hi All. Modern housing with limited space for model railways calls for modules and Inglenooks. My Inglenook has now acquired a fiddleyard beyond a scenic break. But, my attempts to fit the portal / portals in the available space by scratch building don’t look as they should be, furthmore I have learned, true or false, that even if a railway line was built as a single line the tunnels had to be built as if it was a double track. If there is any Modeller with some useful scratch building skills ? Or maybe I will have to go for “ off the peg “ would you please advise me, but I would rather scratch build , within reason. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year best wishes Kevin
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Many congratulations on your enlarged layout, it sounds far more useable and enjoyable.
You just need to stop worrying about complying to whatever you see on Youtube! It simply doesn't matter. Remember that's it's your railway and nobody else's, so build whatever you like and fits your space.
Go on, just do it and continue enjoying yourself.
Best,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Get some photos of it on here so we can see it!
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OWT. Plenty of secondary lines with single portals. It all depends whether the bill to approve the line specified double, single with double to be built later, or single. There are examples of doubles singled such as the Cathedrals line) doubles with only one built (such as the BCDR) and singles doubled with a new tunnel.
Noch OO/HO 58051 is a narrow single oval portal in stone, as is the Hornby Scaledale OO single tunnel portal in brick. R.8510. No need for scratching around.
Now if you could find an old Airfix Sherwood or Lego Castle kit….
Nigel
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