Testing testing on Coalbridge Street…
It is always the fall of 1973 in my workshop. Coalbridge Street, a 3D interactive painting that comes to life at a the flick of a switch - inviting you in to interact, enjoy spending some time waiting for a train - or perhaps joining the crew for a run up from the junction… A shelf layout, purely developed for home enjoyment out on the road? Yes, Coalbridge Street is out at Larkrail rubbing shoulders with other cameo layouts in July - and almost a world tour, Uckfield in Kent at the end of the year. In an attempt to begin to smooth out a few foibles I’ve embarked on some coupling standardisation - which of course required further testing. Watching the 45t roll across the crossing is hardly troubling though - its coupling rods animated wildly accentuated by small wheels and its diminutive size. Coupling standardisation might sound peculiar, don’t they all use knuckle couplers? Well yes - but with single car trains I find that different brands, and worse, different size heads (stand...
