Tried the bridge in place last night just to see how it will look, I had feared that it might look wrong, but I was encouraged by the general arrangement, so onwards and very much upwards!
The "Plan for the Inglenook now finalized" was a bit presumptuous, as when I opened up the Walthers Kit for the travelling crane I discovered that the span was greater than expected, and that additional clearance was required for the side stanchions. This resulted in a prolonged period of head scratching and shuffling about, the photos below show how I had to re-jig the configuration to fit round the travelling crane. I was also forced into using a set-track point that I had in the odds and ends box to get round the edge of the crane, this should not be an issue as there will only be 4 wheel goods stock and small locomotives taking the turnout curve of the point, saved a few quid too as one of the aims of this project is to use up as much material surplus to previous projects as possible..
The outline of the crane supports is drawn in green, with the track centres in black, as you can just make out the original position of the crossover was directly under the buttress steelwork.
This will be how eventually the bridge will interact with the inglenook board, each will be removable from the main layout, the idea being that once I have these two sections complete I am planning to build a frame that would support these two sections with a bit on the end as a sector plate/fiddle yard so that the Inglenook would work as a standalone layout. Really hoping that the temperature drops a little as it is just too warm to work in the loft comfortably, I sawed the board to shape after taking these shots and ended up knackering myself
Jim