Mideast- Plans afoot!

JasonM · Post by **JasonM** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:57 pm

Great news Tim, look forward to it.

Best of luck.

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Jason M

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:29 pm

Very good news Tim

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Will it be a patch, or a new CD?

37180sirdyfed · Post by **37180sirdyfed** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:50 pm

Great long awaited news!!! MIDeast UK is the only route that I will use... no other meets the same standards! Do you plan to electrify the ECML too? Would be great to run some WAGN stock out of KX!!

Timcourt1 · Post by **Timcourt1** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:52 pm

Depends on the content really, Rich Garber and I talk frequently on the phone during building sessions and swap ideas etc, one thing I am looking at doing is the London end and making this look a bit more realistic using low relief buildings and back drops again but with a different technique, this would involve a few different models just for this area alone.

Tunnel mouthe and other buildings would mean a sunstantial content upgrade = bigger route, if its too big it may be a CD again, I don't know till I get into it a bit more.

Tim

rabid · Post by **rabid** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:00 pm

Tim, if you're giving ME an overhall I beg you, please consider using the UK Finescale track. It looks so much more British! I've been waiting ages for a decent route that uses this system.

47354 · Post by **47354** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:45 pm

What a fantastic idea !

The Mid East in finescale would look just superb.

cgood124 · Post by **cgood124** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:50 pm

yes mideast in finescale would look good but u will have to take into account how long it has taken tim to lay the tracks in the first place then there will have to b re sizing kings cross and most of the other stations as they are only default platforms

47354 · Post by **47354** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:07 pm

Yeah, I guess it would take quite a bit of work to do, now you come to mention it.

Either way, I'm looking foward to whatever materialises in the next version of the Mid East - one of the best modern UK routes around

Timcourt1 · Post by **Timcourt1** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:13 pm

I ma holding off on finescale, I would have done it but as with SVR I need to assess if it is worth it for mSTS2 compatibility.

Something to think about - i might refine the track tex a bit to make the rails look a bit thinner though.

Tim

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:01 pm

Hi Tim

While it sounds good, try not to spend so much time rejigging the London end, as EB are going to use (i think) GNEREastcoast for a new route, so simply concentrating on just the ECML might be a waste of time in the long run. What would be better is to concentrate on going West and East with new branches.

However, i am sure that whatever you do will be superb!
Good Luck Tim

Chris

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:42 am

Take it up to Immingham Tim (grovel grovel)once again can't wait
Phil

Timcourt1 · Post by **Timcourt1** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 2:16 pm

East/west branchlines are being considered, just a case of what I can fit in and where!

olympian · Post by **olympian** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:28 pm

I have got the latest copy of Mid East in September, and I find it is a supurb route, my PC is in a middle of a upgrade, though it operates MSTS a lot better.

I am creating an Activity called the Lincolshire Lizard for MidEast where you drive a HST from KX to Newark along to the Power Station around the loop and back South through Lincoln and back to KX, I was hoping to send it down the line that goes to Houghton Oil but would have required reversing and for some reason reversing doesn't work so well except when I am doing a point where u wait in a loop with 2 Reversing points so u can let trains over take.

I was hoping you could electrify it with Sky High Catenary and Masts on the ECML.

Once again Great Route Tim

Gazz

PS U go through severa depots along the way.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:57 pm

Without it all kicking off, if you look at Europeanbahn's website, they have pretty much announced plans to build every possible UK route.........

thassos · Post by **thassos** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 10:26 am

The beauty of MidEast is not only that it's a great route to run but, with such diverse tracks, you can run anything you like.
Mainline, Branchline, pits and power station and even a preserved railway on which you can legitimately run any stock you like. As the Nene Valley Railway has a great mix of continental stock, with a little bit of "Simmers' Licence" you can also run downloads from German, French and other continental sites.
For those who are not familiar with Nene Valley trains run from base at Wansford into Peterborough (OK I know they have their own platform in reality but we're only playing games here - dont hit me for that one) and down to Yardley Junction where thetre is no actual platform - I have added a run round loop for the loco to change ends.
By the way, I live in Cumbria and was brought up in Cardiff so I am now almost as far away from the East Coast as I can be in England - it's still a great route - BUY IT.