Trefallion - P4 GWR Branch Terminus c.1905

This looks as if it has the potential to be a really interesting layout. Awaiting further progress

Bob Harper did some bulk road on his Maristow layout and then got drawn in to Broad gauge with Coldrenick road and Teign Sidings. Its obviously contagious. The trackwork looks good.

Don

Quality, careful workmanship here, the signalbox is exquisite.

Well GWR Branch Termini are certainly my cup of tea! Looking forward to following your progress.

Looks really nice Ian, the 1905 period is different too. Makes a nice change from either the 30s or 50s.

 

It makes me feel better that I haven't progressed much in 2 years with my P4 layout, but then great art is a time consuming process. (That's what I have been telling myself anyway!)

 

Regards,

 

Nick.

That trackwork looks fantastic, very interesting to see. The stop block is rather nice too, lots of bulkiness !

 

And my own favourite period too. Looking forward to following this!

Thank you all for your comments of encouragement!!

 

The original layout was designed to run around 2 or 3 sides of a largish bedroom in an L or U shaped configuration, unfortunately it's home in my loft now can only be a straight in and out affair, so I will have to re-design the boards outside the station precincts to accomodate the change of plan. Luckily, all of the existing constructed point and trackwork was (and is) confined to the existing two 4'0" boards that the station itself is on.

 

Obviously, there is an extremely long way to go but I am lucky that I have an awful lot of

kits and parts that were purchased for the layout in the late 1990's - all being

well I won't need to spend ridiculous amounts of hard-earned in the near future

 

The loco's bought for the layout were all white metal kits, so will probably look quite dated if compared to the latest Mitchell and Finney locos available now, especially since a couple of them were built for a '00' gauge layout so will ultimately need new chassis to be converted to P4, however I do have all of the wheels I need for the conversions. The first loco is quite near completion, being an old Models & Leisure 517 tank (these days Alan Gibson markets this engine with many of the original white metal parts replaced by etched parts), but I am really happy with the work I have done to the M&L kit, and really just needs painting.

I will try to keep this blog updated to show progress over the next few months.

 

Ian

GWR branch lines may not be my cup of tea, but high quality modelling is. I'll be following this with interest.

 

Paul.

GWR BLT,s are still great, and the baulk road looks fabulous. Looking forward to developments. Any pics of the locos being built yet?

Devondynosoar118,

 

Tonight I have taken several photo's of a variety of items that have been built for the layout, locos, coach, and wagons (and even a tree). I have started new blog entries for each category.

 

Ian

I appreciate that GWR Branch Termini are not everyone's cup of tea, but I hope that some at least will find my blog interesting

 

Well, if they are out of the box RTR on Peco track, with poorly assembled buildings, then you may have a point.

 

But, well-executed with a serious approach and with a couple of twists - the period and also the baulk road trackwork - then you have something where subject matter is largely irrelevant to interest.

 

I would really love to see more about building the trackwork.

Any chance of a blog devoted to that?

Simon,

 

The trackwork is assembled from components available from the Broad Gauge Society, I will as you suggest put a separate blog on here to describe the method of construction because as you say it is a little different.

 

Thankyou for your input.