Hi All
Well its been quite a while since i updated this thread and sad to say as far as this layout in its current form is concerned ,its the end of the line..
It didnt quite get finished for a number of reasons,ill health been one,but main one is because of a possible house move in the near future.
In its current form ive never been really satisfied with my track plan,so instead of digging my self into a deeper hole,ive bit the bullet and decided to dismantle it and start again. I could r
Over the last couple of weeks we have been building up some scalescene low relief arches. We had to make them a little taller by adding a wall along bottom, to accommodate hiding the return loop at back of board. It took us a little longer than anticipated ,glad had the wife aboard to help,i did the cutting she did most of the covering.I printed the textured sheets onto A4 seld adhesive lables.
The tunnel that goes through one of them will be for a road which will be dead ended with a suitab
This week we have managed to get a bit of scenic work done to end board which contains the engine shed and turntable.
View of Turntable board with scenery started
In this shot we have just tried board back in place to enable to do a bit on the track infill's.I roughly ballasted it,once dry ,coated with pva glue then pushed in air dry clay ,carefuly keeping it off inside of tracks, followed by tampering it down with a stiff brush.I will paint it and may add some ask from BQ which i kept
This week having got everything i need working for now.
finished control panel
ive looked at making a start on scenery.Im starting on the end ,engine shed board for now.Looking at it a while i decided to push the background board back a tad to make the hill over tunnel a little better looking.The background board is detachable anyway to allow the board to fold up,so moving the stops back a little still works ok and im making hill detach in two pieces aswell.
The foundations of the hill s
Its been a couple of months since i last updated blog,but i haven't been able to get on doing layout as much as i wanted to.
What i have got done though, is alter the track plan a little,so making it a bit better to operate ,nearly finished the turntable,butit is fitted ,only needs wiring up.Ive also been making up some retaining walls and trying to figure out how to make sure i have clearance when board is folded,this been the end board with the turntable.I had it planed but only today though
For the last couple of weeks ive been getting on with finishing the doors to hide layout when in stored position. Im quite pleased with way they have turned out and that the idea works.
They differnt to the usual door in that ive made them with shelfs on the front, sort of inside out doors lol.
I did them this way to not waste space and as a compromise with my better half to give her bit more room for some of her bits and bobs.
Ive just managed to get the backboard sorted out right
Its been quite awhile since writing a blog, so thought about time to start doing one on my current project , Castle Bolton.
I chose the name simply because i had a very nice day out recently with my wife at Bolton castle,was stuck for a name my layout , so why not. i can toughly recommend a visit,if you like castles and you are up in North Yorkshire near Leyburn.
When i did my boxfile layout Stooperdale Engineering i mentioned i had quite a bit of model railway stuff left by my late f
