Dave Elbourne Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Idly surfing the 'net today, I found myself being talked about ! I am the builder of the 4mm "finescale" OO layout, Scotland Street, which appeared in the Railway Modeller all those years ago (1988). Of course, I am now a lot older, but not necessarily wiser! I would like to say thank-you for the kind comments and a "hi Phil, long-time-no-see" to member Phil Parker. I can confirm, however, that although I am no longer building layouts, I am still an active railway modeller. I am currently scratch-building 16mm scale narrow-gauge wagonry of various origins, both Welsh (some of the more obscure prototypes) and some industrial oddities. I do have an interest in Italian railways (FS) but have never got further than a few locos. and some representative rolling stock, and I, and my son Alex did exhibit Lego trains for a while (we still have those of course!), Anyway, it was interesting to read the comments and see some familiar names, and, now I'm a new member, I shall keep an eye on proceedings on the rmweb, thanks to all, Dave. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome to the Forum Dave. It's a great community and I'm sure you will find it enjoyable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome aboard - Scotland St was one of my all time favourites and still have the article on it tucked away somewhere. I did contemplate modelling this site back in the late seventies although it never materialised, but your layout fulfilled that desire vicariously! Hope you enjoy your time here - have you any pics of the layout ? I am sure they would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Elbourne Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome to the Forum Dave. It's a great community and I'm sure you will find it enjoyable. Thanks Colin, I often look at the various forum sites, most recently with regard to larger scales as I'm currently scratch-building in 16mm, but something made me search Scotland Street and here I am. I had to join up to thank the posters for their kind comments! By the way, I'm still an indoor modeller, even in 16mm scale, garden railways just look like too much non-modelling work! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Elbourne Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome aboard - Scotland St was one of my all time favourites and still have the article on it tucked away somewhere. I did contemplate modelling this site back in the late seventies although it never materialised, but your layout fulfilled that desire vicariously! Hope you enjoy your time here - have you any pics of the layout ? I am sure they would be appreciated. Hi Ben, I'm glad the layout worked for you ! From the comments I read earlier, it seems to have stayed in a lot of peoples' memories. It always attracted a crowd at the exhibitions we attended. I do have photographs of the layout (taken by Barry Norman for the Modeller article) but they are in storage at the moment (we live in a small-ish ex-council flat in London) but we did select the best ones for the article. When I was looking for a prototype for a new exhibition layout, I remembered the original article but worked and thought long and hard before it eventually materialised as a working and workable exhibition layout. It also took a lot of "fettling" (playing) before we could reliably shunt wagons around those horrendous curves and 3-way points ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hello Dave, Welcome to the forum. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Elbourne Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Hello Dave, Welcome to the forum. Jeff Thanks Jeff, it's good to be here. It's an interesting read, even when they're not talking about me . The more I look, the more names I recognise ! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markchef Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Hi Ben, I'm glad the layout worked for you ! From the comments I read earlier, it seems to have stayed in a lot of peoples' memories. It always attracted a crowd at the exhibitions we attended. I do have photographs of the layout (taken by Barry Norman for the Modeller article) but they are in storage at the moment (we live in a small-ish ex-council flat in London) but we did select the best ones for the article. When I was looking for a prototype for a new exhibition layout, I remembered the original article but worked and thought long and hard before it eventually materialised as a working and workable exhibition layout. It also took a lot of "fettling" (playing) before we could reliably shunt wagons around those horrendous curves and 3-way points ! Hi Ben, I'm glad the layout worked for you ! From the comments I read earlier, it seems to have stayed in a lot of peoples' memories. It always attracted a crowd at the exhibitions we attended. I do have photographs of the layout (taken by Barry Norman for the Modeller article) but they are in storage at the moment (we live in a small-ish ex-council flat in London) but we did select the best ones for the article. When I was looking for a prototype for a new exhibition layout, I remembered the original article but worked and thought long and hard before it eventually materialised as a working and workable exhibition layout. It also took a lot of "fettling" (playing) before we could reliably shunt wagons around those horrendous curves and 3-way points ! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markchef Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Hi Dave I am lucky enough to be the custodian of your Scotland Street Layout. I only chanced accross these threads whilst looking for info regarding Scotland Street. May i say i have walked the "model" on the original site in Edinburgh and i have to say i was blown away with your attention to detail. I came accross S.S by chance as it was brlieve it or not it was destined for the tip. Mmm not on my watch !! I am at the moment restoring and lightly cleaning the lay out . Hopefully you enjoy the pics and ne rest assured it is in a safe place now . Regards Mark Gow 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Sadly, the announcement of Dave's passing reached me today through the obituary published in Railway Modeller. I met him several times, often behind Scotland St, the last time at a swap meet where I bought some surplus items he was selling. Dave was a skilled modeller and Scotland St was a superb rendition of a unique prototype, maybe even the only freight only layout to win the Railway Modeller Cup. Dave passed away following a short illness in early October and Phil Parker's blog has a fitting tribute to him - http://philsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/rip-dave-elbourne.html RIP Dave and many thanks for your inspiration all those years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted December 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2017 Sorry to hear this news. RIP Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted December 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2017 Sad to hear the news. I met Dave at Leamington Show one year. He built a lot of very good models including Scotland Street. RIP Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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