FPH 603 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Hi all, I'm getting to the point now where I need to start thinking about the scenery of my current layout. However I am unsure of where to start. The sort of environment I'm going for is of a Rural North Yorkshire town, one that has a somewhat decent (although still low) population. If you need any more details I post them here. See my blog for more (in my signature). Thanks to all that contribute. EDIT: Title Change Edited February 28, 2018 by DoubleDeckInterurban Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hi all, I'm getting to the point now where I need to start thinking about the scenery of my current layout. However I am unsure of where to start. The sort of environment I'm going for is of a Rural North Yorkshire town, one that has a somewhat decent (although still low) population. If you need any more details I post them here. See my blog for more (in my signature). Thanks to all that contribute. For some reason I can't open your blog so I'm not sure exactly what your latest thoughts are but assuming that you are still looking at the Skipton area, I would suggest that you google for images to do with "Yorkshire Dales", "All Creatures Great and Small" or "James Herriot". That should get you started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPH 603 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) For some reason I can't open your blog so I'm not sure exactly what your latest thoughts are but assuming that you are still looking at the Skipton area, I would suggest that you google for images to do with "Yorkshire Dales", "All Creatures Great and Small" or "James Herriot". That should get you started! Try that now. For some stupid reason the link was stuffed and I had to change it multiple time for it to work. EDIT: I don't want to get too specific on where exactly it is, but it's somewhere in North Yorkshire. Edited January 31, 2018 by DoubleDeckInterurban Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Try that now. For some stupid reason the link was stuffed and I had to change it multiple time for it to work. EDIT: I just remembered that I was actually looking more at the line the station coming from somewhere between Thirsk and Tollerton, the line that the station branches from is relatively short (about 3.1 miles long) too. image.jpeg Yes, working now. For that area google Vale of York, Easingwold Railway, or Kilburn White Horse. However, I think that area is rather more rural than your layout appears to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Take a look at Worsdell Forever's Low Baring layout, it's possibly close to what you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPH 603 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Thanks, I had a look at it and it looks great! Really sets the environment there. I hope to incorporate some of those features from that layout, notably the short (and very green) grass, fencing and possibly the black ballast to go alongside my stone structures currently being made. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Saw this model at Southampton Model Exibition at the weekend. It had a good "Yorkshire" feel to it. Edit :- It's called Kitedale (not Kiteland in the title of the images!) Edited January 31, 2018 by Shadow 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Have a look at the locality you intend the layout be in/near on Google Streetscene. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 sheep sheep sheep and more sheep Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 sheep sheep sheep and more sheep I thought Yorkshire was full of tea plantations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clecklewyke Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yorkshire is an enormous county and has a very varied landscape. Even within one riding (that word dates me!) you have the limestone scenery of the Pennines and Craven with nearly white stone walls, the wide Vales of Pickering and York with hedgerows and the darker Carboniferous rocks of the North Yorks Moors . So you really need to look at it, fall in love with a bit of it and model what you see. Whatever you do, don't copy another person;s layout! Model the real thing, not a model of it. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Use Google to look up images from the Settle & Carlisle route, or the North York Moors Railway. Both are in N. Yorks. Both the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors are National Parks Lots of limestone hills , drystone walls, sheep and emptiness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I thought Yorkshire was full of tea plantations. that's Harrogate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Use Google to look up images from the Settle & Carlisle route, or the North York Moors Railway. Both are in N. Yorks. Both the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors are National Parks Lots of limestone hills , drystone walls, sheep and emptiness You could even have a touch of a coastal scene as well, also in North Yorkshire (or North Riding if you prefer); Sandsend, Whitby, Scarborough, Filey or somewhere in between. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Yorkshire is an enormous county and has a very varied landscape. Even within one riding (that word dates me!) you have the limestone scenery of the Pennines and Craven with nearly white stone walls, the wide Vales of Pickering and York with hedgerows and the darker Carboniferous rocks of the North Yorks Moors .North Yorkshire is not the same as the North Riding; it is the most of the North Riding (excluding Middlesborough, Redcar, Yarm, Guisborough and part annexed into County Durham) tacked onto a chunk of the West Riding (Selby, Harrogate, Ripon, Skipton, Settle and Ingleton) and parts of the East Riding (Filey, Norton and to the east of Selby) that are not Humberside. Edited February 1, 2018 by Butler Henderson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 that's HarrogateTea factory - definitely not the climate for a tea plantation even with global warming, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Tea factory - definitely not the climate for a tea plantation even with global warming, even with all the hot air that Boycott comes out with ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 sheep sheep sheep and more sheepNeed to be careful on generalisations as they can easily trip a modeller who has not done their research well. Sheep are typically to found grazing on poorer quality agricultural land and may be brought onto slightly better land that is normally used for cattle overwinter while the cattle are kept inside. The Vale of York has a lot of high quality agricultural land and normally used for crops rather than livestock. Then there are the somewhat less scenic delights of Selby District of Drax Power Station and until recently Kenningley Colliery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlink Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) You could even have a touch of a coastal scene as well, also in North Yorkshire (or North Riding if you prefer); Sandsend, Whitby, Scarborough, Filey or somewhere in between. Regards, Ian. If you're doing a summer scene you'll need Rain, Fog, Snowdrifts and trees at 90deg because of the gales. Ian H Scarborough Edited February 1, 2018 by silverlink 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I've just come back from a week away near Malton (which in turn is not a million miles from York) and what I noticed was that the predominant building material was sandstone and pantiles were a common roofing material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Did you get into the Wolds? For anyone not familiar with Gods own county, the Malton Driffield line is worth looking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPH 603 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 I thought I might also ask about a station building too. I'm thinking of something similar to Cockfield station, but I feel the roof should be gabled instead. I'll probably have a canopy in attached to the front of the building too. I'm thinking of making it 110 - 130 mm in length x 7 mm in width, and as for height I've still yet to determine that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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