Mike Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 OK, I know, not another layout! Well yes I've gone back to my Earl of Dudley theme and started a new project. The layout plan is a mirror image of "Alfriston" from the Small Layout Book Volume 1 from the 0 gauge Guild. Spinners End, no not the Mugle Road that Severus Snape lived in but, the goods depot at the end of the Corn Greaves Branch from Cradley Heath. Typically for me I've bent the facts to suit my needs and created a station with small engine shed and carriage shed as opposed to a goods depot. The layout has been built to a 9ftx 18" foot print on three baseboards, the scenic section all 6ft of it folds in half to form a box and the fiddle yard bolts to this section. The front panel folds down so that the hinge assembly doesn't stand proud of the layout surface, no over-bridge/ building needed to conceal it. (see photos) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Delightful! Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hi, watching eagerly for more progress, is that a Lionheart loco and Autocoach. Nigel B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hi, watching eagerly for more progress, is that a Lionheart loco and Autocoach. Nigel B) I built the 57xx loco from a Vulcan (now ABS) kit fitted with a core-less motor, the autocoach I built fom a Blacksmith kit. Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Just a qucik update, embryo engine shed started seen here sat on a work board on top of the folded layout. It's a bit of an all-sorts, a bit of this and a bit of that and more than a dose of imagination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfMike Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Like the engine shed mate! It still hurts my brain trying to comprehend how you manage to build such wonderous things in that shed of yours, let alone take photos of them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Application of some paint to the engine shed and a trial fit on the layout. Still loads to do. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matloughe Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Inspiring Stuff! Will be watching intently. The level of detail on that engine shed is superb. Cheers, ~ Matloughe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Today I have mostly been altering Pheonix figures and applying paint to them. The Shunter who had a lamp and pole now has just a lamp and is opening the lamp hut door. This required repositioning his right arm and drilling out his hand so that it fitted the door handle. I have also started the carriage shed but need to buy some more plastic strip. I will post some photos a.s.a.p. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Good work, looking forward to the rest. Are the corregated sheets the ones that metalsmiths sell? I tried making some myself for the loco coaling point but they were abysmal, binned them, finally used the old method of redundant sleepers. Did you use local or general anaesthetic when you drilled the shunters hand? webbo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Corrugated sheets are Wills 00 plastic which appear about right for 0 gauge whilst the anaesthetic on the hand was a tap(BA of course) on the head with a blunt instrument. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Embryonic carriage shed started a sort of make it up as you go along design and the modified figures. Excuse the background- messy shed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Well the carriage shed roof is on and covered with tar paper (a large brown envelope inside out) steps fitted and the whole thing primed. Now what colour should it be painted? Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've applied a little paint to the shed which now needs weathering before it's ready to plonk. cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Just a quick update after a building plonking session trial ( sounds rude) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi May I ask how large the baseboards are? All the best Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi May I ask how large the baseboards are? All the best Keith The boards are, scenic section two 3ft x 1ft 6" which fold in half and a 3ft sector plate, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi Thank you. Interesting to see what you have squeezed into the space. All the best Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted September 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2011 Some lovely buildings on this charming layout. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Not the best set of photos but here is the ground frame. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well by way of explanation I thought I should explain the mismatch of buildings etc. Spinners End although an actual place didn't have any passenger facilities is was just a goods depot. However in keeping to my Earl of Dudley themes I have not only bent the facts but I have in the best light railway tradition begged, borrowed and purloined a whole range of buildings. The corn and seed shed is based on an LMS prototype, the Station building is based on a Colonel Stephens building whilst the Ground Frame, Lamp Hut and Carriage Shed are based on GWR buildings. The Signal (unfinished) is ex Southern Railway and the Engine Shed and Coaling Stage are purely generic. So here is a couple of photos : Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Signal now boasts an ex LSWR Finial, I know its wrong but it does set it off as a Light Railway type. It has now been installed on the layout with a bouncing return mechanism, really just a simple bell crank arrangement with a suitable weight fitted to one arm of the crank. I have also almost completed an ex Brecon and Merthyr 4 wheel coach, so that the Earls carnival day special will at least now have two 4 wheel coaches and a Brake Van. Photos to follow. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfMike Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Bostin! Can I have a butchers "in the flesh" when we're round tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Gratuitous photos last photo shows the signal mechanism. cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Manning Wardle and Brecon&Merthyr coach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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