Hiesler Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Boston Lodge in 5.5mm Scale http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Engineshed2.jpg For the past year and a half I have been modelling in 5.5mm scale with a view to building a layout based on the Festiniog Railway. I have decided to start small with a view to taking it to exhibitions. As most of the stations on the Festiniog Railway are relatively large to accommodate the long trains I have chosen to build a model of the old engine shed where engines used to start and end the day. I am going to model the area between the engine shed (as seen the above photo) and the old Madoc estate walls with the toll house, including the old waggon works. I have chosen to set the model around 1900 for the common reason of including the rebuilt England's engines in their saddle tank state. My current research shows that I may be able to get away with running it in a 1930s guise occasionally. I made the baseboard last week to an unusual design to allow me to model the typography of the area. As well as hearing your thoughts on the layout, I would be interested to hear any information you may have to give me the best chance of modelling the location as accurately as I can.How often I update this thread will depend on how much interest it gathers. You can have a look at my progress on the rolling stock for the layout here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_4147 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Sounds like an interesting project, will look forward to seeing it develop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiesler Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 A rough sketch to show what I aim to make. The layout will have a number of features that will be new to me modelling wise because the area includes a wide range of structural and scenery elements. With the layout being so small I knew I needed to put some effort into making it look presentable, meaning more woodwork was required.Which brings me to this point now where I can actually show you something that looks like it could become a layout one day. Here's a very incomplete train put in place to give a sense of scale: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiesler Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 It has taken a long time, but finally, the layout works! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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