good evening all
it has been quite some time since i have updated on here and thought it was time for a progress report. I have sold my old layout (the circle line) and have made a start on a new layout with alot of help from my brother who loves doing word work and track laying so first of all many thanks go to him its much appreciated. The layout is fictional and will have overhead wires when i can get round to ordering the n brass gantrys that i need for spanning the three lines through the
Hi all tonight i have managed to get a few pics of my 4ft shunting plank and photo board which has taken me months to get to this stage. Now the dark and cold nights are setting in time for some modelling now. Iv taken a few pics of the board and a couple of some of my locos first engine is my sound chipped 57xx and the other one of my black 5s hope you like.
stuart
well its been along time since my last update and things are changing. I have been given a space in the garden for a shed so new plans for an n gauge main line are being drawn up at the moment i still havent decided on the idea of modeling a real place or somewhere made up yet. any ideas and thoughts are very welcome it will be modern image 2000-2010. today i have started ballasting my 4ft shelf layout but progress is slow. the main thing i guess is that it looks right and im happy with it probl
today my brother has made up the board for my dcc sound board being a master chippy he has done a top job thank you graham. tomorrow we should have the track and in the evening should also have it layed hopefully i will be able to get some pictures and will post on here if ido. aswell as getting the track down im hopeing to have order a Bachmann dynamis controller and a sound chipped 57xx hopefully i shouldnt have to wait to long before i can start shunting with the sound of a pannier. I will
evening all. I have a very large amount of oo stock steam and diesel and i love shunting. Seeing as this is abit hard in n gauge my brother and i have come up with a small plan for me to play about with not having alot of space the board will be 4ft long and 8inch wide witch means it can sit on a shelf in my room the track will be peco code 75 finescale i will try and upload a plan as soon as i can. I am also considdering dcc sound and would love to chip my Bachmann br pannier but i need to ema
This afternoon the dhl man came and deliverd my hattons package and inside was my lastest loco ews 66098. I ran it for 10mins to make sure it was ok no problems to report it is fantastic! Now work begins im not a fan of locos straight from the box i like weatherd engines and trying to fit all the tiny name plates and pipe work! so the front coupling was taken off and all the tiny pipe work laid out in front of me 10mins later it was done and to me it has made abig improvement others might not ag
Hi all its been awhile since my last post so thought it would be agood idea for a quick update. My progress has been very slow to busy running stock witch brings me to my xmas pressies. My nan very kindly bought me 57003 witch i have detailed still got to paint the tips of the pipe work. my mum and dad got me the central trains 150 my brother started off my next rake of wagons with these 3 tta`s with the bad weather we have had lately i managed to get a fair bit of overtime in so thought i would
I have been doing bits to the scenery lately and have just finished the area on top of the bank. I have gone with the idea to put a church in and small grave area to ad abit of greenery with stone walling round the road face. sorry for the poor pictures. Any comments welcome. stuart
The circle line is a small n gauge test layout that i am building at the moment with alot of help from my brother . I am looking to build a small modern depot with dmu storage sidings in the future. I wanted to try my skills out in n gauge before i start my depot layout and have decided to buld a small double track mainline. The board is just a peace of mdf with a hardboard face around it the board has been split into two halfs 1 side being urban and the other countryside i have decided to start
