For quite some time I have not only been meaning to update the blog and my profiles, but also bemoaning the lack of layout space in the new house, to be fair I thought we were getting a nice big convertible loft but due to the design of the house this has proved, for the time being anyways, not to be too straightforwardm due to the design of the house.
I was halfway tempted by the most recent N gauge releases and the advances in 2mm finescale of producing 'relatively' easy to build track, th
Myself & family settled in new house/area/job and enjoying a very different pace of life,
its still that 'dark nights' time of year though. I've managed to hold onto the idea that within 5 or so yrs the kids will be grown up and that would be an ideal time to build the layout of dreams.
I've bought a couple of boxfiles and joined them up end to end with 2x1 - and cut out the middle section!- here we go again!
I thought I'd just have a quick update, to tidy things up and let people know I hadn't died!
We are moving soon and I've had very little modelling or even RMweb time. Deadwater has been sold onto another RMwebber as has the ex Mozzer's Armitage Carriage works layout. I'm having a fairly big stock clearout, if you look an Ebay you may find some OO, N and EM stuff, I think we no longer have the facility for direct links to sales as on the old site- I needed a fixed timescale for these so ap
I think I need to change the title of my 'blog, I'm still a little unsure of whether this will continue or go back to the old format now 'tis available. There are alot of ways in which I like the 'blog format but it seems that in general, people are not prepared to embrace the opportunity, preferring to stick with what is familiar.
One thing I've just realised with the 'blogs is that your 'blog has to cover all your contributions, whereas you can have seperate threads for each different int
Most of the construction work on the original layout took place back in 2006/7, and beyond pulling back up some pictures such as building constructions and trees etc, I dont really see the need for verbatim copying/posting of pages past, as they are still of course available on the old RMweb, which at the moment we are re-assured is going to be continually available as an archive.
I linked to the new place from there so here is the OLD Deadwater Burn thread. Isn't that 'insert link' tool j
As the layout progressed certain angles became favourites on RmWeb, I was genuinely suprised at how well received what was little more than a scenic test track was received. Rescuing few of the better pics, before we move onto the next scenic board!
Whilst not forgetting the 'mousemat' option LOL !
Some early shots prior to completion:
One of the features of the blog idea I was really looking forward to was getting the prototype pics in somewhere near the start:
on the old forum I put them in a seperate prototype thread and they got swampled/buried within a very short space of time! I hope these pics may be a useful companion to both the Ian Futers articles/drawings in RM and the 'Modelling Scotland's Railways' book. There are also pages on the Subbrit and Northumbrian Railways webpages.
Fairloans area looking towards
Its nice to have the opportunity to condense the god-knows how many pages of posts from the old forum into 'a potted history' of the last two years or so. This first post is mostly a curious tryout of the new format, so please bear with me!
The layout included my first attempt at building track, A B6 turnout in EM gauge
Not to mention a scratchbuilt version of the station building. Which was something I really struggled with in the early stages. After a couple of rebuilds of this I man
