Pre-Tops Blue

One of the converted Class 24/1s that Alan is referring to on the Mercig website is mine. A closer photo of it can be found here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/29020-close-up-of-d5146/ Mark

My Mercig Studios Class 20s have now arrived. If you want to see just how realistic these locos can be, take a look at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/51940-crossfields-class-20s/ Cheers Mark

Set in the late 60s/early 70s my layout ‘Crossfields’ is firmly rooted in the period! Crossfields Mark

I really like the buildings; very invocative of the location and the period, they should look great with weathered BR blue locos in residence. Like you my N gauge blue era layout, ‘Crossfields’ (see the Gallery Section) is also built into my loft space and one tip that I can make is that when you sort the lighting out use daylight bulbs for the layout. I have no natural light in my loft and early on I began to notice that things didn’t look quite right, particularly with blues and greens, a serious problem when modelling in the BR blue era! I have received many comments on the way the photographs look and a significant part of that is down to how it is illuminated. My lighting arrangement is to use 60W daylight bulbs for the primary illumination and 25W mini spotlights to either kill or enhance shadow areas so it gives the illusion that it is lit from the sun’s rays in one direction. Cheers Mark