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Thanks Kenny, I might have to stretch the truth on the timescales re the scrap workings for my needs. Re the photos I think I have seen most of Andy's photos across both Flick and www.bristol-rail.co.uk. 03121 is on the to do list although probably won't be until after the layout is finished as think I will have plenty on my plate between now and next year.

Sort of, the chassis is from the Oxford Diecast ergomatic tipper with modifications, the cab and body are from Road Transport Images. but the body is quite generic so has had new steps, tipping ram, pipework and will have walkway added to represent a Blue CIrcle example. The redundant Oxford tipping body has been shortened and is going on a Bedford chassis/RTI cab to make the Redscaff tipper mentioned earlier.

Thanks Rivercider, great photos and great inspiration. The scrap yard idea is definitely buiLding momentum as your pre TOPS report indicates quite short rakes of wagons so ideal for my needs. When I laid the upper level track out last night part of the reason for curving it towards the back of the layout was to give greater space on the lower level for the scrap yard.

Hi Chris, Funny you should mention Redscaff as one of the pictures in the Avon Street link in my original post has a picture of a Redscaff Bedford HA van. Might sound a daft question as I presume "red" will feature in the answer but can you remember what colour the van/signwriting was as I fancy adding it on the layout but it is hard to tell from the black and white picture what colour it should be? Thanks Rob

Thanks Rich, you are right about the EM gauge template, I have borrowed it from a club member to help orientate the track, prior to placing the order for the points. I did design the track plan in Xtracad although I do have a preference for laying the track out "for real" as I find by putting some stcok on helps visualise the plan so much more easily. Part of the brief for this layout was to make a layout that was quicker to put up/take down so that I am more likely to use it at home as well as making it more 1 day show friendly. My children are getting more interested in the model railway but Pallet Lane takes a good 30 minutes to put up so having something that is a bit more plug and play will see it get a bit more home use.

Lovely modelling Andy, when I first saw the first picture I thought it was 4mm, it looked that good. Will watch with interest.

Looking good Richard, coming together nicely.

Tonight's focus was on the upper level and marking out the track plan: The station will be to the right of the picture with the track on display forming the station throat. The track nearest the edge of the board is not connected to the rest of the layout and will have a static train displayed on it waiting at a signal near the corner of the board. The stationary train will form a backscene, an idea I picked up from Mike Anson's superb Western Road layout. The track in front will be wired up and will be used for trains terminating at the mainline station. The loco will uncouple, pull forward and run round back into the fiddle yard. The carriages will then be drawn back of scene later on the pretence of being shunted off by the station pilot. I have also cut out the hole in the baseboard for the culvert, the bottom being flush with the bottom of the baseboard frame:

Thanks, good tip re the scrap yard, will have a ponder on that, I have always been quite taken with the idea of doing a scrap yard at some point. It will also give me something to do with the various diecast vehicles that are cluttering up the modelling cupboard. I am also making a model of the Bedford tipper lorry that appears in the photos of the Avon Street link which I think belonged to a scrapper.

Good luck Andy, sounds Good luck with the new one Andy, should keep you busy!

Welcome to the story of the creation of Peafore Yard. The story starts below in March 2014 but below are some shots of the finished layout: A small step but work started on my new layout today, a day I have been looking forward too for some time but had deliberately delayed due to needing to finish an extension to our house. The layout has its first show booked for Cheltenham in April 2015 so despite there being some work still to do on the house, there is starting to be some urgency to make progress on the layout, I hasten to add the Cheltenham date has been in my diary since 2011! My current layout Pallet Lane has been on the exhibition circuit since 2007 and I have had a lot of fun over the years. Over that time my modelling skills have improved a lot and now want to try something new. On the list for this layout are: - Hand built points with manual rather than electric control - Front rather than rear operated - Cassette fiddle yard - Two levels of track - The opportunity to utilise some of my mainline passenger and NPCCS stock which wasn't suitable for Pallet Lane The inspiration for the layout came from browsing the Bristol Rail website and in particular this page on Avon Street: http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/Avon_Street There were a number of things from the set of photos that attracted my attention; the part of Temple Meads in the background giving the opportunity of 2 levels of track, the Level crossing with the man with the flag (not sure if I can squeeze this in sadly) and the 03/Presflos, which I have to hand from Pallet Lane. I will be sticking with 1977 so I can reuse the stock from Pallet Lane. After a mildly heated debate with an (ex)club member one night as to whether it was right to go to the hassle of building your own points in 00 when you could go P4 I have elected to stick with 00 simply because all my stock is 00 and the cost/time of conversion circa 100 items of stock is too daunting. The conversation did get me thinking though and the name came to being for 2 reasons: - All of my layout names start with "P" - Somebody maybe convinced it's P4 not 00! Anyway enough preamble, here are some photos of the basic track plan for the lower level. The base board (4' x 2') is second hand bought from the club, the track is SMP and a freebie from an RMWeb member (thanks Gordon!): The photo above show the basic track plan. The siding on the left of the photo will be part of the cement terminal which will occupy the area from the point to the edge of the board. The siding on the far right will be a coal siding (I think). The area where the glass/spare length of track will be the high level mainlines. Looking the other way, I have deliberately curved the tracks to help lengthen the sidings and I prefer the look of curved track I am building a Leyland Cement lorry to go with my existing Scammell, the yard on this cement terminal will be much larger and more realistic than Pallet Lane. Behind the tanker will be a culvert cut into the board The stock is to test the length of the run round loop, the 37 will be the longest loco likely to be used in the yard, all of my type 4's will be used on the mainline

Hi Simon, Are the 25/3 cabs in 4mm available for sale yet please? Thanks Rob

Any bets on which loco will then be the "we must cut it up because it has no hope and is an eyesore" when 45015 goes? 50040 used to have this mantle before it went, 25244 is another one which gets plenty of similar comments although this is in much better condition than 45015.

Just looked at the list and it is a few years out of date eg 37412 has been scrapped over a year, wnxx has a more uptodate list

They are perfect for the mid 80's to mid 90's, they were everywhere then. Sadly they were rather water soluble so a lot were gone by the late 90's, having said that I saw one on the road last week still earning its keep.

Great to see it finished look forward to seeing it in the flesh soon I see some houses have sprung up on the track-bed near the McDonalds roundabout when I passed the other day, more traces of the line disappearing sadly.

That's correct, one is a CCT

Some nice work and like the simplified approach to the window surrounds although I am guessing it is not suitable if you intend to use Laserglaze? Re the spraying round the etch approach, that would give you the step in the paint and would probably be subtle enough. Having said that with my own full etch 37's in front of me anything further than 6 inches you can't see the fact the etch is on top anyway.

Always fancied modelling a circular layout, there are some superb examples on this thread. For those layouts with pure 360 degree viewing, it does make you wonder how the exhibition manager copes with fitting it in a place where people can properly view all sides, bearing in mind most hall plans are to fit around layoits to be viewed on one or 2 sides at most?

My sort of layout, will watch with interest, do you have a track plan you can post please?

Hi Richard, I would recommend the HMRS presfix type, they are also easier to use than rub on type in my opinion.

Very tempted by one of these, I am sure Shawplan can do some laserglaze for the windows!

Once when walking nearby I saw 4 police motorcyclist accompanying 2 Seddon Atkinson Security vans, they were huge and quite heavily armoured, and the police were clearing the traffic so they never stopped. I had never seen anything like it so presumably these were transferring Bullion

Excellent Thread, thanks to JCL etc for sharing your efforts.

I am not sure it is going mainline proper, it is intended as a super shunter at Daventry.