RMweb Premium Neil Posted July 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2017 I rather like your take on Shell Island Kevo, particularly the Irish setting (Craggy Island?). Here are a few more snaps of Shell Island that I took when it was last exhumed from the chipboard coffin. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Legroom Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Hi Neil I have to admit that Shell Island is one of my all time favourite micros. Simplicity, novel location, superb modelling - it ticks all the boxes! Max 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 That sea looks very inviting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2017 I rather like your take on Shell Island Kevo, particularly the Irish setting (Craggy Island?). Here are a few more snaps of Shell Island that I took when it was last exhumed from the chipboard coffin. si001.jpg si008.jpg si011.jpg Sublime artistry! Lovely to see some photos of this again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thanks neil glad you approve , yes craggy Island would not be a bad name if i do a MK2 version especialy if i stick to irish stock again . love the other pictures you putt on you can almost here that class 24 ticking over . mixed in with the lapping of the water on the slip way and the sea gulls of course in the back ground . shell ilsland ouzes atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hi neil there are a good few pictures of your shell island layout but i have only seen one over all view . that was in the railway modler augst 203 do you have any more show ing it in its full extent .thanks kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 sorry neil just been going over some of your photos of shell island and you did put some in with over all view Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddy Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm always delighted to see Shell Island and marvel at the sense of space you created Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted July 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2017 Nice to see some more photos of Shell Island, Neil. I'm glad that it's still around, I remember seeing it on earlier versions of the forum and in RM when I was newly returned to the hobby and taking my tentative first steps in EM. It remains as inspirational now as it did back then. Regarding keeping dust off, I'm planning to add a lid to Fryers Lane for the same reason, will see if that does any good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psiborg Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I have been impressed with it since I got the book "Building Micro-Layouts" with it on the cover. Still looking amazing! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 hi all just started on a mock up or muck up on a mk2 micro shell island flavoured type layout my 1st attempt now long gone and missed . I have changed the track plan this time to get it even smaller . I like to try and see how every think will look before cutting any timber or base boards , as I can move buildings around etc . I have kept the goods shed and same slip way as on my other attempt . like a lot of people when I 1st saw neil's shell island layout . I just had to have a go my self . I will be running british stock and some irish stock 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 the only real building on the layout is the goods shed . i did look around to see what I could find in the ready built market like Bachmann or Hornby but all were to big wrong shape , so looking in my scrap box I have used a Hornby platform section and bit of a Hornby station roof and slaters corogated sheets. I wanted to keep the whole building as simple as possible and quick to put together a bit of cutting to the platform to make a loading bay for transfer to lorry's etc when it came to painting I did start off going for a faded black and green doors look but changed it to good old grey and bits of rust . there is still some dry brushing to do but I will do this when the building is fixed in its final setting . 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Kevo, it's all very nice you're doing a homage to Shell Island, but shouldn't you have your own thread for it rather than use Neil's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted August 17, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2017 Kevo, it's all very nice you're doing a homage to Shell Island, but shouldn't you have your own thread for it rather than use Neil's? I don't mind, good model making is good modelmaking after all but I do think it deserves it's own thread if only to make it easier to find. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 yes of course your right . from now on ile start a thread probably where ive just started on this forum and not think ing on gone babble ing on my own planet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2018 si011.jpg A bump for this thread to ask the origins of the boat in the scene please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 A bump for this thread to ask the origins of the boat in the scene please. Such boats are pretty readily available. The only supplier I can think of OTTOMH though is Model Dockyard, who I think are based in Cornwall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted August 12, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) A bump for this thread to ask the origins of the boat in the scene please. I believe that it's a Billing Boats model (lifeboat) bought many years ago from P&S Models & Hobbies, Fossgate, York. Edited August 12, 2018 by Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The ultimate less is more layout. I’m planning something similar, although based on the West Country . Can’t really say much more about a layout that attracts so much imitation ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi Neil i doint expect your see this . as in in a old post . but if you do can i ask . did you ever put any footage of your shell island layout on it on u Tube it would be fantastic if you did as its my one of my all time favourite layouts 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted December 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hello Kevo, you might be surprised at what I keep tabs on. To answer your question I'm afraid that no moving pictures were ever taken of Shell Island. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thanks for reply Neil . thats a shame its a very popular layout . i just wondered as i think you said it had been to a few expos and thought some one might have taken a few clips of it on vid . i have been thinking of haveing a go at another micro copy atempt again its your pic of the green class 24 5092 on the bank above the slipway that allways gets my mind ticking again . that picture really draws you in i think . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted December 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2020 Actually Shell Island has only been out to two exhibitions (maybe three, cant remember if I took it to Thirsk) and one shop opening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted December 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Neil said: Actually Shell Island has only been out to two exhibitions (maybe three, cant remember if I took it to Thirsk) and one shop opening. Did you do a York or Hull show with it? For some reason I think I’ve seen it ‘live’ but that may be confusion due to its (justifiable) high profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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