Popular Post kes Posted July 15, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) We now have railings on the prom and bridge - herring gulls on the houses and people on the beach. And a decent dose of weathering care of the air brush.More clutter is required, but I have achieved what I set out to build, so I am happy. Edited December 30, 2022 by kes edit 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
380John Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 This is absolutely beautiful to look at. It's amazing the detail that can be achieved in N and there's plenty in there but it's not too cluttered. I'm very impressed with this. Do you have any video footage? Cheers, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted July 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) Superb first class layout! Great attention to detail without being cluttered as John has already pointed out Edited July 15, 2018 by chuffinghell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hi John - no video footage yet as it has been crated up ready for our Goathland Show this weekend, but I might get time at the show to run a bit off. Many thanks to everyone for the kind comments - this one has been 18 months in the making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Love the new pictures, the layout really is first class and captures the atmosphere of the area very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Very atmospheric I can hear the seagulls you have captured the atmosphere of the Yorkshire coastline extremely well look forward to a vidio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 The layout was well received by the public and other exhibitors, so I am a happy man. A big thanks to Peter, my brother in law who spent most of the weekend operating the layout, whilst I recovered from playing late night gigs! And a big thanks to Paul and the Whitby team for asking me to bring it along. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 The layout has now been boxed up, and put into the railway shed whilst I concentrate on other projects!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) , Edited December 30, 2022 by kes removed 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I could say lots of complimentary things and one of them would be that it took me a long time to realise this wasn't 4mm! Great stuff. Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone on the forum. I shall be posting more of my developments in the New Year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Sandy Bay is to appear in the May 2019 edition of Railway Modeller. It is also going to appear at the Scarborough Club show at Pickering on the 17th an 18th August 2019. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Kes, Cannot believe I haven't come across this thread before. What an absolutely fantastic layout, it oozes so much atmosphere and gives such a realistic representation of the location. Great stuff and cannot wait to see it in the RM. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Hi to all - in RM I appear to have changed my name to Kevin Wright. I am actually Kevin Smith!!!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I'm glad you cleared that up Mr Wright, I mean Smith . Seriously, I am really looking forward to seeing your beautiful little layout in the RM on Thursday Kevin. All the very best, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 Sandy Bay has been erected in the garage to allow testing prior to the Pickering show on the 17/18 Aug. No problems found yet. I now need to teach Maggie how to drive the thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Sandy Bay was very well received at the Pickering show resulting in some further bookings and enquiries for next year. It worked faultlessly all weekend, running on the 12volt sealed battery. Maggie did a sterling job as "second man". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Sandy Bay will be at the Shipley model railway exhibition on the 15/16th September. We hope to see you there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 I have been cleaning all the loco and stock wheels a head of the coming Shipley show. It is amazing how much crud had built up after the last exhibition. It reminded me of the old Triangle plastic wheels where you had to scrape the crud off with a screwdriver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 03060 Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2019 A bit late to the thread but having seen the article in the RM (and kept it) and coming across you at Shipley on Sat can I just say how impressed I was with the layout, simply lovely and you've definately caught the feel of that section of the coastline, so much so that I came back for a second look before I left. One question, why did you keep the traverser quite short and not straddling the baseboard joint, was it just to keep it permanently fitted to just the one board or because it could have maybe fouled up with harbour backscene section ? I would have complimented you on the day ....but you were deep in conversation with the "secondman" ....didn't like to disturb. Kind regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Thanks for the kind comments Ian. The traverser is deliberately that length because the run around loop out front will not accept trains any longer than that. It is permanently fitted to one board, which helps with alignment problems. Exhibition halls vary in temp and humidity throughout the day, and you would be surprised by how much boards swell and change size. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) We had a fabulous time at the Shipley Exhibition. The layout worked perfectly all weekend, and we only had one engine failure, traced to a loose blanking plug which was quickly sorted when we got home. A big thank you is due to Bill and John and the team at Shipley, and to Maggie who operated with me all weekend, and to Paul and Nicola, who took over on the Saturday and sent Maggie and me out for the dinner break together. Edited December 30, 2022 by kes missing 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) We won the Trevor Jones Trophy for the Best Visiting Layout as awarded by the other exhibitors. Many thanks guys. Edited December 30, 2022 by kes missing 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) And the guys from St Georges Riverside decided we needed a bigger boat in the harbour! Edited December 30, 2022 by kes missing 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2019 3 hours ago, kes said: We won the Trevor Jones Trophy for the Best Visiting Layout as awarded by the other exhibitors. Many thanks guys. Congratulations, very well deserved in a show with some really top layouts. Enjoyed our little operating session, it's fun to operate but keeps you on your toes sending the right train out and keeping the balance right 'out front'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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