jazz Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) Hi all. i have now stripped the German HO layout and using the old baseboards to construct PORTHILLY set in north Cornwall. A lot of licence used to create a fictitious short branch off the Bodmin to Wadebridge line. Really it's just an excuse to run the Beattie well tank and GWR locos. Also a few LMS ones thrown in. 19' long and a maximum 15" wide, not a large layout for 0 gauge by any means. I am using Dingham auto couplings as I find scale couplings a right pain on a mainly shutting layout. I am making good use of L Cut building and scratch built ones. Work on the layout will be slow until the weather warms up. The wiring is now complete and currently being tested before ballasting can be contemplated. Looking forward to spending the cold winter days at the WB constructing buildings and fitting Dinghams to some 50 odd items of stock and locos. Some quick photos of it so far. An L Cut loco shed. Note the German back scene, that will be changed for a rural background one when it warms up The goods depot will be on the far left. The goods yard to the right of the loco shed. The photo of the scratch built station platform using wood coffee stirrers. (£5 for a box of 1000, what a deal) The L Cut signal box has full interior detail. L Cut warehouse. This is cut down to fit the 50mm gap between the track and the back scene. Duncans models provided the crane and working gas lamp. Over all shot of the scenic section. A laser cut station building and fencing complements the platform. Edited November 18, 2016 by jazz 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 It looks good, it is not a bad size at all. My planned layout is about 24' long. Just need somewhere it will fit apart from our living room SWMBO seems a little against it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 It looks good, it is not a bad size at all. My planned layout is about 24' long. Just need somewhere it will fit apart from our living room SWMBO seems a little against it. I can't begin to imagine why!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 The living room sounds a great place to put it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Hi all. Just completed another LCut building. This was made up using items from their elements page. This depicts a through type goods shed. All remains builds will now be scratch built using mounting board and Slater's embossed plasticard. Now back to changing the couplings on all the stock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Hi all. I've started work again on the layout. The first project for this year is the bridge at the entrance to the fiddle yard. (Had I had more room something more interesting would have been created like the entrance being disguised by a building or something) Any way it took all day yesterday to construct out of mounting board for the walls covered in Slater's embossed plastikard, the iron work is Slater's plastikard of varying thickness. All finished off with artist's acrylics. Weathering and moss etc to be added when the scenics are underway. The bridge is narrow as it will carry the narrow gauge line to the china clay pits. (Assuming the the garage wall wasn't there of course ) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Hi. Another building for the layout. This one is a manufactory, the purpose of which is yet to be decided. It again constructed of routing board covered with Slater's embossed plastikard. The windows are from L Cut Creative. I find them excellent windows and a great company to work with. Complete with overnight delivery. The roof tiles are made from thin card. I am intending to add internal detail and lighting when I decide what the building is used for. The rear is a sheet of black outing board. The overall size is 9" high by 14" long. Artist acrylics were again used of the painting. Edited March 6, 2017 by jazz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hi again. Some work work on the layout. It now has a name it's REDRUTH. A might have been branch off the Wadebridge to Bodmin line serving the local light industry. Originally the line was freight only, there is now a limited passenger service provided using one coach usually attached to the goos traffic. Passenger traffic being very light it is doubtful it will survive for long. Anyway that is the fiction here is the fact. The weather is too darned cold to spend time in the garage actually working on the layout. But that is not preventing working on the WB and producing items ready for the warmer weather. Todays building has just been placed and is another scratch build. Using mounting board covered in Slater's embossed plastikard. The windows are again from L Cut Creative. Roofing tiles are thin card cut into strips, painted the the tiles are scored at a scale 12" wide. Finally using Carr's weathering powders. The building was painted with a mix of umber brown, yellow ochre and deep red. Then stipple on with a stiff brush. Like the roof Carr's powders added a mucky look to be found in the early 1950's period. The latest factory added. Finally a name for the layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hi all. At last some progress on the layout TRENRUTH. The winter seemed to be a long time this year, I guess it was continually on my mind wanting to get on with the layout. Work has now recommenced. The wiring is now all completed, excepting the street and building lighting. The sole signal, a Ratio offering, has an LED for the spectacle glasses and is operated by a Seep motor with over centre spring. A home made angle crank made the throw spot on. Ballasting is completed and some flora is now under way. Trees are planted too. The roads to the cattle dock and coal yard are to be completed. Gaugemaster back scenes are used to depict the Cornish feel. The buildings are a mix if scratch built and L Cut Creative. In the scratch built ones L Cut Creative elements are used for the various windows. I completed the cattle dock today using Slater's micro strip, which I laminated three pieces for the posts and two for the horizontals. Embossed plasikard for the walls and cobbled surface. There is scenic work to do along the rear of the layout between the back scene and track to blend it all in. So plenty to go at for now. Here is the results so far. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhead Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Beautiful layout !!!! I also have a small O scale layout in my home. Mine is 18 inches wide by 16 ft long. I don't know how to post photos here but here is a link to Youtube and see a short video of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JajM9PrGtc and here is with a SW9 switcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_FjOC9fmLc You are really going to enjoy O scale. The size annd the details that you can add it is unbelievable. Keep us posted. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) hi jarhead. Thanks for the compliment. This is the latest of a number of O gauge layouts I've had over the years. A photo & videos of the last one before switching to German HO. I have now reverted back to 0 gauge and will remain with that scale. The last one was DCC with sound chips. this one is back to DC control as I got fed up with have to punch in numbers to run a loco. Much easier to flick a switch to do that. I have to say I do miss the sound though. All the buildings are scratch built. Locos and rolling stock are all built from various kits. Here is the latest addition to Trenruth. Had to build these two Slater's cattle wagons seeing as I decided to add a cattle loading dock. Edited June 25, 2017 by jazz 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 (edited) Hi all. Some work done on the scenery at Trenruth. I still want to bring some 'life' to it and waiting for Telford Guildex to purchase a good supply of suitable populace amongst other items Some photos of proceedings so far. 4603 arrives with early morning passenger. Loco shed preparing for the days work, lots of ash outside the shed. A view of Trenruth from the narrow gauge overbridge. Another view of the old wood platform. The two factory workshops outside the goods shed with the coal siding in the foreground. Edited July 19, 2017 by jazz 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hi all. Another new loco to the roster in Trenruth. This is the really nice Dapol 08. I do not usually purchase RTR but who could resist this at only £189.00. Beautiful runner perfect for really slow shunting duties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomr91 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 That's a beauty. Bargain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 That's a beauty. Bargain. It certainly is, thanks to Rails Of Sheffield, overnight postage £2.00 as well. I was very tempted to have another in BR black but would overkill on my small layout I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 More dabbling on TRENRUTH. This time I've added a few trees and bushes. Also the staff off the platform decided to add a couple of home mad flower tubs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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