Popular Post Tricky Posted March 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) Hi all, I have lurked on rmweb for a while but thought it about time I joined in, so here goes. I have been planning to build a model railway for about 30 years, but for various constraints (time, money, space) have just begun, having now got into my 50s. I still have some space constraints but the layout is in a specially adapted shed (aka man cave). Total viewing length is only 8' with a 2'6" traverser at one end. I don't pretend it's in any way a prototypical layout, more a series of views/details/ structures that appeals to me. I love detail but not to follow it slavishly at the expense of actually getting enjoyment out of it. It is I guess primarily a stage set to enjoy my rolling stock. It is based very loosely on the Midland as it encroached into the London docks around Poplar c1907 for instance. Nice and grimy and confined. Edited November 9, 2017 by Tricky 45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 That's a rubbish photo of the ground frame, I've finished the polyfilla around the base since that photo was taken! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyWales Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hi all, I have lurked on rmweb for a while but thought it about time I joined in, so here goes. I have been planning to build a model railway for about 30 years, but for various constraints (time, money, space) have just begun, having now got into my 50s. I still have some space constraints but the layout is in a specially adapted shed (aka man cave). Total viewing length is only 8' with a 2'6" traverser at one end. I don't pretend it's in any way a prototypical layout, more a series of views/details/ structures that appeals to me. I love detail but not to follow it slavishly at the expense of actually getting enjoyment out of it. It is I guess primarily a stage set to enjoy my rolling stock. It is based very loosely on the Midland as it encroached into the London docks around Poplar c1907 for instance. Nice and grimy and confined. Wow! First postings generally tend to be a bit of bare track and a ready-to-run loco with some wagons. Mightily impressed..where have you been hiding? Randall 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Thanks for my first reply Randall!! Not hiding intentionally, just tends to be a lonely hobby sometimes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Alfred taking a break from shunting duties... Can't work out how to rotate pictures! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyWales Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Thanks for my first reply Randall!! Not hiding intentionally, just tends to be a lonely hobby sometimes... I tend to agree that modelling can be a solitary pastime, unless you are a member of a club,. However, there are lots of friendly people on here who will be anxious to hear all about how you model to such a realistic and convincing standard. Randall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Excellent opening gambit. Please post a plan and overall shot of the layout to help us get our bearings. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hi all, thanks for your interest and replies. Attached some more photos, the first hopefully giving a good overall impression. As I said, it's not big! I had originally intended to locate it somewhere in Birmingham but then changed my mind to London, since that is where I grew up so gave me more of a connection to it. It did mean however that I had to uproot the milepost next to the ground frame and repaint 137 miles to 14! The next area to concentrate on is what might grandly be referred to as the goods yard- in reality an area about 18" x 6"...! This is the beauty of cameo modelling, the imagination works wonders with what happens off-stage! The last photo is a bit arty but I like it...! The eagle-eyed will have noticed Albert is back where he belongs and the PW department have made good around the ground frame. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinbromoz Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Breathtaking modelling!!I love the photo of the half cab,the subtle weathering really makes it come alive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 This looks like a very clever minimum space project with some great modelmaking. I only have one small gripe. I don't think it can be either Birmingham or London with those stone walls and bridge, lovely as they are. I think we must be somewhere in Yorkshire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 This looks like a very clever minimum space project with some great modelmaking. I only have one small gripe. I don't think it can be either Birmingham or London with those stone walls and bridge, lovely as they are. I think we must be somewhere in Yorkshire. That is a fair point and is one that has crossed my mind more than once, since the bridge is based on a Birmingham prototype! I'll have to uproot the milepost again and start another thread, or pretend there's a tiny village in the Midlands called London... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Breathtaking modelling!!I love the photo of the half cab,the subtle weathering really makes it come alive!Thanks Marinbromoz! I wouldn't say it's finished though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I see the layout is powered by good old analogue DC. I'm still agnostic about DCC, especially the sound aspect. My Cwm Bach layout is DCC, but my latest layout Tonfanau Camp is wired for DC, not least because none of the locos allocated to this project are equipped with DCC, which would cost several hundred pounds to fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wenlock Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hi Tricky, Excellent atmospheric modelling!:-) Looking forward to seeing the goods yard progress!:-) Best wishes Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2017 Wherever the stone bridge will put it in the end, you've definitely got a very Midland feel to things. Will follow with interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) I see the layout is powered by good old analogue DC. I'm still agnostic about DCC, especially the sound aspect. My Cwm Bach layout is DCC, but my latest layout Tonfanau Camp is wired for DC, not least because none of the locos allocated to this project are equipped with DCC, which would cost several hundred pounds to fit.[/quote Funny you should say that. I was just chatting to Wenlock on his blog about how great his 517 sounds! Monks Gate was always built as dc but the half cab was radio for a while. I had to have the battery and several other bits and pieces rigged up in a wagon which it obviously was permanently hitched to. Not satisfactory. But when I attempted to re-wire it all and squeeze it in to the boiler and side tanks and coal bunker managed to fry it and mess it right up, so it all ended in the bin. Wenlock may be able to advise how many hundreds of pounds might need to be spent to set up this loco from scratch...?! Edited March 31, 2017 by Tricky 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Wherever the stone bridge will put it in the end, you've definitely got a very Midland feel to things. Will follow with interest.Thanks Northroader, was googling to see if any of London looks like Birmingham, but strangely to no avail which I think I knew anyway! Have even considered cladding the low wall at the back with brick and doing something similar with the big bridge. What is the general consensus?? Or am I panicking??!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Here's a question for any Midland experts: have I got the colours right on the ground frame, or should it be banana yellow like a box? And should it have a name board? Thanks, Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thanks Northroader, was googling to see if any of London looks like Birmingham, but strangely to no avail which I think I knew anyway! Have even considered cladding the low wall at the back with brick and doing something similar with the big bridge. What is the general consensus?? Or am I panicking??!! I think that it would be a pity to waste the super work that you have done with those stone walls. Better to relocate the prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 I think that it would be a pity to waste the super work that you have done with those stone walls. Better to relocate the prototype.Yes, you're right. Maybe I was a bit hasty with the thread title! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2017 Lovely modelling. My vote is for basing it in somewhere like Manchester or perhaps Nottingham. There were plenty of grotty little corners in both places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Lovely modelling. My vote is for basing it in somewhere like Manchester or perhaps Nottingham. There were plenty of grotty little corners in both places.Thanks tbg for the vote. For grotty read atmospheric I hope!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 Amazing modelling and very inspirational, especially to me Tricky, having such detail in such a confined space, great stuff. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Amazing modelling and very inspirational, especially to me Tricky, having such detail in such a confined space, great stuff. Cheers Cheers Paul, glad you like it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Very impressive modelling ,great what you've got in such a small space there's a lovely atmosphere to it Brian Thanks Brian, pleased you like it too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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