RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 05/04/2020 at 11:37, DavidMcKenzie said: It's so hard to find the time isn't it. When I do manage I enjoy it so much though, already at my low ' beginner' skill level it's such a nice feeling to get a model finished and running around on the layout. I can only imagine how it must feel when you have created something as amazing as your Burton on Trent layout. Echo that comment. Everyone said of lockdown will give us time to ourselves - pah! In some respects I am busier now than before!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 To start with the bad news, we will be moving house soon and the layout is unfortunatly 'part of the house'. I did not make it free standing and I have spent a long time trying to work out how I could possibly detach it from the wall without damaging it. But even if I managed to remove it from the wall without damage it would not fit out of the door or the window. So I have had to admit defeat. The last running session including taking a lot of photos which will be posted here over the coming weeks/months. But the layout is now being dismantled and I am saving what I can for the future. Onto the good news, once I am settled into the new place a new layout will be started, again WCML in the 90s, but possibly a different take on it with maybe a station, yard or junction feeling to it and depending on developments from revolution maybe something where the 321s and 313s could run alongside the existing stock (north london, willesden junction/wembley central area kind of feel maybe?). But for the next few months I am afraid all I can do is post existing photos. Grubby 90s after a hard days work An 86 pushing the manchester service down to London passes the Royal Scot service heading north to Glasgow (sorry Duncan the lighting is still wrong, but one of the many lesson learnt for the next layout ) A 47 plods by with an MOD working Lucky we have digital cameras these days, I completely missed the loco and got a shot of the first wagon in the rake. 37s double heading on a heavy load I hope everyone is keeping sane under the lockdown and thanks to everyone who has posted their model making efforts somewhere on the forum, checking in each day has kept me thoroughly enetertained. All the best, Dave 9 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padishar Creel Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi Dave, I've enjoyed this thread immensely, have been a WCML fan since as long as I can remember, used to be able to see it as a small child at Stafford so that was pre spring 1964. Looking forward to your new project. Are you staying in Lohmar? es grüßt pc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan. Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi Dave, Good and sad news then. Best Wishes to you and your family in your new home. Sad that the country section of your layout will be no more, it is excellent, however you have the opportunity to make another great WCML scene. I'm sure that you have many ideas for a new layout, I would consider a Watford Junction running north to the pair of double track tunnels. Its got 4 track running... tunnels at one end for a scenic break a station, junction, stabling point and it's your beloved WCML. Best Wishes Duncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Nooooooooooo! The countryside section is too good to break up! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy84 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Sad news, but you've achieved more here than most ever will and you get to start all over again, which is exciting. And you don't lose the stock so you've got the WCML ready to go! We're also thinking of moving but Speke East could be carried to the new place in one piece! All the best. Tim. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freight Connection Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Good luck Dave Have had a lot of pleasure following this thread. I never planned on moving but portable boards made it easy. Echoing what Tim said, I'd be very proud of achieving modelling of this standard. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks for all the kind comments, it's so very friendly and will motivate me for the next layout when it comes to it. Duncan I have often thought that Watford junction would make a great model, but the thing holding me back there would be space, it would end up very very long. But the underground line off to one side, the stabling point, the St Albans line, the (sand?) Loading point coming off the St Albans line and the WCML running through the middle would make such an interesting mix and it is a real location that isn't overly complex with excessive lines and point work. All the best, Dave 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Padishar Creel said: Hi Dave, I've enjoyed this thread immensely, have been a WCML fan since as long as I can remember, used to be able to see it as a small child at Stafford so that was pre spring 1964. Looking forward to your new project. Are you staying in Lohmar? es grüßt pc Hi Padishar, I can only image how interesting the WCML must have been in 1964. i was only born in 87, but my grandpa used the line to commute around that time and was full of stories about how it was from the mid 60s to the mid 80s and from the stories it sounds like a real interesting period of change. As for the move, we are not going to be going so far. Just into a suburb of Bonn and about 20kms from where we are now. All the best, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi David, I am a bit shocked, the countryside section was something else, it was pure WCML and I cannot believe it is no more. It has been great watching it develop. This clip reminds me of your layout so much. Looking forward to your next project, it will certainly be one to watch. Cheers Simon 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi David, I can only echo the comments made on here. You've achieved so much with what you have done. Hope the move goes well and cannot wait to see what you end up with - hopefully a bigger train room for starters! Envy you being in Bonn, big fan of the Rhein Valley area, north and south of Koblenz and love the German railway scene. Had hoped to get over there for some more railway photography this year, but I doubt its going to be an option for the next 18 months! Keep us up to date with your progress. Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi David. I am sorry to hear this news. As it's already been said, your countryside section is amazing for someone new to the hobby. But on a positive note. I am sure that your next project will be just as good, if not better from these new skills you have learnt. Hope the move goes well for you and your family. Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Unfortunately I only recently found this layout topic but it's excellent, very impressive. A real shame it can't be moved but considering the quality of the layout I'm sure we'll see something equally as good built in years to come. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavidMcKenzie Posted July 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thanks for all the kind comments. Still a long way off starting a new layout, but I had a spare moment to upload a few more old photos. All the best Dave 18 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 That scenery is amazing. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavidMcKenzie Posted October 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2020 Sorry it has been quiet for a while, but as winter sets in hopefully the new layout will progress. For now some old photos from the last running session before Maid's Morton was disassembled. 15 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2020 Hi David, Still love to look at this! Have you come up with plans for its replacement yet? Also, if I may ask, whose were the Intercity Mk3s behind the VT86 in the top shot? Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 hours ago, MarshLane said: Hi David, Still love to look at this! Have you come up with plans for its replacement yet? Also, if I may ask, whose were the Intercity Mk3s behind the VT86 in the top shot? Rich Hi Rich, I have just started a thread for North End Road, which will be the replacement. Over the winter I hope to progress with it, but so far it's a track plan on the computer and a pile of wood that needs turning into a baseboard. The mk3s are from Dapol. I've gone for no buffers so I can couple them 'closely'. All the best Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavidMcKenzie Posted November 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 Some more pictures taken before the layout was broken up. All the best, Dave 20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavidMcKenzie Posted December 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2020 Happy Christmas to you all. I know it is not a perfect year this year, but I am also sure that despite our hardship compared to a normal December, we all have it a lot better than most (who would want to trade for a position in the slums in Mumbai, or be caught up in the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic for example). We still have a lot we can be grateful for. At least the lockdown will give us a chance to get some more modelling time in. These are the last photos from the layout. I would like to thank everyone who has given me advice, help, motivation and likes over the past years. Although I don't confess to be at the level of some of the outstanding layouts I have seen, and there is always things to learn and improve, but I never dreamt that the little toy trainset I set out with in the cellar of the old house a few years back would have turned out this well and even made it's way into a published magazine. New year and new luck. Onto North End Road (and looking at the above photos prehaps a new years resolution can be to learn photos stacking). All the best, Dave 14 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan. Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Season's Greetings to you and your family Dave. Be sure to keep the original photographs (or even print some out), I think it will be a long time before we see such a wonderfully modelled countryside part of the WCML in N scale. Cheers Duncan 1 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted December 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2020 Happy Christmas too and good wishes fir them New Year. And thank you for the perspective in your first paragraph. It’s always good to be reminded how fortunate we are really. Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 09:54, Duncan. said: Season's Greetings to you and your family Dave. Be sure to keep the original photographs (or even print some out), I think it will be a long time before we see such a wonderfully modelled countryside part of the WCML in N scale. Cheers Duncan Thanks Duncan. My wife made me a photo book from the layout which was very kind of her. Thanks for all of your tips, comments and help during the build. Wouldn't have turned out half as good without your input. All the best, Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 Lovely set of photos to finish off, Dave. Your 90 collection is impressive, love the revised RFD one particularly. I’ve arranged for Mercig to do one for me, so that should ensure Farish release a newly tooled one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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