1020273444 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I liked the detail of the surronding scene. How loong time did you spent on this project!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipparooba Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 this is such a great layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Isn't it just! Another chance to see it at the York show this Easter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 I liked the detail of the surronding scene. How loong time did you spent on this project!? Sorry, I missed this post when you made it. The layout took around 18 months to build; although I have tinkered with it from time to time since and there are still things I need to do. A number of the buildings had also been completed for a long time prior to this. Actually, the general ground cover did not take that long to make. The formation was created with woven bits of card on foamboard supports an covered with plaster/glue impregnated cloth. The rocks (including the regular rock outcrops) are formed with cork bark with car body filler to tinker with them a bit. The vegetation was a combination of various mats from International Models, several grades of ground foam and then static grass. Whilst the glue was wet, i tended to put more foam down and also to depress the grass a bit - it all builds up the random, natural look I was after. There are no manicured lawns in the countryside! I reckon this portion took maybe 4-5 days overall. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 this is such a great layout Thanks for saying so. As Martin points out, the layout will be at York in a few months time. Its next few outings are: Trainwest - 12/13 April York - 20 - 22 April Great Central Railway - 20 - 22 June Hope to see lots of RMwebbers there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 31, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2014 Look forward to seeing it again at Trainwest and the GCR Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Spot on Ian! Can't wait to see it again at York! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I have just placed the layout on the Trainwest floor plan in a prime position on a corner site. That should allow the crowds to gather. And yes, there will be a track plan in the exhibition guide. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr1949 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Thanks for saying so. As Martin points out, the layout will be at York in a few months time. Its next few outings are: Trainwest - 12/13 April York - 20 - 22 April Great Central Railway - 20 - 22 June Hope to see lots of RMwebbers there! Will see you at Trainwest and probably York: I am helping operate White Oak Light Railway at Trainwest and (subject to trains) Halfway at York ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Portchullin will shortly be going on tour with a double header exhibition. This weekend, 12 & 13 April, we will be at Trainwest – http://www.trainwest.org.uk/ ……and the forthcoming weekend we will be at York – http://www.yorkshow.org.uk/ I have been fettling the layout over the last weekend and sorted out the couple of issues that it had – a burnt out turnout motor and a melted servo control unit. I am hoping to have at least one additional item of stock (a DMU for specials) and one other for York (a further class 26). Stop by and say hello if you are going to these show. Photo with thanks to Andy York Edited April 9, 2014 by Portchullin Tatty 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I am glad that it has been fettled. Every good layout should be fettled once in a while. See you on Friday. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted April 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2014 Looking forward to seeing Portchullin again this weekend (I'm there helping DLT on Bridport Town). This is one of my favourite layouts and a major highlight at Warley last year. I'll come over a say hello over the weekend. Are you setting up Friday night? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted April 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2014 Looking forward to seeing Portchullin again this weekend (I'm there helping DLT on Bridport Town). This is one of my favourite layouts and a major highlight at Warley last year. I'll come over a say hello over the weekend. Are you setting up Friday night? Portchullin is one of my favourites too, and I will be seeing it for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Cheers for the comments and see you all on Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Yes I will be setting up on Friday - or at least starting to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard of the Moor Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Where will you be on the Monday then, Mark? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yepp for the following weekend at York - with my trusty operators inc you! I may be a bit lonely at Trainwest on Monday though!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 If you are still there on Monday morning you could always help to load the tables onto the van. The show isn't over until a long time after it's over... Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted April 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2014 Will there be any real engines* running at York? Look forward to seeing it again. * Red and Steam... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Probably by special request. I am not taking the stock in full, but I have a couple of things I wish to test. So ask and we will see what we can find! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I attended the excellent Trainwest on Sunday and enjoyed the exhibition. I had not been following this thread so to see Portchullin was a pleasant surprise. I made a handfull of Scottish excursions in the 1970s and 1980s and the layout captures the atmosphere wonderfully. The uniformity of colour of the landscape and general lack of human activity sets the scene nicely. I am not normally a fan of sound fitted locos but here the sound of the Sulzer engines really worked as the station briefly became busy. The driving of the trains was well executed with slow and steady departures and the loco sounds receding as the trains departed to leave the station to resume its slumbers, and the porter to doze on the bench in the sunshine. It really took me back, I could almost smell the creosote of the wooden sleepers. Many thanks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted April 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) It really took me back, I could almost smell the creosote of the wooden sleepers. I'm sure I could smell the heather and the whisky! First time I has seen Portchullin, and I was mightily impressed. I never thought I would feel nostalgic about the BR Blue period, but I'm finding I appreciate it more and more. Like Rivercider, I am not a huge fan of sound, but it works brilliantly in this context. Cheers, Dave. Edited April 14, 2014 by DLT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks DLT & Rivercider for your comments. I have very consciously tried to put nostalgia into Portchullin's portrayal as I too hark back to them days - when it never rained, somehow the midge bites did not itch so much and you could stick your head out of the vestibule window to get a good dose of Sulzer noise & fumes! I am pleased it works. There will be another dose of the same at York this weekend. Stop by and say hello if you are visiting - bring a whisky too and you will be even more popular! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this for the first time this weekend. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Having seen the layout for the first time at the weekend (my Trainwest talent scouts do a very good job) I have been able to work out why it is so good. Put simply, it just looks right. That just about sums it up really. Geoff Endacott P.S. It sounds pretty good too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted April 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2014 Very pleased to see Portchullin again and finally to have a long chat with Mark ! When are you out again, after York? Would be great to have a running session one day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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