tmcg1959 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Far from wanting to confuse readers, the past two years has seen my attempts at building a layout fail. With renewed enthusiasm and lots of technique observed at the recent Model Railway Show at Cultra, I have built new baseboards for my new layout, built this time with a view to actually exhibiting, sometime in the future. The baseboards are almost complete, they are mobile and will be an end to end shunting layout featuring a hidden fiddle yard working to Omagh Goods Yard. The next job in hand is to cut the plywood alongside the track work and that will ultimately form my embankment. I was adamant this time to raise the entire track bed to allow a more realistic look. Here are the start of my construction pictures. The layout measures 2800 x 350 including a 700mm hidden fiddle yard. The last shot shows the loosely laid Code 75 streamline track. Edited November 21, 2018 by tmcg1959 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcg1959 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) A scene from Omagh Goods Yard...... Edited November 22, 2018 by tmcg1959 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelG Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Tony, Wishing you the best of luck and much enjoyment with this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlinxlili Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Don't forget to model the litter! Over on the IRM site, Irishswissernie's Glengariff, not to forget his previous GNR photographs, are inspiration for a realistic yard. Good luck and don't give up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Don't forget to model the litter! I always thought that...... an old broadsheet newspaper in model form would be about 2mm x 4mm...... do-able in tissue paper! Edited December 27, 2018 by jhb171achil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelG Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Don't forget to model the litter! Over on the IRM site, Irishswissernie's Glengariff, not to forget his previous GNR photographs, are inspiration for a realistic yard. Good luck and don't give up! Interesting point. Was there as much litter in the 1940s and 1950s as there was in more recent decades? Judging by old online photos railway station's track work especially near platforms looked a disgrace with litter from the 70s to the mid 90s compared to the black and white photos of apparently cleaner stations and yards in the 1940s and 1950s. Same applies to weed growth on sidings, the rail networks looked better maintained in the 40s and 50s than latter decades or is that 'rose' tinted glasses if even in B&W? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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