mogtrains Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Just trying out the fascia/frame thing.. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Well, you have made some great progress with this little layout.... and in very quick time too. Puts some of us to shame! I like the look of this layout. It definitely has an air of Col Stephens about it The Fascia / Frame / Proscenium Arch (As Iain Rice calls it) definitely makes the whole thing look neater and more "presentable" Looking good mogtrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Looking good Martin, hoping to get down in June for Nick's show, will see it in the flesh!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke the train spotter Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Looks absolutely fantastic! The Adams radial suits the layout very well too. Big fan of the fascia too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor_harley Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Nice work on the fascia screen and as Luke has mentioned the Adams radial looks great on the forum. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Looks excellent. The fascia really brings it all together wonderfully. Great work, and the speed of which you have achieved it puts my own efforts to shame! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Let there be light! I've cut, soldered and added LED strips on the rear of the fascia now.. Not a true finished picture, as it's sitting under the 'Greenville' shelf at the moment and that's casting a shadow.. but gives me a fair indication :-) need to get back to the scenics and some jobs on the stock soon! Thanks for all the positive comments so far :-) 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 08/04/2019 at 17:30, long island jack said: Looking good Martin, hoping to get down in June for Nick's show, will see it in the flesh!!! Cheers Ray.. be good to see you there. This is only being built because Nick asked me at our last modular meet in January if I'd like to bring something.. stupidly I picked a subject for which I had no layout and no stock! Nothing like a deadline eh? ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Lovely work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Nice work. I love the overall effect with the frame. Too bad I don’t have time to add a frame to my ,about before Saturday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Mog, Wow! You have made rapid progress and the layout looks absolutely superb. You have captured that rural light railway atmosphere perfectly. I am really impressed with how this has developed and the fascia and presentation is first class. Super stuff! David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Some testing underway today.. making notes of the little fettles that need doing.. (interesting comparing the different running qualities of the locos.. the Hornby Peckett is brilliant, the Terrier is a little more hesitant (need to have a look at the pickups). The coach is an old Triang clerestory picked up cheap on ebay.. stuck Kadees on but that's it so far. Wishing I hadn't designed this to be operated from the rear, but haven't worked out how I can change that yet. (one job this evening has to mackle up a 'blind' to stop me being dazzled by the LED strips on the rear of the fascia! Overall quite pleased but it does feel odd after spending the last weekend playing with US HO stuff.. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 The close-coupling you can get with Kadee couplers on British wagons looks fantastic compared to the usual wide gaps you get with tension-lock couplers. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted April 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2019 This is a wonderful model of a light railway station - a good track plan well executed in my book. The photos look lovely, the kind of model I hope it will be a joy to exhibit and share with others. Could I just ask about the origins of the station building - I looked back over the thread but didn't spot a reference to it's source? I did however notice how quickly this has come together: two months - wow! Thanks, Keith. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 On 20/04/2019 at 18:08, Keith Addenbrooke said: This is a wonderful model of a light railway station - a good track plan well executed in my book. The photos look lovely, the kind of model I hope it will be a joy to exhibit and share with others. Could I just ask about the origins of the station building - I looked back over the thread but didn't spot a reference to it's source? I did however notice how quickly this has come together: two months - wow! Thanks, Keith. Thanks Keith.. the station building was rescued from a OO9 layout I built a few years ago (along with the goods shed and signal cabin).. that layout was called 'Winkford'. I think the building was a Wills kit.. but honestly I can't be sure as I've had it a while. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted April 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2019 Hi mogtrains this is a lovely little layout. I like the Peckett and the terrier I have myself and it’s a lovely little engine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 18 hours ago, mogtrains said: Thanks Keith.. the station building was rescued from a OO9 layout I built a few years ago (along with the goods shed and signal cabin).. that layout was called 'Winkford'. I think the building was a Wills kit.. but honestly I can't be sure as I've had it a while. 18 hours ago, mogtrains said: Thanks Keith.. the station building was rescued from a OO9 layout I built a few years ago (along with the goods shed and signal cabin).. that layout was called 'Winkford'. I think the building was a Wills kit.. but honestly I can't be sure as I've had it a while. On 20/04/2019 at 18:08, Keith Addenbrooke said: This is a wonderful model of a light railway station - a good track plan well executed in my book. The photos look lovely, the kind of model I hope it will be a joy to exhibit and share with others. Could I just ask about the origins of the station building - I looked back over the thread but didn't spot a reference to it's source? I did however notice how quickly this has come together: two months - wow! Thanks, Keith. Looks like the Wills station kit to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Very nice layout you have built, looks beautiful. Jerry. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungus the Fogeyman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Saw this today at Armitage. Very nicely done and presented... Disgusting of Market Harborough 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 20 hours ago, Bungus the Fogeyman said: Saw this today at Armitage. Very nicely done and presented... Disgusting of Market Harborough Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Well..Winkford Green had it's outing on Saturday. Despite some nerves about how it would go, the layout ran fine all day.. the only real issues I had were around the Kadees and the magnets, and they were minor and to be expected as I'd not had the time to really run things and set up the couplings. Nice to meet and chat to people and very nice to get some positive comments and encouragement too. (always interesting to receive some unsolicited 'advice' too!) As to what's next.. I had a couple of invitations.. but as I suspected, I don't think exhibiting is really my thing.. so I either do some work to convert the layout for home use, or more likely, I'm looking to pass it on to someone who might like to take it on (for reasonable recompense of course!) or I'll end up breaking it up and salvaging bits for the next one! If anyone is interested in the layout, drop me a line :-) 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Lovely looking layout, I'm sure you'll find a new home for it. Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted June 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2019 Hi, The layout looks fantastic and I can only echo others comments. I've built a few layouts and had the 'next one' bug - and on at least one occasion moved a layout on too soon. Have a good think before you do. But we all have space and money restraints! Thanks for sharing the build. All the best, James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastworld Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I've followed your blogs over the years and this is up with the others! Nice little layout. Stu P.S. What happened to Ulthwaite - does it still exist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogtrains Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 4 hours ago, eastworld said: I've followed your blogs over the years and this is up with the others! Nice little layout. Stu P.S. What happened to Ulthwaite - does it still exist? Thanks Stu.. wow, Ulthwaite is going back a bit! It's not in my possession any more, but it was passed on to someone in one piece, so maybe somewhere out there... ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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