TEAMYAKIMA Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) Hello I had my Chinese HO layout thread moved to 'LAYOUT TOPICS' in order to try to reach a wider audience and so I thought I would start this post just to make publicise the thread to those searching 'OVERSEAS MODELLING' To find my layout thread just search for BEIJIAO in the RMWEB index. Here's a taster …………... Photo copyright Andrew Burnham and PECO PUBLICATIONS Edited April 28, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Have just returned from the Fareham exhibition - here's a random photo, I will post more on my main layout thread later... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Just a quick post to say that me and the layout will be on show at the Warley show at the NEC on Nov 23/24 - I hope to meet some of you in person there. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 On 08/11/2019 at 22:58, TEAMYAKIMA said: Just a quick post to say that me and the layout will be on show at the Warley show at the NEC on Nov 23/24 Paul So Warley has been and gone. Next stop is Aly Paly in March 2020, then Aylesbury in May, then South Shields in July and Peterborough in December. We had a lot of problems at Warley - mainly on the Saturday - but most/all of those have already been dealt with so AP will see much better operation with greater variety. Any despite all the problems we had at Warley a nice video was made by a visiting German YOUTUBER. We are hoping that we can get a video made at AP which will show what the layout can really do but for the minute here is a record of when we were at Warley and still a 'work in progress'...……………... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Really just a reminder that I have a major thread under the main 'LAYOUT TOPICS' section of RMweb where you can trace the history of my layout from bare baseboards. Aly Paly was postponed/cancelled and so as my layout is too big to set up at home things have been somewhat quiet lately, but I have been working quietly away making improvements to the layout. One thing that I am now quite obsessed with is widening the layout's appeal. There will always be a minority of exhibition visitors who have visited China or who are interested in its railways, but equally there will be a (larger?) minority who will dismiss the layout as 'foreign rubbish'. What I need to do is reach out to those in the middle ground - those who have no existing interest in Chinese railways, but who are looking to be educated/engaged/entertained. Since our last (4th) exhibition (Warley 2019) I have worked on several projects which will help 'sell' the layout to that middle ground of exhibition visitors. One such initiative is a Faller roadway along the front of the layout. It is still in the development stage but it will have the option of sending vehicles up the main road or over the level crossing. Here is a hand held video of its first ever test run. PLEASE NOTE - in this test I'm using a Ford transit van, but in reality it will be a minibus carrying western photographers chasing the steam trains. Edited April 28, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 And on the way back it turns off down the curvy dirt track and pulls up by the taxi for the westerners to take a photo at the level crossing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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