RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2019 Given I have never built and completed a layout and am now very old in years if not in spirit I may never finish this topic. I read though that very few layouts are ever completely finished so I may well be in good company. My layout will be a very simple in some ways being "L" shaped and about 6m x 2.5m and around 1m wide. I will try, as far as possible, to model Basingstoke Engine shed as it was in the BR era. I will also model the end of Basingstoke station so that I will be able to run mainline trains past the shed. My reason for modelling this location are really twofold: 1. My late brother and myself used to call into the shed every morning on our way to school in the 1960 - 63 period to capture what was on shed. During my fitting apprenticeship In the mid 1960s I did call into the shed to help retrieve to occasional BRCW type 3 that had failed in the area and had ended up on the shed. So nostalgia I guess! 2. I build 4mm 00 scale locomotives and also have a large collection of proprietary locomotives so a shed provides the opportunity to display and operate the collection at different times during the BR era. I number as many of my collection as possible with Basingstoke allocated examples. I have already modelled the shed in a previous (incomplete) incarnation and this will be fettled and be re-used as will the coal stage. The boards will be installed tomorrow so I will update the topic tomorrow when we have done so. Kind regards, Richard B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 7, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2019 Some pictures: I visited Jack Benson this morning and agreed to build his SEFinecast G6 Adams 0-6-0T for him over the coming months. His scenic work is really first class and he has given me the little pebble dashed cottage photographed below to fit into my 70D layout which is most kind. Kind regards, Richard B 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted July 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2019 Richard that engine shed and scenic work of Jacks is fantastic. It’s so kind to be given a lovely pebble dashed cottage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 16, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2019 Many thanks Kevin. Just to clarify, I built the shed and did the scenic work around the shed. The layout was dismantled about 2 years ago but the area around the shed was stored. I now have a new set of baseboards constructed in my garage and the "shed board" has been fitted into the new layout. I will post some pictures later this week. Yes the cottage is excellent Jack's scenic work is of the highest order and his S&DJR layout is first class. Have started work on his G6 and am looking forward to his help on 70D. Another shot of the shed yard (by my son-in-law) with L12 and G6 waiting to take water. Kind regards, Richard B 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 17, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2019 A quick update showing the new baseboards together with the old shed board. If you look closely you can see the wires connecting the exercise bike to the layouts 12v bussbar. Hope it all works out ok. Kind regards, Richard B 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilton 34041 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hello 30368, did this layout progress? I've just come across it and it looks very promising. As a fellow SR modeller at the baseboard stage I'm interested to see more. I hope you are safe and well, Phil B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted February 16, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 12/02/2021 at 17:35, Wilton 34041 said: Hello 30368, did this layout progress? Hi Phil, Yes it did but not in a Wiltshire garage but in a Buxton bedroom over a garage - much warmer! We moved up to Buxton and at long last I have strated to lay track etc. Please go to : Good progress and I have run a few trains even. Now building an ex LNER G5 0-4-4 T for Darlington Model Railway Club as a memorial to a friend and former railway colleague who I hoped to make contact with again only to learn of his untimely death in 2016. So back to 70D when this model handed over to the club. Kind regards, Richard B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilton 34041 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Ah, that's good to hear Richard. It's always great and satisfying to run the first trains, pleasure after the carpentry. I'm still at the carpentry stage myself, on hold due to winter and decorating bedrooms!!! I'll follow the new blog. Kind regards, Phil B. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleWesternModelRailway Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I look forward to more updates on this project, being my hometown I would love to see it's Station and Yard in 4mm form! All the best and Happy Modelling! J Lodge 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted January 7, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 minute ago, LittleWesternModelRailway said: being my hometown I would love to see it's Station and Yard in 4mm form! Hi, Not sure I will have room for all the station and yards! Main focus will be the engine shed and its yard. I will do my best to evoke my memories of Basingstoke in the 1960s. We lived in Old Basing in the early 1960s and then after marriage in one of the very early houses built on Brighton Hill. Kind regards, Richard B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasingAde Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Nice work Richard. I'll be following your progress! Ade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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