theonlyadsrulz Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Hello all! As there was interest over on Callum's Winters End thread about my two layouts at the Wincanton show, I thought it was about time I actually made threads for them! So here's a thread for my wrapping paper box layout 'Wrapford Sidings'. Fun fact, it didn't have a name until I had to think of one for the show! So it started off life as one of the excellent Scale Model Scenery laser cut baseboards. At the time their Wrapping Paper Box board wasn't available, so this meant the standard Small Modular Baseboard needed to be cut down to ensure it fitted inside the box. If my memory serves, about 8cm had to be taken out of the length, and 1cm taken out of the height. Some tactical cutting later, and the assembled board now fitted inside the box! A brown undercoat was then applied to the board ready for track laying and scenery to be added! The backscene was painted blue separately and attached later. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmccarthy Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Great to see a thread on this layout. Looking forward to more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlyadsrulz Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Of course it is a simple track plan, using all Peco set track, with three sidings that can fit 3-2-2 wagons in each respectively. There are no point motors or manual rodding, it's just simple hand operation! Ballasting was with a fine buff ballast from Woodland Scenics, using one of the Ballast Magic products. The concrete area was done using the Concrete textured paint from Green Scene. The goods platform was an appropriately sized piece of polystyrene with a brick paper round the sides, painted with the concrete paint, and Metcalfe edging stones along the edges. The little hills at the right side of the layout are also polystyrene shaped appropriately. The grass is the Woodland Scenics Coarse Turf, with the trees also coming from Woodland Scenics. The low relief building is one of the Bachmann Scenecraft range. The figures and parcels were from Model Scene, and the milk churns are Hornby Skaledale. Fencing was from the Wills or Ratio. The uncoupling ramps are pieces of acetate cut to the right size, and attached with track pins, which took a lot of experimenting to get the right height and length for uncoupling! And that's pretty much it! The only other addition is an extra square baseboard from Scale Model Scenery to add a small amount of extra length to the headshunt, but even with this it's only long enough to hold a loco and two wagons, which gives you your limitation for shunting. Any questions then please do ask! 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatelet Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Wonderful layout. Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatelet Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) Could you give us some information about these uncouplers? Thank you. Edited November 19, 2019 by Chatelet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo-Bo Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 A lovely little layout, I like the uncouplers really useful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepyrider Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Great little layout, but still with masses of operational potential. Totally portable too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMoonRabbit Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Fantastic little layout, thanks for sharing. I've been sitting on the fence re building an inglenook, but seeing creations like this inspire me to keep thinking about it. Got the track, just need to create the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlyadsrulz Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Chatelet said: Could you give us some information about these uncouplers? Thank you. They're just small sections of clear acetate, I think about 1cm wide, can't remember how long I made them, cut from a sheet of clear acetate that can be purchased from most stationary shops, and attached using track pins. Took a fair amount of experimentation to get the height right in order to make sure they uncouple things. They are by no means perfect, and still require a bit of shuffling sometimes to get things to uncouple depending on the wagon, though it one wagon in particular currently seems rather happy to uncouple even when you don't want it to! A relatively simple solution to your standard Peco uncoupling ramp, and potentially not quite so garish! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanius Anglesmith Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Great little layout, very inspirational! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctilux2 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Having now used three of the SMS baseboards to fit the wrapping paper box, see “Kidmore Boxed” threads, I admire the degree of fettling you’ve achieved by cutting down their original offerings. At least you won’t have to do that again ! For “Kidmore Valley Railroad” I too used an additional SMS board as a transfer table with a Peco loco lift doing the honours. Note: these boxes are very easily attainable at this particular time of year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmccarthy Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 59 minutes ago, noctilux2 said: Note: these boxes are very easily attainable at this particular time of year. So I need to purchase the 77 litre version of a useful box for my SMS baseboard. I don't really want to order it from amazon, as the delivery drivers round my way like to throw things over the fence. Do you know of any phyiscal retailers where I would be able to purchase one of these? I'm sturggling to find a store. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted November 22, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2019 19 minutes ago, jbmccarthy said: So I need to purchase the 77 litre version of a useful box for my SMS baseboard. I don't really want to order it from amazon, as the delivery drivers round my way like to throw things over the fence. Do you know of any phyiscal retailers where I would be able to purchase one of these? I'm sturggling to find a store. Really Useful Products have a link here to their stockists, but if you find one locally, I'd recommend ringing them before you go. Not all shops will have all the boxes in stock. I'm sure the last one I bought (not a 77L one) was from The Range, but I can't see Really Useful Boxes on their website at the moment. HTH Moxy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctilux2 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I always get mine from Hobbycraft if that helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmccarthy Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Moxy said: Really Useful Products have a link here to their stockists, but if you find one locally, I'd recommend ringing them before you go. Not all shops will have all the boxes in stock. I'm sure the last one I bought (not a 77L one) was from The Range, but I can't see Really Useful Boxes on their website at the moment. HTH Moxy 2 minutes ago, noctilux2 said: I always get mine from Hobbycraft if that helps. Thanks for the retail suggestions, luckily both the range and hobbycraft are located near me. I will be sure to check them out after work. Thank you very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenson Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Homebase are always worth a look for Really Useful boxes - as well as single boxes they often have bundle deals with 5 or 6 different sizes at a good price. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d&h Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 22/11/2019 at 18:00, mbenson said: Homebase are always worth a look for Really Useful boxes - as well as single boxes they often have bundle deals with 5 or 6 different sizes at a good price. Noticed that the stationers Ryman had the wrapping paper box on offer at the weekend, you need to buy two though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmccarthy Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, d&h said: Noticed that the stationers Ryman had the wrapping paper box on offer at the weekend, you need to buy two though! Having to buy two is fine. Just give you an excuse to start a second box layout! Can't have a box empty! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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