ianmianmianm Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) I've posted a few pics over on the "Overseas Prototype" section, but what started as a discussion about models seems to have turned into a layout topic. As there are other modellers coming on scene, I'll focus on my layout here. It's a 75cm x 13cm micro built into an RUB box, but this time turned on its side to allow more height. It's based on Bermuda's short lived railway in the later 1930s. Track is Kato for convenience and robustness, as the layout is being built in Bermuda and will have to fly to the UK this year or next. Stock and buildings are 3D prints. The track leaves stage right to an improvised fiddle yard. Tomix and Kato mechanisms are being experimented with - very hard to do due to the distinctive shape of the motor cars. Thank you for looking - more info about the Railway here: Edited January 11, 2020 by ianmianmianm 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Very nice work. Got any photos of the bridge end of the layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Coming up via phone: WIP though - not yet found a robust enough way to disguise the entrance to the FY. Being a random reefy rocky place in mid-Atlntic (we are not in the Caribbean as everyone thinks), random rock faces do appear and there are lots of cuttings in the real thing. The bridge is also a 3D print. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks for the extra photos. What a lovely little layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 So I am going to fess up and say that the station building, which was a retro-fit to (a) deal with an awkward corner I was really unhappy with, (b) make the station less austere since it was a terminus and would have had a building and (c) visually balance the layout a bit, is a Shapeways print of El Alamein (though not quite right). When I spotted it on Shapeways, something screamed at me, subconsciously, even though it's not really in the line's "style", and I wasn't even looking for anything for this layout. I was asked elsewhere if this was an attempt to do Aquarium station.... and no it wasn't, but I'll take what I can get. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) One more of the whole thing. It has a lighting strip that sits on top of the box and shines through, this is a kitchen LED attached to a piece of inch by inch balsa, and some foamboard information panels. These both fit under the layout board, in the box when the box is closed - you can see them just below. The controller, stock and FY board are separate, working on integrating these into a small boxfile for transport. Edited January 11, 2020 by ianmianmianm 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Lighting in place. Simplicity in itself - it is described above. The box diffuses the light beautifully as well! 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff P Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) This is beautiful! Is the backscene stock or something you made from photos? Edited February 4, 2020 by Jeff P added question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 04/02/2020 at 22:32, Jeff P said: This is beautiful! Is the backscene stock or something you made from photos? Made from photos and printed on a photocopier down at the local quick print place, at A3 size. I used a couple of image library ones in the end. But all changed now anyway - see below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 I ended up having to strip this layout down and rebuild on some commercial boards recently, as my woodwork was wanting! Also, I had originally put the board on its side to make use of height for trees, but this wasnt needed in reality. I removed the points and made it a through line, which despite the use of Kat setback, is reasonably sweeping thanks to using some odd shape pieces, 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmianmianm Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 The weather finally cleared here in Bermuda and I am fortunate to have a coal shed at about 4'6" height on which to place the layout against a background of Paget Marsh toward Middle Road. The line did not run this side of Middle Road, but it makes a striking backdrop. Work on the layout and diorama are now stalled while I wait to see how this nCoV19 situation unfolds here, as it may mean a return to the UK for expats like me on work visas, sooner than I had planned. The layout packs into a box for transport anyway, and along with my boxed LUL layout, it all fits in 2 holdalls. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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