mason Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 The past two years for little layouts have been a whirlwind with so many builds in so many locations and a trip to do a build in France, it’s left our show layouts being rushed and not totally what I wanted to build. Field view has been in my mind for a few years and after my amazing wife and family redesigned my workshop while I was working in France it’s given me an 11 ft space to play with. We have always built small layouts for shows and I guess in keeping with our name it showcased small layouts but Iv always wanted to go bigger , obviously not to big due to space transport and man power. But now we consider ourselves established it’s time to step it up a little. We decided to use Tim Horn for this build instead of our own boards, Tim has been a great Allie for us in the past few years with my father in law ( our carpenter) being unwell but thankfully on the mend. Tim’s boards are perfect for show layouts and we commissioned tim to build the 11ft x 16” scenic boards with full photo frames in 3 sections. The fiddle yard is in development. The scenic boards sit perfectly in the workshop. The scenic boards sit on a permanent frame while in the workshop and will have trestles when out at shows. So far we have built boards and fitted the backscene and positioned the control panel board. We are using a DCC concepts alpha central control unit for the points and a prodigy express for Locos. We are adapting a way to add extra ports for the prodigy to expand controller potential. lots more to do and lots of updates to follow. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Track laid this week using code 75 and Peco bullhead track. I do wish Peco world step up production on the bullhead system as it’s crying out for a 3 way. The water are has been cut out too I’m unsure if to wall this as canal or put embankments on it into a Dyke which there are lots around us even one runs under our drive but I think it’s a bit steep . Any thoughts always appreciated. also pictured are the splitters for the prodigy system. I’ve tested the front board panel on all 3 ports and it works with two handsets. Iv now added the rear triple port which I’ll test tomorrow. The point motors will with through the DCC conceits sniffer into the alpha box. I like to keep the wiring simple. There is also an overhead light system to go in which my brother in law who is a freelance electronics wiz Is developing to run everything in day to night with yard and buildings. Having worked in the spirit of Swindon layout I was so impressed with Wills lighting system I wanted to do something like that similar. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just a little montage video more progress today with a bus wire added 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 More of a small update the canal/wash water section has been cut out and had wills walling added. Iv used filler to create a mud basin. Next is to blend some mud textures and colours in before adding the water. the track has also been pre weathered before ballast is added in. On the electrics side of things the alpha central has gone back to dcc concepts with a fault so until then trains have been suspended. Hopefully get that back soon so I can fit the ground position signals on the left side of the layout. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hi Neil, Great to see you doing something for yourself and Shows again, I hope to catch up with you again soon before we move to the South Coast. All the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Andrew P said: Hi Neil, Great to see you doing something for yourself and Shows again, I hope to catch up with you again soon before we move to the South Coast. All the best. Thanks Andy moving to the south coast?? Sounds lovely where are you moving to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, mason said: Thanks Andy moving to the south coast?? Sounds lovely where are you moving to. Hi Neil, Just outside of Portsmouth and Southsea, over the Hill as they say. It's where we moved up from in 2005 and all Dees 4 Children (aged 55 and 56 TWO sets of Twins 15 Months apart) 5 Grandchildren, and 6 Great Grandchildren are there. DON'T MENTION CHRISTMAS and BIRTHDAYS, haha.. Edited January 23, 2020 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Hi Neil, Just outside of Portsmouth and Southsea, over the Hill as they say. It's where we moved up from in 2005 and all Dees 4 Children (aged 55 and 56 TWO sets of Twins 15 Months apart) 5 Grandchildren, and 6 Great Grandchildren are there. DON'T MENTION CHRISTMAS, haha.. Ah awesome sounds like you’ll have a house full then hope you will have a nice railway room to escape to 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Just now, mason said: Ah awesome sounds like you’ll have a house full then hope you will have a nice railway room to escape to Thanks, Yes I need a decent Shed / Garage as I want to keep Seven Mills Sidings and Argyle Street at the moment, plus I'm building Privett Green. Last year I built and sold Bala Town in O Gauge, Kingsmill TMD, Mason Street Goods, and New Mills all in OO, and in 2018 I built and sold Pen Y Bont in O Gauge and Kings Moreton, a big roundy in OO, so I have been kept busy since my heart attack two years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 19 hours ago, Andrew P said: Thanks, Yes I need a decent Shed / Garage as I want to keep Seven Mills Sidings and Argyle Street at the moment, plus I'm building Privett Green. Last year I built and sold Bala Town in O Gauge, Kingsmill TMD, Mason Street Goods, and New Mills all in OO, and in 2018 I built and sold Pen Y Bont in O Gauge and Kings Moreton, a big roundy in OO, so I have been kept busy since my heart attack two years ago. Wow you have been busy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thanks Neil, Any new pics of progress? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Thanks Neil, Any new pics of progress? Not yet the signals arrived today and my Alpha panel will be back in the morning so I’m going to concentrate on the electrics next week one evening 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 More of an update than the last The alpha central is now back and refitted, DCC cobalt motors are now fitted and ready to wire and Iv now added the ground signals and exit signal on the left side. the right side will be on ground frame levers, probably not prototypical for a yard like this but I wanted to add a mixture of things. The signals are all traintech and look superb and are so easy to set up on the alpha system. The motors and signals all run off a separate accessory bus into an alpha sniffer which then has the alpha central plugged into that. Very simple. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 A short video of the progress on field view basic scenics started ready for the finer details https://youtu.be/ys0zdHsVIKw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Couple of photos of recent progress in the scenics. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2020 Excellent stuff. That last picture definitely deserves to be in the 'realistic models' thread. Something about the colours being muted and all similar intensity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thank you I would but there is loads of glue at the bottom of the railings fence that gives it away hahah 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2020 22 minutes ago, mason said: Thank you I would but there is loads of glue at the bottom of the railings fence that gives it away hahah Not glue, 'undergrowth!' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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