sem34090 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Afternoon All, Introducing the next in a long line of probably-never-going-to-properly-materialise projects; The Endar, Norven & Lindi Railway (ENLR - Names chosen from a random place name generator, plus from some locos we have, to match the initials to make transfers nice and easy... ). It's a fantastical scheme, to the extent that it is going to possibly feature dragons (For which I blame my partner...) and will probably draw on some steampunk influences too. The layout itself is basically just a branch terminus, as shown below; Full details have yet to be worked out, but some track has been laid and stock is being worked on. It was decided not to bother with a run-round and to release stock with other locos as run rounds can waste space. Ignore the O Gauge; That's a planned future project. Stock liveries are as follows; Goods Black, Lined in Red (Makes life simple enough; Need to change the lettering on the J36... But Maybe to NBR...) Passenger Green. Largely as per the GNR but with green frames. The loco was a Bachmann L&Y 2-4-2T, with modified smokebox door, condensing gear added and the cab removed. Black and Blue for the coaches; Not a very likely combination in practice but that makes it ideal for this and it looks pleasant enough. For Narrow Gauge stock, dark red on the locos, varnished wood finish on the passenger stock. Other locos to join the fleet are; Repainted Hornby Terrier that I was otherwise going to sell. Hornby Adams Radial. Purchased relatively cheaply for the project. It's going to go green as a minimum, but likely to get some more substantial modifications too. Most locos are probably going to gain wingplates on the smokebox. Bachmann J72, also purchased for the project, largely just a case of altering the lettering. I don't know enough about the dragons, but here's one; Edited January 1, 2021 by sem34090 Name Change! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Some of the loco fleet has now gained lettering - Whilst the Adams Radial and the 2-4-2T have both received further paint and cab modifications. The cab on the 2-4-2T is obviously the one off the Radial, cut in half, whilst the one on the Radial came from a Metropolitan Railway A Class 3D Print that had already given its condensing gear to the 2-4-2T. Edited December 31, 2020 by sem34090 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
483006Terry Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Some progress has been made! It looks much nicer in natural light, also hi. I am the other person working on this project. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 Hello Terry, - welcome to the forums. This has certainly been a project that has captured my interest if not for the delightful locomotive conversions alone. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 27 minutes ago, Annie said: Hello Terry, - welcome to the forums. This has certainly been a project that has captured my interest if not for the delightful locomotive conversions alone. It was certainly your whimsical approach to Railways that inspired my side of this project, so you're partially to blame here (you and @Edwardian, as well as @RedGemAlchemist)! Maxi ( @483006Terry - Terry is the former name of 483006, not of my partner; Sorry for the confusion!) is sometimes disapproving of my more realistic attitude to railway modelling, but they've got plans for at least two more, rather more fantastical, layouts so I'm kind of using this one as an excuse to scratch that freelance pre-grouping itch. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, 483006Terry said: Some progress has been made! It looks much nicer in natural light, also hi. I am the other person working on this project. Greetings, Maxi! Lovely to finally meet you, somewhat. Your project with @sem34090 is looking fantastic so far, great work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, sem34090 said: Maxi ( @483006Terry - Terry is the former name of 483006, not of my partner; Sorry for the confusion!) is sometimes disapproving of my more realistic attitude to railway modelling, but they've got plans for at least two more, rather more fantastical, layouts so I'm kind of using this one as an excuse to scratch that freelance pre-grouping itch. I have now made a note in my ramshackle excuse for a brain that Maxi is not Terry so I shouldn't make that mistake again. So welcome to the forums Maxi and its nice to see you here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 This was the state of things by the time we finished last night; 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 We now have a platform! The wall is just a mock-up. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 A couple more photos that I took last night; 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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