Deltic Man Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Welcome to an exhibition layout I started in 2019 as we were asked to exhibit at Darlington show that year. The layout would be OO gauge and would be based in a fictitious area of teeside at the time of the late 80's to 2000's. All stock would be detailed rtr or kitbuilt weathered or resprayed. The layout will be run by a prodigy system and the points will be DC operated It measures about 16 ft and has a small storage yard while using the german product of trainsafe. The layout has a small shed, goods yard, scrap area and a small engineers area The topic shows the build up to first exhibition and then I will show modifications learnt and change up to today. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 First thing was the baseboards which are all laser cut Whiterose Model boards with backscenes and cork laid to dampen the noise. So once built the track plan started to take shape 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Wiring This is completed for DCC the elusive 2 wire system not!. I ran a bus wire across all boards and attach droppers via spade and locks to ensure connectivity. All the point motors are peco for reliability and all have micro switches on as all points are electrofrog 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 55020 Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2021 Please, please correct your spelling. The area is Teesside Steve 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Here's me thinking this was a model rail forum not a spelling class oh well 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 @Deltic Man you forgot the full stop at the end of your sentence! But the layout is looking good, I take it that it's a lot more developed now and you're going through the stages of it's development. I've done a few trips to Teesside in my life, I can just remember Thornaby station with it's original buildings. I didn't get a good look, it was a wet 4:00am and we were off to the shed, somehow my dad managed to get the sympathy of the shed superintendent as we got a guided tour at 4:30am during a shift change. Next in the 80s and 90s for work and saw the station reduced to a bus shelter and eventually begin to get some buildings again, pity by then the freight traffic was dwindling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) @woodenhead yes its moved on which I plan to show and then ive been invited back to the show this year so working on more improvements. I didn't post as i built it main due to time and then covid happened so forgot tbh I work opposite Thornaby station so see the class 66 and 60's passing from my office every day no Thornaby shed now which is sad as you say wished I worked here in the 80's and 90's wouldn't get much done as I would have been staring out of the window all of the time. Edited September 7, 2021 by Deltic Man 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Next job was to start scenery and ballast. I used traditional pva mix on ballast but decided not to do total green static but went more for a yellow autumn look 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Also started work on the engineers area and shed area The shed is scratch built and the hard area is card 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stivesnick Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Hi The depot/engineer's area looks great. Not so sure about the tunnel entrance, the steel girder says bridge but the landscaping says tunnel. Perhaps a simple cutting with a footbridge to hide the entrance to the storage sidings would look better. Regards Nick 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted September 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2021 You mentioned Trainsafe - where do you get yours from, I use them too and need some more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 08/09/2021 at 06:58, stivesnick said: Hi The depot/engineer's area looks great. Not so sure about the tunnel entrance, the steel girder says bridge but the landscaping says tunnel. Perhaps a simple cutting with a footbridge to hide the entrance to the storage sidings would look better. Regards Nick Hi Nick Thats a fair point I will look at that after the next exhibition not enough time at the moment. Nik Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) On 08/09/2021 at 10:36, ColinK said: You mentioned Trainsafe - where do you get yours from, I use them too and need some more. Yes I use it for all my layouts I used to buy direct but now since brexit it is 600 euros on postage and they wont budge so not bought any since then. Not their fault by the way. Edited September 9, 2021 by Deltic Man 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 This the trainsafe in the fiddle yard for this layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 So with the scenery mainly complete time to add some traction. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Some of the previous pictures were from the Darlington show first time round and also when it was setup at home. The one thing I found whilst showing was the lack of space for spare locos as I am always keen on rotating these to give variety, this is something I will look at in the future 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47475 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Wonderful layout and some locos I remember well from those times, as a Darlington lad. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2021 Some cracking locos that I remember driving in the 80s and 90s and at least one that I still drive today in the same livery 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Man Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Short video of the layout in this weekends Darlington model show. It near the end. No more shows booked this year so I may do post exhibition maintenance and see if any invites come for 2022 and beyond 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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