Wencombe/Kingsbridge Regis/Louville Lane

[westerner]

Thanks for your very kind comments, Yet another impetus giver to finish the layout.

[westerner]

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[westerner]

I laid the new fiddle yard last week and wired it up and it actually worked. I'm always surprised when my wiring works!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[pirouets]

As a fellow fiddle yard struggler (I killed my last layout as a result) how did operation feel with the new design? Did you get that warm fuzzy feeling of a though becoming reality?

[westerner]

Yes Steve I did. I'd struggled with the lack of storage space and at one time felt like ripping up the whole fiddleyard, but that would have meant losing the minimum radius of 3ft I wanted (for the look of the thing) expanding through a transion curve to about 8 or 9ft in the station. I had pondered long and hard and it was about 3 months ago I realised that putting in 2 3-way points from an early fiddleyard on the last layout would provide me with 3 extra storage yards of at least 3ft length, as it turned out 2 have a useable lenght of 37inches and 2 have a useable length of 41 inches.

 

I must admit to a warm glow of self satisfaction, but like most people I would like the room that they have in the USofA and have something like 12 storage sidings. Still this is much better than the original.

[pirouets]

Ah, the real American Dream

but like most people I would like the room that they have in the USofA

 

Glad to see it worked out.

[westerner]

After seeing 'Ben Alder's' fish train decided to take some snaps of my smaller effort a mixture of Parkside and Chivers kits.

 

 

 

[westerner]

Not put anything up for sometime as I've been struggling with a Ratio Engine shed. Being all "fingers and 'fumbs" I find kits, particularly building kits for some reason, a bit of a struggle; and as to painting that's even worse . It took me a fortnight before I was fairly happy with the painting, but I'm still not sure. It's like painting a picture "When do I stop?"

Any way pix of said engine shed. As you can see I've left the doors off as I feel by the late50's/early60's they would have been removed but I have left the ends of the hinges. The coal stage which came of my previuos layout Abergower needs a bit of fettling.

 

 

 

[Taz]

Not put anything up for sometime as I've been struggling with a Ratio Engine shed. Being all "fingers and 'fumbs" I find kits, particularly building kits for some reason, a bit of a struggle; and as to painting that's even worse .

 

If that is the results of being all fingers and thumbs then I can't wait to see the results of something you're good at

 

I can only hope then when I get on to doing some scenic modeling my results will be half as good.

 

Keep up the good work

[gwrrob]

If that is the results of being all fingers and thumbs then I can't wait to see the results of something your good at

 

I can only hope then when I get on to doing some scenic modeling my results will be half as good.

 

Keep up the good work

 

Absolutely.Excellent modelling Westerner.

[westerner]

Many thanks chaps. I feel slightly !!

[westerner]

Not done alot lately but thought I show an old pic or two.

 

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[westerner]

After commenting yesterday that I'd very little lately prompted me to to do the Barrow crossing signs I've been meaning to do for ages. The signs are by a firm called Pre-Cut miniature signs.

 

In the background is a recently completed Replica "long" suburban brake. (it needs to be weathered)

 

[Kris]

Those latest pictures look great. It's good to see the signs at the end of a platform, I've not noticed these on many models.

[westerner]

]Thanks Kris. I've been doing some weathering today aslightly grubby modified Hall that someone has half heartedly tried to clean and the suburbans,

 

So we have the Hall working the Exeter to Kingsbridge stopper.

 

 

[Oldddudders]

Your diffidence is not justified - these are fine pics of convincing models and scenes. You have an eye for detail not present on every layout, and are happy to acknowledge others' influences when appropriate - vide Ben Alder's fish vans. Some of your pics have a yellow cast to them - but that is trivial, you can fix it in a few keystrokes, and it's the only negative thing I can find. Keep doin' what you're doin'!

[westerner]

Thank You Ian: It's probably the lighting or my eyes I must look more closely when altering ths size and try and get rid of the yellowness in future pics.

[Kris]

A Hall in Kingsbridge, that would have been good. Good thing that this is on the Kingwear - Kingsbridge route. It would have made the bridges groan on the Brent - Kingsbridge route

[definate maybe]

That Sir, is first class modelling. I cant believe I have only just stumbled upon this thread but I will definately be making a mental note to visit on a regular basis

[westerner]

Thank You "definite Maybe" and Kris wait till the castle arrives!

[westerner]

I was not 100% happy with the Hall so I reworked the weathering making slightly cleaner, I also worked on the Collett goods, I added lamps, crew and screw coupling to both. The lamp on the Hall is for a stopping passenger train and the one on the Collett is for a ballast train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry about the pathetic smoke

[westerner]

At last I've done the gardens of the cottages

 

[Kris]

Someone would be proud of those gardens.

Do you intend to grubby the houses up at all?

[westerner]

Not to Sure about that Kris, They look cleaner in the photo than in real life. And also we are supposed to be in the clean air of Devon.

[Kris]

If the photo is improving their appearance then there is no need to weather them further on the main building. The chimney pots would be much darker at the top though. (Making the clean air less clean) .