BG John Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 One day I might post photos of Abbotsbridge, the EM layout I started 40 years ago. The only photos I've scanned so far don't give even a hint that it was supposed to be set in the early 1900s, as I had to resort to running 1930s/40s Airfix stock as I didn't have enough of the right period, and borrowed 1930s Kent & East Sussex! I may have later ones when I'd added people and horse drawn vehicles somewhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Pity it never got finished under your hand, because it looks like a very good little layout - I like the way you've used the whole frontage, and tucked the fiddle-zones behind. As someone who witters on endlessly, I'd better admit that I've never finished a pre-grouping layout. My one essay in that direction was an EM replication of The Dyke, which staggered to a stop at the "track down and working" stage, because I made each baseboard (very carefully!) too big for sensible handling. It only ever had three items of rolling stock (brake van, and two opens), so no loss on that front. I then repeated precisely the same bulky-baseboard mistake (you now have some measure of how stupid I am) with an H0 layout, which did get finished and exhibited several times, but quickly became really annoying, and was junked along with about seven trillion hours-worth of scratch-built structures. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Here's a little taste of Abbotsbridge, taken from so far away you can't see the modern stock clearly! This was before I added the backscene to the river bridge board, and the signal box and train in the background is on another layout behind it. The river bridge was a later addition that fitted in between the station and the road overbridge on the fiddle yard board. The original was 10'6" x 1'9", and the addition was 4'. The two station boards were bolted together to form a box for transport, and were heavy, but I always had an assistant to help carry it. It did a lot of exhibitions, and I got really well organised with it. Edited February 16, 2016 by BG John 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58herbie Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Here are a few more shots First up is a low relief hotel I have made to go at the end of the line overlooking the turntable. Here is the turntable deck. Waiting for the well and then be fitted to the layout. This was a '45 cowans turntable fitted as Barton Wright didn't like locos running Tender/bunker first. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Since older layouts seem to be flavour of the month on this thread at the moment, here are a few photos of my first layout 'Connerburn' which was started in 1970 as a test bed for techniques in 2FS, but grew a life of its own. It was exhibited on several occasions, mostly up this end of the UK, but did appear at Warley in 2002 and last appeared at Aylesbury in 2009. It is a fictional CR branch terminus set somewhere on the Lanarkshire/Peeblesshire border c1885-1910. the track plan is loosely based on a mirror image of Moffat, with the station building, goods shed etc taken from a variety of places. The backscene was painted by a good friend and fellow 2mm member who was an art teacher. This last photo was taken after a new tandem turnout had been installed to provide a further siding. A link to my current project is in my signature. Jim 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Stunning work there, Mr Caley Jim. Thank you for posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58herbie Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Lovely work Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 BTW Herbie, I enjoyed your further pictures. That station building is a very impressive piece of modelling, and that turntable is a little work of art. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Fine scale, Scottish, 2mm scale ........ Nearly as far from my territory as it is possible to get, but it's beautiful! K 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58herbie Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thanks Edwardian. Cant wait to install the turntable and turn the locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Since Christmas I have been building a website dedicated to my Modbury layout (2FS GWR c. 1906). The layout (and it's associated website) is very much "still under construction", but I felt that a dedicated website could be a nice thing to have so that I could document it's construction in a slightly more structured way - Whilst threads and blogs are fine I find that my somewhat butterfly approach to modelling means that information relating to just one of the things on my workbench is interspersed with all sorts of other things as well. My new website can be found here : www.modbury2fs.co.uk I will continue to add entries to my RMweb blog, and the thread in the 2mm Finescale section as I find the feedback provided by fellow modellers on my projects is often very useful and informative, but hopefully the website will provide more structure to my projects. Ian Edited July 14, 2016 by Ian Smith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thanks for the link, Ian, I very much enjoyed viewing your progress. Those 4-wheelers are stunning. Circa 1906 is a great choice for the GWR because you get both the old and new liveries and a world of Dean elegance rubbing shoulders with the contrasting and startling modern designs of the Churchward revolution. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edwardian Posted April 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2016 Marske, at Spalding 2014. For some reason the light was dreadful; whether this was a deliberate 'evening effect' or just that the operators did not light to compensate for the gloom of Spalding, it played havoc with my camera's ability to focus! Fine layout, and high time we had some North Eastern. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted April 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2016 The lining on the loco is amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Wonderful attention to detail. Love the little cameos. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 On reflection, and making due allowance for my poor photography, I conclude that Spalding can be a gloomy venue. Here is the excellent Aberdare in 2011. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 The nearest June's Shildon show got to a pre-Grouping layout; the Edwardian seaside charm of Ravenscar Pier: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 At Thirsk today, where the highlight for me was the 7mm Scale 'might have been' portrait of Seahouses. The Northumbrian coast is given a wonderfully bleak atmosphere. I think this is a superb layout, and I enjoyed talking to its owner. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted July 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) Well that's just lovely. I love that everything blends together. Edited July 31, 2016 by JCL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 It is a great piece of modelling. Does make me want to put on a thick jumper and turn up the collar of my pea-coat, though. K 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) I have neglected my duties in order to go gadding about once more. Yesterday I went to Cleveland MRC's exhibition at Redcar. This had the great idea of only presenting layout set in the North East. Among these were 2 set in NER days. I make no apology for posting more pictures of Marske, it is a superb layout and I think I managed pictures that were a little less gloomy this time. This is O Gauge and set in 1915. The layout is operated end to end as the line is blocked by a derailment. I noticed that the locomotive on the breakdown train had changed! A new layout to me was another NER prototype location, this time modelled in P4; Danby, which was exquisitely modelled. Edited August 7, 2016 by Edwardian 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted August 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2016 If I had known you were going, I would have asked you to say hello on my behalf - I am still a countryt member of the CMRC. Glad to see they are still setting a very high standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edwardian Posted October 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yesterday I had a lovely trip out to Ormesby Hall, a fine Palladian House near Middlesborough. It hosts a pre-Grouping layout in the form of the late Ron Risings' Corfe Castle. For those, like me, hitherto, ignorant on the subject, Mr Rising contributed a number of buildings to the Vale on a very well-known model railway! You can tell. The Ormesby Hall volunteers have done a very skilful job in re-arranging and extending the scene. The wonderful curved section from the station round to the viaduct is stunning. The result: A sunny summer scene on the old South Western, c.1920. I have fallen for this layout in a big way: 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 That is a wonderful piece of work. All one man? K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 That is a wonderful piece of work. All one man? K So I gather. Ron Rising seems to have built everything. The track - soldered to PCB - the locomotives and rolling stock, and, of course, the buildings and landscape. When it came to Ormesby c.1995, it had to be re-configured for viewing from the outside. This appears to have involved an extension that allowed the incorporation of a hitherto-standalone model of a farm. The additional permanent way sections blend in perfectly, and can only really be detected by close study, which reveals Peco lineside fencing and SMP chaired track. The buildings either side of the line are all original, so I think the only structure built after the reconfiguration is the handsome stone viaduct. It is recorded that Ron Rising visited the newly installed layout and expressed himself satisfied with the changes. Makes me just want to chuck Castle Aching in the bin! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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