RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted November 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2017 I've not looked on this thread for a while and the layout is looking fantastic perhaps I need to have a word with SWMBO and see about a shed like yours as that would cure a few storage problems for my layout. I'm really liking the row of houses and the station building I wish I could build to that standard. Keep up the great work Cheers Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 This is such a cracking little layout! Well done! Looking forward to the finishing touches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted November 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 Hi all, Thanks for the kind words - the shed is great - I reccomend getting one. Its great to be able to walk away from a session and just close the door. When I was in the garage or on the dining room table I had to clear up after every playtime. I'm afraid the shed is not quite as tidy as it was in the earlier picture of the interior - notice I don't show anything but the layout at the moment! I do get pressure to store garden furniture, etc in there but it is strictly a no garden tool/furniture zone! Back to the layout - I have redone the half relief factory and shed in blue and dark red brick. I've also sourced some round and half-round strip to have a bash at some guttering and downpipes. Here is the shed - dark red brick, wills sheet roof and guttering in place unpainted (the building is not fixed in place yet): And the factory - really pleased with this - I've still got to paint the roof/add guttering/downpipes/some fasia and cover the two ridges with strip: Dark Blue brick - wills corrugated roof. The one area I'm not keen on is the left hand end over the platform end. I want to put something here but I don't have a lot of height to spare with the backscene so low and I don't want to fill it with green. I was going for a road but I've since gone for two other road crossings - and I've stepped the retaining wall down behind the sidings meaning it is not possible. I think in reality the 'tunnel mouth' would not exist as I have the surroundings set, and the cutting would continue, so I need to make the best of a bad planning situation! I've laid some ground cover (cheap wilko tester pot grey with woodburner ash spread on when wet - then hoovered off) and I quite like this structure in the photo below - maybe with a wall behind it, and an entrance from behind to the far right of it - lots of crap lying around - leave it with me and lets see what happens! Cheers for now, James 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Looks great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Great photo's James, the layout's really looking good. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustered Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 What a great layout! Very well done indeed. Best wishes Nige Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I too have only just seen your thread - superb. Great evolution over time and the results are really paying off. Your use of Scalescenes products has opened my eyes, and your trees are very, very good! Looking forward to more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post jamest Posted December 19, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hi all, Thanks again for all the positive replies. Bit of progress to report.... I've finished the low relief factory - painted the roof metallic grey, and added some fascia and downpipes and guttering: I've also decided to move the 'lean to' ready to plonk building and place it behind the scalescenes effort - still need to add downpipes here: I had hit a bit of an inspirational wall apart from that - so I decided to play trains a bit to inspire me a bit. The fiddle yard with cassettes proved to be a bit labour intensive so I decided to go to a traverser and use the base I currently have. I am really pleased with the results and it gives me five roads within the travel - four for the main line (nearest the front of the layout) and four for the 'siding'. No - my maths isn't that bad - by this I mean the extreme end roads on the traverser do not travel all across to the opposite side running line - so only the three middle roads can be used for either. Right enough words, this is probably time for pictures! The drawer length is exactly three feet - or one piece of flexi. And here are some running pictures - apologies for the poor light and bright green grass combo - I need better lighting in the shed. The dummy point motors need wiring up and weathering! All the best, James 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted December 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 Looking great James! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Thank is fantastic James. Keep up with the good work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted June 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi all, Well its been a while! The layout has suffered from a lack of attention over the last few years but I want to push on and put some finishing touches on it. I also had a troublesome point motor on the crossover at the scenic entrance so I spent a while replacing the solenoid from underneath. It is all working now and I've enjoyed having a few running sessions recently. So I've added some trunking for the point cables and added some relay boxes - I'm no expert on this so its more of an artists impression of the real thing! Please excuse me if I've broken any rules. So a view looking down the layout showing the trunking and the wire running under the track to the far point motor: And on under the road bridge: And back towards the station: It ends under the other road bridge before the station out of sight: And the same sort of shots during a running session: All the best, James 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 That looks fantastic mate. Keep up the good work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted June 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2020 8 hours ago, RAY NORWOOD said: That looks fantastic mate. Keep up the good work. Thanks Ray, Hope everything is good with you. Regards, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted April 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 Hi all, Shameless bump I'm afraid. I've decided to sell this layout to make room in the shed for a small O gauge layout. Please see classifieds for details... Or pm me. Regards, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Hi James. Sorry to hear you are going to sell Greenwood. I know what you mean about needing room, I sold Yard Shunter to make room for Feltham Road. Good luck with the 0 gauge layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted April 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 Hi all, Second, and last, shameless bump. I'm still selling this on the classifieds...and reduced the price - I'm hoping to move it on rather than salvaging what I can and scrapping it. I'm never comfortable pricing my own work! I'd rather it went to a good home - if it suits someone's needs. Regards, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I've just read through this thread for the first time and found it very enjoyable. I'm sad to see the layout needing to move on, hopefully you can find a suitable home for it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted April 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Lacathedrale said: I've just read through this thread for the first time and found it very enjoyable. I'm sad to see the layout needing to move on, hopefully you can find a suitable home for it. Hi, Thanks.... I'm afraid my available space can't keep up with my ideas! I've been bitten by the O gauge bug and need this side of the shed for that. I have another OO layout opposite which does not have a thread here yet... One more stored underneath it (North Molton) and another smaller one stored in the garage (Niwbwrch)! I think I have commitment issues! Regards, James 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 What a great little layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted April 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2021 Agree with the above, this is a fantastic little layout, full of character, and well modelled. I really enjoyed reading the thread on its progress. It’d be a huge shame to scrap it! This is just the sort of idea I had wandering round in my head for running my DMUs on too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted April 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2021 Yep, it's a nice little layout. I was actually tempted when I had a look at the ad in Classifieds just now. And then saw that you're at the opposite end of the country! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted May 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2021 Hi, The layout is heading up the M5 (hopefully moving) to its new home. Many thanks for the support and encouragement.... On to the next project. Regards, James 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted May 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2021 Very happy to say that after a 400 mile round trip, I am the new custodian of Greenwood! I didn't start the week intending to take on another layout, but after seeing this thread, I really liked the layout, and upon noticing it was for sale, a plan started formulating. My work in progress yard layout isn't suitably sized (or intended) for my small collection of DMUs, so there was an idea of a second small terminus layout for the garage to make use of them, Greenwood will fill that role perfectly. It'll move forward in time again, to become an early 1990s Midlands region station, but will for the time being be largely unchanged from what James has created. Further plans might include 'upgrading' the point motors to slow action DCC operation, and continuing the single track into a second fiddle yard past the station, as originally designed by James. I'll start a new thread for progress under my ownership in due course, but would like to take this opportunity to thank James for entrusting me with the layout, and for helping me load it all into the car for its journey to its new home in Leicestershire, I hope I can do it justice going forward. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted May 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2021 Absolute pleasure Matt, looking forward to seeing how you develop it. It's yours now, and what you have planned sounds great. I'd like to claim it was good planning on my part to leave it era non specific... But we both know it's not! Hope to see some pics on here when you are ready. All the best, James 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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