Mike Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Reely Grate at the Hardwicke Show 6th April. Had a Reely thoroughly Grate day. Next year all being well I'll be taking Primrose Hill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 With the baseboard finished and most of the track laid, wired and painted I have started to put the buildings in place. I have come to the conclusion that the buildings against the backscene just didn't look right and decided to replace them. So far I have built the carcases for 3 other buildings and consigned them to the scrap box. Now on the forth build and I am at last happy that it is coming together, I just need the plastic strip and angle I have on order so that I can complete the new build. Good job I have until November before its first show, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ok, here we are with a major rebuild underway for the buildings against the backscene. The long building is only just propped up for effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
65243 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Your buildings look great, Mike but ... I'm wondering whether there might be too many foreground buildings? Looking at your photo's, most of your trackwork is hidden behind them. This is in contrast to reely Grate, where the yard area is quite open and visible. Just a thought, and worth the full amount on the price-tag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfMike Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Your buildings look great, Mike but ... I'm wondering whether there might be too many foreground buildings? Looking at your photo's, most of your trackwork is hidden behind them. This is in contrast to reely Grate, where the yard area is quite open and visible. Just a thought, and worth the full amount on the price-tag. Yes, the track work is hidden behind foreground buildings in many places but surely this is the whole point? Reely Grate depicts a yard serving a single business, whereas Primrose Hill features a cramped industrial area with a railway line running through it. In this case the railway is purposely incidental to the landscape; in real life we don't always get an uninterrupted view of the railway and I think that Primrose Hill captures this perfectly. The positioning of the foreground structures also creates a number of distinct viewpoints to watch the layout from and as a result gives one the impression that the scene is much larger than it actually is. Also, as one of the few who are lucky enough to have seen those buildings during every stage of their construction, I can safely say it would be a crying shame to hide such exquisite modelling at the back of the layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 It was deliberate plan on my part to create viewpoints on Primrose Hill as whilst it is a standalone layout it was also designed as an addition to Reely Grate so it needed to be different. I hope that in the future I can exhibit the sum of both parts as a single layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hello Mike, That's a lovely pic of Reely Grate it looks superb, hope we get to meet at a show soon. Primrose Hill's (lol didn't she go to the school in Beauty Bank, Old Hill) buildings look amazing I agree with Jack, it's an unusual concept. I know that Mikes layouts are at wheelchair height so able visitors can see over the buildings to begin with and then sit down to appreciate the finer points of the layout. Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Ado ower Jim, look forward to seeing you at a show. Keep up the bostin good werk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 A bit more work on the background buildings, still waiting for styrene on back order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Progress with additional detailing, now in primer. Now onto the next block with my usual make it up as you go along approach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Progress with additional detailing, now in primer. Now onto the next block with my usual make it up as you go along approach. Well that's usually how urban areas evolve in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Backscene buildings start to take shape the gap under the structures is to allow for the cobbled area to fit;) Oh and the trains do run:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Just need to fit the uncoupling magnets then its on to ballasting and ground cover etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 OK, magnets fitted and a good days playing testing trains. I settled down to read Ned Williams latest book "The Earl of Dudleys Railways" and to my horror found that previous works by others had identified Primrose Basin in the wrong place and the Earls basin N0.2 didn't have a rail line. Oh well rule 1 applies and the previous authors were correct, after all nothings left of the original location other than the canal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 I thought (my brain hurts) that it was no good having a crossing keepers building without a crossing so..... I have almost finished building the lifting barrier that was at Holly Bank. It does raise and lower, so the plan will be (hopefully) to operate it from the rear of the layout. I have the mechanics worked out, so watch this space as the saying goes. Photos to follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 As I didn't like the mark1 crossing barrier I'm about to start Mark2. I haven't been idle (honest) I have been assembling Phoenix Figures from S&D, for the chain making shop .Blacksmith and a couple of guys with sledge hammers, the forge and assorted tools and anvils, Oh! and not forgetting some locals for around the pub who seem to be discussing the ways of the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hello Mike, Thanks for the name of that figures place I must have a good look at it. Your layout's coming on a treat, fair play to you :-) Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Watching glue dry is almost as bad as watching paint dry, yes you've got it, all the ballast and basic ground cover is now done. Now the fun starts, all those little detailing bits and pieces to go on, well at least I can play trains even if I'm a little tardy in putting those bits and bobs in place, after all it's first outing isn't until November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Basic ground cover and ballasting complete with the exception of the road crossing, now for the detailing.I knew I should have vacuumed before taking the happy snaps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Just because and for no other reason than pure indulgence;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Just a couple of road level happy snaps, lad on bike still in primer and lifting barrier in place but unfinished. Must stick that pub sign down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbys65 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 This is all looking most excellent mike Who makes the lad on bike?, that looks a crackin little figure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 The figure is from the excellent S&D Phoenix range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Now twixt devil and the deep blue sea, As you may know Primrose Hill was built as a stand-alone but, was also designed to join Reely Grate to create and end to end. Now the conundrum, do I just butt them fiddle yard to fiddle yard or do I build a small scenic bridging piece? I had thought of a canal scene in keeping with the bumble hole, what do you think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hi, Jim, One does not preclude the other IMO! Both is possible as any scenic bridge segment(s) (why only think of one?) will just need to connect both of the FYs. Maybe the bridging segments could be built in such way that one end of each fits to either to your layouts and the other end conforms to an established module standard, even? just my 0.02€ ... Best Regards, Christian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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