Jobs Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Second board almost completed. Turnout all wired up; weathering to do. A few shots with some stock. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Jobs Great modelling any chance of a track plan so we can understand the concept better. Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Druid, I will upload a track plan when I work out how! It's not very exciting, so don't hold your breath. As an update, just increasing my Kings X electrification rolling stock; thought I'd finish an ABS 16 tonner and illustrate the painting weathering process for those that might be interested. Just need to find some appropriate buffers... Also, no matter how much I fiddle with the pictures, the maskol picture always comes first... (Should be third) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 A couple of photos showing the overall layout that gives the track plan. Sadly it has suffered a bit of damage whilst stored over the summer. A second turnout is being constructed on a board that will join the platform/through line with the long siding. That board will have the sector plate, just big enough for a 2 car DMU. I didn't set out to achieve a lot of operating interest; one engine at a time will do for me. But I did set out to give a sense of space (in 8', 12' with the next board) to run a select set of rolling stock. And I've always liked the idea of an (almost) scale siding. Finally, a couple of wagon shots, the close up shows a dia 1/047 on the left and a dia 1/041, both based on the Slaters kit. These will be for the c.1977 stock era. Anyway, back to the repairs...! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 From slow going to easily distracted. Managed to get the track all ballasted and weathered & in the meantime a Limpet emerged. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano747 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Excellent weathering on the wagons, and the track work is looking effective! Regards, Deano. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Latest progress. 3rd Board that will be the Cambridge line, foreshortened to Goldington Power Station in the period modelled, simply as a scenic break run-off. The model is of the rebuilt bridge frontage with a large dose of modellers licence in both foreshortening and bridge width without access to the bus depot. point rodding and linkages are still in the making, hence the plastic card base in front of the wagons. I'm actually thinking this run-off board will be reversible; the Newdigate colliery branch in Bedworth may be modelled 'the other side'. No wonder I take a long time to do anything! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Been a while and I'm put to shame by the progress of others. Normal service has been suspended on Bedford St Johns due to the need for space. A shelf layout has started in its place; 'Long Itch'. I've always been attracted to the declining south Midlands BR railway branches and sidings of the late 70's early 80's. This layout is a thinned trackplan from the Coventry Rd bridge at Southam (& Long Itchington) towards Southam cement works.... a scene I remember fondly from childhood. The photos are of the A423 bridge and yard throat. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 A few photographs of progress on my 'shelfie'. Once again the test train of a Heljan 20 and Grampus (one of the few wagons I have properly weighted at present) feature. All track work so far is sorted and wired. And works. The list of projects is getting to be a long series of 'ands'... I must finish off some of the other 70's/80's stuff especially the Kings Cross electrification wagons. And a 37/4, which may be the Autumn project. And I need now to get the DCC working and sort out a Rugby/Bletchley number for the Dapol 08. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 A few update photos of progress on 'Long Itch'. Foreground model spillage of chalk looks a bit jarring to the eye; any suggestions for colouring differently? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Perhaps it`s a bit brighter than the picture suggest`s,but personally don`t see any problem`s with the chalk. In fact i quite like the contrast.... But how about a very light grey wash to give it a bit more depth?,provided of course it does`nt dissolve the chalk! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Perhaps it`s a bit brighter than the picture suggest`s,but personally don`t see any problem`s with the chalk. In fact i quite like the contrast.... But how about a very light grey wash to give it a bit more depth?,provided of course it does`nt dissolve the chalk! Brian. Perhaps it`s a bit brighter than the picture suggest`s,but personally don`t see any problem`s with the chalk. In fact i quite like the contrast.... But how about a very light grey wash to give it a bit more depth?,provided of course it does`nt dissolve the chalk! Brian. Good call, black 'wash' seems to work. Long Itch thru' the ages; 90's, 80's & 70's. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I only pressed "like" because there is no "outstanding" button ... Merry Christmas, Christian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Been playing today with a static grass applicator... And pretty impressed with the results, so a few more photos of Long Itch with a familiar cast of characters. '....C. 1985 and a class 20 has tripped in coal from Rugby, runs round the brake van and waits to depart westward to Marton Junction.... Leaving a 16t mineral in the cripple siding'. All pure fiction, particularly as the brake van was damaged by fire at Nuneaton in 1982! Must get round to fitting the speedo cable and steps to the 20. Have now finished weathering this model, & in doing so discovered the iPad camera gives the rail blue a strange tinge, so photos are from a different camera. HNY, all. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Big push to get the second plank, landform, track ballast and run-round completed. Not a very exciting track plan, massively condensed, but good enough for me to run a limited amount of stock about. Run round will be 'off scene' and assumes the feeder lines to the cement works are some way to the right. As well as a runaround, space for about 5 wagons exists as a siding off the loop. The exit right will have a footbridge obscuring the run off. Happily a footbridge did exist in real life, although I have no idea what it looked like. I shall construct a generic LNWR one and reverse the steps to the west; original footpath seemed to allow access to the works. It will sit on the area ''ungrassed' at the front of the layout. Three photos of progress, the final one illustrating the track plan in all its glory! Now to finalise the electrics; always a challenge for me, and final scenic weathering. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Progress with a representation of a LNWR plate footbridge. I think the original one near the cement works might have been of lattice construction, but without decent reference material I have played safe. Surprising how little there is on the web; I reckon there are only 2 original footbridges over the WCML around Rugby.. & even then they have been raised for the overhead electric's. Some earthworks required to level up the feet and removal of bubble wrap! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Progress on the rail bridge. The track work, baseboard, and woodwork beyond the bridge will be painted black to disguise the run-round. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Pure indulgence on my part as I have an almost completed layout... Only taken 40 years of trying. Final shots of the basic track plan & weathering at Long Itch. All wired up and working; not DCC yet but DCC stock is being assembled. Time to finish the scenic spots & wagons for the late 1970's before I embark on anything else. Famous last words. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Awesome work. Your skills are incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 This looks really good. I may steal the trackplan so that my 2mm stock can get some exercise... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobs Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Kind comments, thank you. Straying into new territory may involve a third (middle) board. At Southam, after the loop turnout, see turnout lever and the join above, the actual tracks swung round to the east (or left if viewed from the Southam station bridge). Just looking tonight at a middle board that could represent this and give a 'banana' shaped layout, with the benefit of a larger run-round. Hhhmmm...... Somewhere for a small rake of Lionheart/Dapol 16 tonners to be shuffled? Decisions, decisions. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 A third board....can`t wait!. Excellent stuff, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Scott Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Some very nice modelling on show. Looking forward to seeing more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelp Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 The track weathering and the footbridge are excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattymoose Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 This looks great, a lovely 'weight' about it - really well done, also loving the backscene, did you do that by hand? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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