kirtleypete Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Sometimes you have to get something wrong before you can see what it needs to get it right! Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Now that the snow has finally cleared I have been able to finish the fiddle yard. We're using cassettes for the first time and it will be interesting to see how we get on with them. The first show is at Huntingdon next weekend so time is a bit tight, having got nothing done for the last week. Peter 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Eu survived it's first show, and so did we! Here are some pictures, and this video is on YouTube . The layout will be at York, and we've a list of jobs that need sorting out before then. Peter Peter Edited March 12, 2018 by kirtleypete 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Eu Depot is in the November 2018 Continental Modeller. The layout will be at Royston exhibition in November. Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 What a nice layout Peter! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Hello Peter, What a fantastic looking dépôt. It really really wants me to try out 0 gauge - but I'm far too committed to 00 at the moment - hats off to you though. Just a minor point of detail (and I could be wrong and stand to be corrected but SWIMBO is of the same opinion), I think you may find that the zebra crossing is wrong for your period. It would have been a 'passage clouté' - a crossing point marked out with parallel lines of square metal road studs (approx 100mm x 100mm). Zebra crossings over here in France are still known colloquially under the original name of 'passage clouté'. The change over was more recent - post 70s, when bitmac surfacing became more common inside towns (especially after the May 1968 riots in Paris and elsewhere when the pavés became a source of ammunition). If you really really want to use a 'zebra' crossing then it would have been painted yellow until the 1970s. Studs were used especially on 'pavés' as paint does not hold, whereas studs were nailed in (usually). Statistically speaking 30% of pedestrians killed in towns are on a 'clouté', it would have been worse in the 60s and therefore you might consider having a 'gendarme' (in brown uniform) or 'agent de police' (if the town was big enough to support it's own police force) with white gloves and manchettes on duty. I know it's a bit of a cliché (a bit like UK layouts that have an obligatory bus on an overbridge), but the reality was that it was very much a free-for-all in France between drivers and pedestrians - not like the UK where there was far more courtesy (and Belisha beacons) and lower speed limits (30mph v 60kph). Just thought I'd mention it. Cheers, Philip (who's been in both countries since 1950). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 You're right Philip, it's one of those things that I did in the rush to get the layout finished and haven't altered. My excuse is that I haven't found a clear picture of what should be there, but the answer really is just to make it plain road and let my pedestrians take their chances! They should be safe enough, as all the cars are solidly fixed down...………. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Eu Depot is in the November 2018 Continental Modeller. The layout will be at Royston exhibition in November. Peter I see that you have even commissioned your own T shirt! Very tasteful Best wishes Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Brilliant! That's much better than our polo shirts. Peter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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