"a cold front"

[Jimmy styles]

Hi

after completing my WWII layout Operation Abyss which i will post some pictures of in a different thread. i needed a new challenge.

however i wanted it to be different. i happened to have a pre made base board with is six feet by just under two feet but what could i build that would be different, interesting and clever.

i settled quit quickly on a 009 WWI trench railway. however this has previously been done so how can i make this work in the space and be different, interesting and clever.

do the idea is a WWI trench railway set in winter in snow. now for the clever bit it is basically going to be a figure of eight with a helix at each end. fiddle yards on the lower level scenic on the top. i am going to go mad on details so this may be a long tread.

basically one helix will be covered by a bombed out french town with loading and unloading of trains then the other helix will be covered by the start of a forrest and the start of a trench network.

i hope that makes sense!!

 

so i made a good start but well.........

 

i have had a break over christmas from modelling and recently decided to start with this project again, however i was unhappy with the way the helix's worked or didnt quite in my case, i had made them out of 3mm ply and because of movement the locos derailed or struggled, so in a act of madness i ripped it all up and started again.

this time using 6mm ply and so far so good.

lower level all laid, wired and tested.

 

 

i purchased a resin kit from WD models of a austin armoured ar and instantly set about building it.

 

 

 

a bit of paint and then weathered with the airbrush

a bit of paint and then weathered with the airbrush

a bit of paint then airbrush to weather

 

 

i have also built a tank.

 

 

all in all i am happy and back on it.

[scouser]

Your modelling is excellent!

Really like the Austin AC. Will be watching this !

[Jimmy styles]

Thank you so much hoping to get the top level laid this week

[Guest ShildonShunter]

Excellent modelling Jimmy looking forward to seeing more.

[Jimmy styles]

so after a long week at work i have laid the top level, just gotta wait for the glue to dry so that i can lay track. hopfully this will be done and wired by monday ready for the point motors.

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by Jimmy styles

[Jimmy styles]

so not much has really happened, however what i have been doing is finally getting round to installing all the point motors and wiring for the layout. 

i opted to use DCC consepts slow action motors. these where a dream to install and set up.

 

 

 

when you realise that you have gone a little over the top with the wiring. 

 

 

next job is to build a control panel. 

 

[Jimmy styles]

so my next project was the control panel, using the push buttons from dcc concepts. 

 

i had a quick look in my garage for a good bit of plastic, wood, metal basically anything i could use. 

 

i found a piece of old aircraft grade aluminium which i was given a while back, its kinda over the top but will do. 

 

 

[Tangoman69]

Have a look at the Precision Ice & Snow website for inspiration for the winter scenes.

 

https://www.precisioniceandsnow.com/

 

Regards

 

Karl

[Jimmy styles]

so not much has happened on this layout and when i say not much i mean nothing,

 

however i decided i have had enough of never being able to find anything i needed for modelling so i decided the way forward was to build a modelling bench, that i could easily bring in from the garage and take out again when the wife wanted the dining room back.

 

here is what i knocked up.

 

 

 

with a dual gauge test track

 

 

 

[lezz01]

Very nice mate. I do like a good portable work bench

Regards Lez.Z.