mattuk1980 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Long time semi-lurker here in the forums, never really had a layout, other than a few false starts. I would like to introduce you to Isca Sidings (Isca being the Roman Settlement that is now Caerleon in South Wales - as its where I live i though the name would be apt but the layout is ficticious) The background to this layout lies about 6 years ago, I fancied having a go at building my own track (usual Templot, copper clad sleepers for the points and ready cut plastic sleepers and chairs for the plain line), a second child and lack of space meant that progress stalled, that is until a recent house move gave me a study. T The layout is a 4ft x 2ft shunting plank and is/will be making a lot of use of Metcalfe Card kits (as will be seen in the pictures) although I am trying things, such as Wills kits (Weigh Bridge) and a British Railway Modelling free-be laser cut house kit. Its a simple shunting puzzle. Still lots of work to be done so will post updates on here as things progress Matt 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicArrow Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 An interesting looking scene so far; the first photo certainly has a lot of depth to it, and sets the trains "in" the layout rather than dwarfing it. How big is the layout overall? I can't help but wonder if this topic might fit better in the "micro layouts" section, but I'm sure it's fine here too. I'm looking forward to watching this layout develop! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted February 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 Hello Matt, welcome to the forum. I did wonder when you'd appear! Don't worry about the time; I've been trying to get my layout off the ground for donkey's years. I look forward to seeing this develop. Cheers, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattuk1980 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 hour ago, TechnicArrow said: An interesting looking scene so far; the first photo certainly has a lot of depth to it, and sets the trains "in" the layout rather than dwarfing it. How big is the layout overall? I can't help but wonder if this topic might fit better in the "micro layouts" section, but I'm sure it's fine here too. I'm looking forward to watching this layout develop! Thanks for the feedback :-). It is 4ftx2ft with the track roughly down the centre of the board. The image below shows how the track fits in to the overall scene. Originally I was going to use Scalescenes kits but the process of mounting the printout and the cutting out was starting to take its toll so it was on to Metcalfe I didn't think about the micro section... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattuk1980 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 44 minutes ago, tomparryharry said: Hello Matt, welcome to the forum. I did wonder when you'd appear! Don't worry about the time; I've been trying to get my layout off the ground for donkey's years. I look forward to seeing this develop. Cheers, Ian. Cheers Ian. Been lurking for years making the odd post as a reply but thought I would show this off now I'm getting into the modelling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattuk1980 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Payday has seen some more Metcalfe kits purchased, the large warehouse and more half relief houses for the rear of the layout. Overall view of the kit linked to the smaller version via the bridge Side view Closeup of the 08 shunting a solitary van. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2019 Nice! How does it relate to the real geography of Caerleon; where do you envisage it having been? And how does it relate to Legio II Augustus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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