Show us yours - Realistic modelling

[saxokid]

Close up on colas rail 37521..

[saxokid]

Back on with yard lighting towers and pylons again.

realy good fun to scratch build..

[blueeighties]

[Rowsley17D]

Early morning at Derwent Spa.

 

[PhilH]

OK I lied...these WILL be the last photos of the trainset. I enjoyed building it during lockdown as a virtually new zero cost effort, recycling everything I could. Unfortunately I just don't operate it so the plan is it's going in a skip shortly.

It was built in such a way that it can't be readily dismantled into useful bits, so bye bye Bishops Stoke.

Edited November 18, 2022 by PhilH

[Captain Kernow]

That's a very attractive looking layout, is there no one who would be willing to take it off your hands as a going concern?

 

Such a shame to put it in a skip!

 

[Rowsley17D]

1 hour ago, PhilH said:

OK I lied...these WILL be the last photos of the trainset. I enjoyed building it during lockdown as a virtually new zero cost effort, recycling everything I could. Unfortunately I just don't operate it so the plan is it's going in a skip shortly.

It was built in such a way that it can't be readily dismantled into useful bits, so bye bye Bishops Stoke.

 

Why not put it in the "Free to a Good Home" section?

[PhilH]

It’s such a mishmash of cobbled together bits stuck together, screwed, hot melt glued, wood glued, nailed,you name it I used it, it’s impossible to dismantle without destroying it. For instance the majority of the baseboard is glued together 2.5” thick insulation foam, not wood, so cannot be separated into sections, the wiring, although it all works a treat, is a bird’s nest of odd bits and pieces of different wire choccy blocked together one piece at a time with no thought as to wiring diagram or anything like that …..you get the picture. 

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by PhilH

[The Johnster]

I can’t help wondering why you don’t operate it; perhaps operation is not what floats your boat.  Despite the problems it could probably be broken down with judicious sawing and, while some damage will be inevitable, it should be repairable if somebody wanted it.  If not, then sadly the skip beckons, but you can at least recover the track, buildings, signals, point motors, and a good bit of the scenic material for use on your next layout, along with the locos and stock of course. 
 

You’ve made a good job of it, so the next one should maintain the standard but perhaps be designed with a view to basic dismantling.  My BLT, Cwmdimbath, was built on what sound like similar principles to yours, skipraided Ikea ‘Lack’ shelves braced and supported with skipraided lengths of 2x2 screwed, nailed, pva-ed or hotglued, and resting on top of various pieces of furniture with wooden blocks to cope with furniture height difference; crude and heavy, but my baseboard-building skills are non-existent, and this bodged Buffalo Bill PLC approach a) is within my (un)skillsets, b) was the right price, and, c) supports the layout (which I operate frequently, am happy with, and have no intention of replacing) well enough to ensure good running. . 
 

I live in rented accommodation, with the usual 6-month ‘shorthold lease’ period being my security of tenure.  With this in mind, the baseboards can be sawn apart at the joins and the layout moved or stored if needed.  The value of this approach was borne out 6 years ago when my landlord decided to refurbish the flat and moved my temporarily across the hall into an empty flat for 3 weeks while the work was done.  The layout was sawn into it’s ‘Lack’ baseboard sections and propped ip against a wall in the temporary flat, and within a week of moving back in, was up and running.  Track across baseboard joins had to be repaired and wiring rejoined, and there was some damage to scenery and buildings, while a splitting home junction signal and some fencing were beyond repair; nothing serious. 

[97406]

Such a shame the layout above can’t be saved and I hope a new layout emerges from the ashes. I started my layout in lockdown too, but fortunately made it so it could be moved and eventually incorporated into a bigger project. The original DC wiring was a right mess, but the board flips up so you can get underneath and it got rewired much better for DCC.

[Ruston]

A view of Knowles pipe works' Peckett from the towpath of the Calder & Hebble Navigation, summer 1962.

 

[Bulleidboy100]

Not too "realistic", but a picture of 34070 Manston - first time out of the box since purchase in 2015.

Pictured to honour the real 34070 Manston that was issued with a new 10-year boiler ticket on November 16th 2022 after a five year overhaul.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by Bulleidboy100

[Captain Kernow]

3 hours ago, Ruston said:

A view of Knowles pipe works' Peckett from the towpath of the Calder & Hebble Navigation, summer 1962.

 

That's sublime, Dave.

 

[saxokid]

Little line up outside colmore TMD…

[JJGraphics]

After doing a walking inspection of Darley Vale tunnel, Jim the platelayer took this photo before heading for the signal box to scrounge a cuppa.

 

 

[black and decker boy]

Kirkmellington colliery has a visitor from the opencast pit next door 

 

Meanwhile normal operations continue with loading of 16t minerals 

 

 

[Lowlander]

Class 24 133 passes the local yard.

Edited November 21, 2022 by Lowlander

[JimFin]

How about a continental flavour - Swiss RhB.

 

[PhilH]

Here’s some from the other trainset…realistic, hmmm, but fun to build. There seems to be a bit of a flaw in my model railway mindset as I haven’t operated (played with) this one either in over a year…as you can tell from the layers of dust.

    This one was even more fun to build as I built the track as well using copper clad and eBay coffee stirrers. even more pleasing to me was the fact that I managed to incorporate some decades old Gem point (sorry, switch) levers that were being thrown out. Thrown out? Not on my watch....

Edited November 21, 2022 by PhilH

[Captain Kernow]

Parkend Marsh Sidings in the early 1970s:

 

[LBRJ]

Well CK, that one of Parkend brought out an audible term from my lips!

One that we will translate as  being "Wow!" at the sheer realism of that shot.

 

A little cropping to the top left and make in B&W and I reckon its one of your best images yet!

Edited November 21, 2022 by LBRJ

[saxokid]

Few more “night shift” photos from Colmore traction depot..

[saxokid]

Classic br blue theme “colmore TMD”…

[boxerbayrailway]

[Captain Kernow]

12 hours ago, LBRJ said:

 

I reckon its one of your best images yet!

That's very kind but I should point out that the only items I have had a hand in are the wagons. Everything else is the work of John (Re6/6).