Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Hi all, You'll have to excuse the less than original/exciting topic name but I'm only at the primitive mock up stage. I actually have another "layout" under construction. Although technically speaking, it's not really a layout or under construction as it's little more than a baseboard and an idea and it's not progressed further than that in almost 12 months. I do want to actually build it, it's just stalled for more reason than one at the moment. So, let me introduce my latest idea. Measuring 1000 x 250mm (size dictated by an offcut of ply I have available). It'll be little more than a shunting layout, but will hopefully give me an opportunity to practice tracklaying, and enable me to scratchbuild some buildings as well as giving me somewhere to run my kitbuilt wagons. Some photos (imagination required!) All very basic, and all subject to change at this stage. Thanks for looking! Edited Saturday at 16:50 by Enfys_Rainbow 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 To the bemusement of my wife and two year old daughter, I've built the basic framework for the baseboard today in the kitchen. It's not finished yet because of the aforementioned family selfishly wanting tea! I'm planning to raise the trackbed by 10 - 20mm to avoid the "flat board" effect. Despite the small size, I think it'll add to the visual appeal. My initial thoughts were to build this as a dockyard type layout, but to be honest the work involved in doing inset track is exactly the sort of thing that will sap my enthusiasm, so I'll keep it simple. I do want to try and incorporate a scratchbuilt building based on the following local example as part of the backdrop. Thanks for looking! 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 Nice little project; I shall watch with interest! Kind regards, Nick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Good start, looks like an interesting idea. I'll look forward to seeing some more 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 Nice work on the structure of the baseboard. I like the building you are going to scratchbuild. Looking forward to seeing more progress. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the comments! Continuing the theme from the first post in this thread, this needs some imagination again... Trackbed will be raised like this, although the front edge will be contoured in line with the track to enable the ground to fall away to the front of the layout. In effect, you'd be looking up at the trackbed if you were a 4mm sized person standing at the front of the layout, which is the effect I want to create. Buildings and stock are just to give things some scale/meaning and have been borrowed from elsewhere. Thanks again! Edited December 28, 2020 by Enfys_Rainbow 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acklam Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 The tin shed is crying out to be modelled, I hope you do it, I have a couple of pictures of a rusting tin structure that I took years ago with a must build that thought. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks a nice project and love the efforts on the building roof. Raising the track is a great idea and even a little bit makes a big difference. The track in the picture below was raised about 25mm and it makes a big difference on a narrow layout 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gziffo Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks like a great layout, and the scratch built sheds look good. I also noticed the Rev Awdry box set in the background, which my son has, the illustrations in those books are good to have around! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi all, Thank you very much for the comments. Bit more kitchen table modelling tonight, this time to create some mock ups of some of the kind of structures I'm thinking about to see how it'd look. So firstly, a "panoramic" view: The building on the left, primarily a viewblocker, won't be plonked as it is now. The ground will be sloping down towards the baseboard front, so the back wall will actually be taller than here, but embedded into the landscape (hope that makes sense?). As I'm yet to cut the ply trackbed to size, I can't actually try this out visually yet. The building at the right hand side will be some kind of warehouse/goods shed. The inspiration for this is the shed on Barrowfleet, albeit shorter. Unfortunately I ran out of time tonight to do any more. The rusty, tin shed will be approximately in the centre of the layout. @Gziffo - the box set was bought with my daughter in mind. Although she enjoys Thomas, she's not quite ready for these books yet! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Hello all, More mocking up and cardboard tonight. Having shaped the trackbed (badly), it gave me a chance to look at the left hand building in more detail. It was clear, even at this rough stage, that the idea in my post above (building with tall rear wall and scenery contoured around it) was not going to work from a visual perspective. It just looked awkward. Looking through some inspirational layout articles for ideas, I came across an old favourite - Woolverstone by Mr Rice. I always really liked the left hand corner of this layout and here was my opportunity to imitate it. The house, again, is borrowed and not likely to be used because I think it needs to be a bit higher. But it's enough to prove the idea. I'd be interested in people's thoughts however. Otherwise, I've added a roof to the warehouse and added a suggestion of another, central building and I think it could work. Thanks for looking! 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I like the use of levels - it's looking good. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I like the use of different levels and a view block instead of a traditional bridge is nice too. Have you seen a layout called, I believe, Six Quarters, uses a house as a view block to great effect? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Thanks for your comments about the levels. I have two other small layouts (well layout boards) on the go and the flatness is something I regret in hindsight. Today has seen the beginning of the backscene construction, sides still to be added. I actually don't think I'll be having an off-scene fiddle yard, I think I'll keep it all self contained. @sb67, I have seen Six Quarters, it's a lovely little layout. I'm also wary of the traditional road overbridge too, hence wanting to try something different! Some more progress photos (buildings just there for context): Thanks for looking! Edited December 31, 2020 by Enfys_Rainbow 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simonmcp Posted December 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2020 Can you please tell me what is the make of that lovely little diesel? Simon 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 53 minutes ago, simonmcp said: Can you please tell me what is the make of that lovely little diesel? Simon Hi Simon, Glad you like it! The loco is actually kitbashed from a Knightwing plastic kit. These conversions were quite popular a few years ago! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Further progress today - basic backscene is now completed. Next job is to fit some thin (1 - 2mm, can't remember!) cork and then finish the backscene to hide the corners. Still playing with the placement of some smaller structures and will hopefully build another mock up of the left hand view blocker in a more appropriate size to get a better idea of how it'll look too. Edited January 1, 2021 by Enfys_Rainbow 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 A winter scene... Or rather a simple paper backscene to hide the corners and a foamboard track base so I can "bury" any structures. You'll also notice a change to the view blocker building. I'll hopefully be using a kitbashed laser cut kit here. After tomorrow, I'm sure the updates and progress will slow down as I'm back in work. 9 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hi all, As predicted, progress has slowed right down now I'm back at work but I have managed to finish the first piece of stock for the layout - an old Parkside Grampus kit. It's meant to represent an older, rusty wagon and is based on some photos on the Bartlett site. Thanks for looking! 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted January 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2021 Nice work on the wagon kit. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Hello all! Slow progress at the moment due to all sorts of other commitments. I've made a start on the left hand building. Still in quite a rough stage at present. The depth is to allow for it to be bedded into the surrounding environment eventually. And a shot of the layout sitting on top of its slightly larger, and also in-progress companion. Thanks for looking! 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Bit of progress with one of the buildings. This is a cut and shut job, comprising of two sides of a laser cut kit, and two sides from plain old cardboard. The roof here is just a mock up to see how it'd look hence the visible gap. It looks wonky here, but it's actually just the angle of the photo! I'm undecided whether to stick with one chimney stack, as here, or have one at both ends, as the kit intended. It seems more visually balanced with one. I'm also not sure about two "open" windows. It adds a bit of life, but also seems slightly clichéd to me. Thanks for looking! Edited January 20, 2021 by Enfys_Rainbow 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MAP66 Posted January 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2021 Loving the sash window detailing, having a couple of them half open is a nice feature. Looking forward to further updates. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2021 Looking good, can't beat worrying a few wagons. As your family seems to have unrealistic expectations of the kitchen table, you need to buy some of these then you would have more modelling time! Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Mike, good idea, I'll order some trays. I won't be supplying those tiny biscuits/cakes though! This little chap came into my possession today... I've just sold a Bachmann 04 I had so this fills the gap nicely. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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