‘Bleak’ layouts

[tomparryharry]

I'm sorry folks, my memory is rubbish. One  modeller has a recent north Wales layout, which captures the bleakness down to a T.  In Wales, anything above 1,000 ft (approximately ) tends to get a bit bleak.

[Quarryscapes]

Paul Windle's always been a great inspiration for bleak layouts.... 

 

https://009society.com/news/moorton-bottom-yard-by-paule-windle/?v=79cba1185463

[The Johnster]

On 12/07/2021 at 09:20, tomparryharry said:

I'm sorry folks, my memory is rubbish. One  modeller has a recent north Wales layout, which captures the bleakness down to a T.  In Wales, anything above 1,000 ft (approximately ) tends to get a bit bleak.

'Cwm Prysor', part of a Bala Jc-Trawfynydd-Blaenau Festiniog (period spelling) layout set in BR days, by Tom F of this very parish as ever is.  Superb modelling, looks simple and minimalist but captures the lonelilness of the moutain fastness around the lower slopes of Arenig Fawr perfectly; one can almost hear the eternal wind hissing in the grass.  This is the sort of place that even bleak thinks is a bleak...

[tomparryharry]

1 hour ago, The Johnster said:

'Cwm Prysor', part of a Bala Jc-Trawfynydd-Blaenau Festiniog (period spelling) layout set in BR days, by Tom F of this very parish as ever is.  Superb modelling, looks simple and minimalist but captures the lonelilness of the moutain fastness around the lower slopes of Arenig Fawr perfectly; one can almost hear the eternal wind hissing in the grass.  This is the sort of place that even bleak thinks is a bleak...

Thank you. That's the one!  Bleakness is sometimes hard to recreate. Trees are normally stunted, and grow with the wind. Ferns & bracken, poor soil & drainage. Solitary sheep looking for decent pasture, and a puddle of water where the Trig point floor has been hollowed out by the sheep sheltering from the wind.  As you look down the mountain, the trees grow in pro-rata to the descent.