Andrew P Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Are you offering it for sale? I'm sure you'll find a buyer Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 No!, some bits may be saved (buildings) if they will fit the new layout. the baseboards will be taken apart and what can be saved will be saved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 No!, some bits may be saved (buildings) if they will fit the new layout. the baseboards will be taken apart and what can be saved will be saved. That's such a shame, still as long as some bits can be saved for prosperity and used again on a PROPER New BIG project after the Little Cameo one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 Andy, unlike you I am NOT a rapid layout builder so I suspect the cameo layout will keep me occupied for some time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Andy, unlike you I am NOT a rapid layout builder so I suspect the cameo layout will keep me occupied for some time. WOT? More than three Months, hahha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 No!, some bits may be saved (buildings) if they will fit the new layout. the baseboards will be taken apart and what can be saved will be saved. Westerner -I have just read this part of your thread and like others, I am sad to see this wonderful layout being dismantled. I have really enjoyed the construction journey that you have presented on this thread after we lost Wencombe! So many of the photos showing the evolution of the different aspects of the layout (I particularly liked the harbour/quayside scenes unfolding) and they are inspirational modelling with good lessons for us all. Not sure of your motivation for change, but I do note the new layout is very different from your recent ones...change is as good as a rest I guess. All the best for this new venture. regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 I thought for about 6-9 months about finishing Wencombe before starting Kingsbridge and about the same time about finishing with Kingsbridge which is probably why it has taken me so long to add the final details. But my mind is made up and hopefully being much smaller the new layout will be "played" with much more than Kingsbridge has been and even more than Wencombe was. As you know I am not a loco builder or track builder but a humble RTR layout builder who wanted to "play" trains and perhaps I have found that Kingsbridge isn't as satisfying as I hoped it would be. I do have plenty of experience operating a shed style layout as I have been part of the operating team on my friends Salmon Pastures shed layout for the past 4 or more years and have felt quite happy operating that style of layout. Hence the change. It also gives me a chance to do something more urban which will be a new challenge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) I agree with all of what you say and can see where your coming from. In the final days of Pen, I felt I was just running Trains to take loads of Photos, but with West Shed I enjoyed running in, out, and moving stock about. Now with Kings Moreton, most of the Locos are off the Layout and therefore I find I'm progressing quicker with Scenics, and enjoying the Build. BTW I too am a ready to plant man, nowt wrong with that mate. Edited July 5, 2017 by Andrew P 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 BTW I too am a ready to plant man, Did you come with a base, and did you need to be painted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 18, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2017 As promised a final set of photos is being taken this week. here are a few tasters. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 NOT just like, but LIKE VERY MUCH Alan, Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted July 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2017 As others have said I will be sad to see Kingsbridge Regis go, but in a way that makes the final few photos even more authentic, knowing that they record a lost age, a time now past, just like the real world of green hydraulics and maroon coaches. There are only so many photos for us to see, but just like the photos of the real thing we can return and savour them over and over, like leafing through the pages of a well loved Bradford Barton, or one of the many line histories. And rather like getting to the end of a good book the sadness is offset by the excitement of looking forward to the next volume! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 18, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Many thanks Andy and Adrian for your very kind remarks. A few more, slightly better I think photographically. Edited July 18, 2017 by westerner 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2017 Many thanks Andy and Adrian for your very kind remarks. A few more, slightly better I think photographically. EOTL F21.jpg EOTL F22.jpg EOTL F25.jpg Very nice Alan. I will miss this layout greatly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 19, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2017 A couple of DMUs for you. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi Alan It is a pity that the terminus type layout hasn't worked out for you. The modelling is superb, but you can have the best looking layout in the world but if operationally you are not enjoying it then there seems little point in carrying on. All I hope that your new venture will be great to operate because we all know it will look good. :sungum: When you have your new layout ready I will try to invite myself to come and have a play being as I have missed both Wencombe and Kingsbridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) Hi Alan It is a pity that the terminus type layout hasn't worked out for you. The modelling is superb, but you can have the best looking layout in the world but if operationally you are not enjoying it then there seems little point in carrying on. All I hope that your new venture will be great to operate because we all know it will look good. :sungum: When you have your new layout ready I will try to invite myself to come and have a play being as I have missed both Wencombe and Kingsbridge. Will you be allowed out of the House after you move to Darkest Lincolnshire mate? hahhaha. Edited July 20, 2017 by Andrew P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 20, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2017 As a little break from trains some shots of other bits of the layout The stream The fish siding Quay Street and finally "The Steps" 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I'd forgotten about that lovely Stream Alan, Superb, EVEN with NO Trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john flann Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) Alan, I never mind altering/improving/ripping up my layouts. Usually the next one is always better. Agree with you about size, that's not all it's more preferable to have it workable-and comfortable to operate. I think my current/future Port Bredy is about right. For me. Whatever, I have always enjoyed visiting Kingsbridge Regis and wish you well with the new build. Edited July 20, 2017 by john flann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Some great Pics of a very nice layout Alan, The buildings look spot on, lets hope you can use them one day on another layout. All the best on the new build. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2017 The last photos for a few days, there will be more in a about a weeks time. A view across the harbour. Parcels arriving behind Hymeck Hymeck Warship getting ready to leave with parcels (code not yet changed) 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 It's so sad that this is about to succumb to Beeching Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Empress arrives as Sovereign is about to leave. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2017 Wow, two green Westerns. Always looked best in real Swindon colours not that Derby red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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