luke_stevens Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: That makes sense. I think that with backscenes you have to make a choice. Either an extension of the scene, in other words buildings, trees, clouds and so on, in which case you face the challenges Steve mentions (not least horizons - there's one well-known layout where the sea level on the backscene is probably 50m higher than the land on the layout). The second choice is to regard the backscene as a frame, with no attempt to include any suggestion of what lies beyond the edge of the 3D area. Paul would be able to answer better but it is as much to do with eye level. He suffers from being about 8" taller than I am and this has caused issues in the past where operators haven't been able to use the Industrial line as the couldn't see over the backscene (we didn't fancy spending 8hr on tip toes...) The layout is best viewed from scale person eye level, so about 20mm above baseboard level. If we assume, inspired from the various photos, that the horizon is obscured by "things" such as other buildings, features, distant hills, clouds, choking industrial smog, etc, then we could have a slowly rising effective horizon for each further distant line. That would be fine for ground level viewing and would be "ok" for standing viewing too. Thoughts for after the Glasgow Exhibition! Luke Edited February 12, 2022 by luke_stevens spelling... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Colour and tone balanced. Looks a bit BladeRunner 2049, which is suppose is the direction we're going... Edited February 12, 2022 by luke_stevens revised image 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 And an almost perfect example from The Economist: 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 5 hours ago, adb968008 said: i loved seeing this layout at Tolworth. A quick look through my photos found these street scenes from 20+ years ago, I hope theres some inspiration. Sorted! https://www.noch.com/chicken/12853/ contains 9 x chickens with sound Available 30th March 2022 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2022 51 minutes ago, luke_stevens said: Sorted! https://www.noch.com/chicken/12853/ contains 9 x chickens with sound Available 30th March 2022 Two days early... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiuModels Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 6 hours ago, luke_stevens said: Colour and tone balanced. Looks a bit BladeRunner 2049, which is suppose is the direction we're going... That could be an interesting direction to take that layout in... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2022 9 hours ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: Thank you for that comment. Hopefully you might come to Aly Paly in March when it will be even better. I bought a bunch of China outline locos back then, unfortunately my QJ mazak rotted but my Df4d, DF11s, DF7, ND2 all go well. I didnt get to Sandoling unfortunately. i’ll look you guys up at Ally Pally. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 13 hours ago, adb968008 said: A couple of up-dates for the layout after Glasgow... They will introduce interest and action to a quiet part of the layout! https://www.noch.com/micro-motion-seesaw/13400/ https://www.noch.com/micro-motion-swing/13401/ Luke 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) The better memories you have are the ones the camera misses… I recall occasions in Shanghai, where cyclist couriers took the world on their bike, literally. Several times I tried and missed grabbing a picture of a guy on a bike, with what seems like 8-10ft high stacks of cardboard boxes, tied down on the back of the bike, creating a pillar like load as high as any loaded truck… Ive no idea how they didn't unbalance and fall over when he stopped.. assuming he did stop. Kind of like this… https://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/09/chinas-overloaded-bicycle-carriers.html but usually less glamours brown cardboard boxes (3rd one down). Edited February 12, 2022 by adb968008 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveNCB7754 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 01:20, luke_stevens said: Sorted! https://www.noch.com/chicken/12853/ contains 9 x chickens with sound Available 30th March 2022 Nice, but at EUR 31.99 I'd want them to lay eggs as well! ;-) 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 There's good news and bad news as regards getting the layout ready for Glasgow in just over a week. GOOD NEWS - I am busy correcting/fixing/repairing a fault which would have caused problems at Glasgow BAD NEWS - I didn't know we had this fault until 30 minutes ago! It's a feature which I/we installed over five years ago, but have never used at exhibitions, which is the same as saying that we've never used it - PERIOD! It wouldn't have stopped the layout running, but it would have impacted on one of our new features/gimmicks. More later with photos. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) On 15/02/2022 at 14:40, TEAMYAKIMA said: More later with photos. The fact that it's taken three days to get back to this tells you a bit about me life at the moment. One of our 'new' USP's is the Faller roadway - remember that it has been in place for over 5 years but we have never used it at a show due to several 'problems' - not any more, I had tested it and tested it and tested it at home and achieved 100% reliability - until this week! A big feature of the layout is that it represents me and some of my fellow operators visiting China to photo graph the last working steam in the world and to get from location to location we hired minibuses - and we now have three of them. # There is a main road that runs along the front of the layout and there is a narrow windy single track road which goes over the level crossing and then runs close to the railway - and only the minibuses use that narrow road. That narrow road has to rejoin the main road at a junction and I had tested the first two minibuses over that a thousand times and it was 100% reliable , but this week I completed making the third vehicle and tested that one as every vehicle has slightly different characteristics - and disaster! i tested it ten times and on the tenth occasion it twitched as it approached the junction and carried straight on and I only just caught it before it landed on the floor. I tested it another twenty times and it did that three times - what was going on? More later - back to the layout now. Edited February 18, 2022 by TEAMYAKIMA 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Stiff front axle and residual power keeping moving forward? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Magnet losing contact with the guide wire at a critical moment? Maybe a crash barrier is also required at that point? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said: Magnet losing contact with the guide wire at a critical moment? Yes, I discovered what the problem was and corrected it 3 days ago, just am too busy at the moment to post about it - will explain later Edited February 18, 2022 by TEAMYAKIMA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 TBH, I have been far too busy working on the layout to post much here lately. But that's in the past now, we're in Carlisle now, next stop Glasgow. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Dear Beijiao team, May all go as planned, your vehicles stay on the road, the gates close as they should, your points throw when asked, your consists stay consisted, your trucks keep on tracking and, most importantly, the operators have a good time Luke 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 15 hours ago, luke_stevens said: May all go as planned, your vehicles stay on the road, the gates close as they should, your points throw when asked, your consists stay consisted, your trucks keep on tracking and, most importantly, the operators have a good time Is that a variation on The Shepard's Prayer (Alan Shepard, that is)? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ian Morgan said: Is that a variation on The Shepard's Prayer (Alan Shepard, that is)? Not that I'm aware of! Just me putting thoughts into words. L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 41 minutes ago, Ian Morgan said: Is that a variation on The Shepard's Prayer (Alan Shepard, that is)? I've checked and I see what you mean! It is, I suppose, a prayer for both the staff and the layout to behave as needed and expected! Luke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Hope all goes well, Paul. I know you've been having kittens over it! Davy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 24/02/2022 at 19:53, luke_stevens said: Dear Beijiao team, May all go as planned, your vehicles stay on the road, the gates close as they should, your points throw when asked, your consists stay consisted, your trucks keep on tracking and, most importantly, the operators have a good time Luke Don't forget "May the shadows of the rivet counters never fall upon your tracks " 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neils WRX Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I don’t normally post pictures of other peoples layouts, however I was one of the operators on this brilliant layout at Model Railway Scotland over the weekend so here are a couple of pictures and a quick video. I will still confess to knowing very little about Chinese railways but this layout was great fun to operate especially the bidirectional line at the front of the layout. The most nerve racking bit was watching a train go on to the scenic section and waiting for it to reappear at the other end of scenic bit hopefully with all its wagons still attached. When the overhead lights went out… Stay safe, Neil 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallwonder Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Enjoyed seeing this at the weekend. The building interiors looked fantastic. Something I enjoy doing, but no-one sees my efforts. The banking operations were a great feature too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Neils WRX said: I don’t normally post pictures of other peoples layouts, however I was one of the operators on this brilliant layout at Model Railway Scotland over the weekend so here are a couple of pictures and a quick video. I will still confess to knowing very little about Chinese railways but this layout was great fun to operate especially the bidirectional line at the front of the layout. It was a great pleasure working with Neil at the Glasgow show. We had never met Neil before Friday and he quickly learnt the Digitrax system and our operating methods. Neil is always welcome to join us any time. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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