Andy_197011 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Excellent looking layout, well done. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2023 15 hours ago, Andy_197011 said: Excellent looking layout, well done. Thanks Andy much appreciated. I need to get motivated and finish some wagon kits I've started Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2023 A while since I did an update on my layout. I've got some bookcases and decided to have a scenic extension to the village. Still another section to complete. I've added a carpark, victorian villa together with a small section of heathland and wheat field. Next to do estate cottages and a crop field 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2023 Good to see what you've been up to Russ - looking good! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, 31A said: Good to see what you've been up to Russ - looking good! Cheers Steve I think extending the scenery by 12in adds a lot more depth to the village scene 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post russ p Posted December 9, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2023 Finished this section today. Apologies for slightly blurred pictures for some some reason camera was in food mode, cabbages are probably in focus! 17 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Your new scenics really help put those running lines “into” the landscape, and the fact it is in front (rather than behind) also makes the scene “believable”. Your layout is one I keep returning to for inspiration of how to build a large layout and achieve the right balance between intensive track and scenery - but I am kicking myself for not having downloaded your photos onto my hard drive as most of the photos have disappeared into the RMweb Server Black Hole! Particularly disappointing as I think seeing the development of the freight line to the wharf by the flour mill is hugely inspirational for micro modellers, as there are so many elements that combine to make an ideal “extended” micro (wharf being the initial micro, the roadside running being an excellent scenic extension idea for example). I imagine restoring all the photos would be a job and a half - I tried to do that on my micro layout thread only to discover that some were taken on a device which had since died (taking the images with it) etc which meant the process stalled before it even began - and that was for a micro layout, not the huge layout you have built! Steve S 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2023 Hi Steve Thank you for the kind words. There maybe some older pictures on YouTube https://youtube.com/@maestromanification?si=FkOCZBbQu4limjel Cheers Russ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 Been away since Sunday, will try and get some clearer pictures in next couple of days 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post russ p Posted December 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2023 I've been and taken some clearer pictures of the new extension 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2023 That all looks very good Russ! Are the houses scratch built? I don't recognise them from kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2023 3 hours ago, russ p said: I've been and taken some clearer pictures of the new extension Smashing scenery. Aspirational matey, especially the Embankment and that large House is superb. Phil. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Wow , that’s very nice 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 15, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Mallard60022 said: Smashing scenery. Aspirational matey, especially the Embankment and that large House is superb. Phil. Thanks Phil and Rob, the house is a pair of Hornby victorian terraced houses but to me a pair looks like victorian semis that are quite common round here Edited December 15, 2023 by russ p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 15, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 11 hours ago, 31A said: That all looks very good Russ! Are the houses scratch built? I don't recognise them from kits. Morning Steve The new ones are ready made but the flint ones the other side of the road are scratch built. Very few if any Norfolk flint buildings available 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2023 Cheers Russ, they look pretty good to me! 1 hour ago, russ p said: Very few if any Norfolk flint buildings available You don't very often see them scratch but either! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 Bit of a mini project I've but some shelves next to the layout so to stop items getting onto the layout I've added a section of back scene and put a sleeper fence along the coal yard boundary Thinking about a back scene along whole of coal yard now 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 Now ordered some Sankey scenics house backs to extend it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post russ p Posted December 24, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 Extended the backscene and the fence. It's a bit unusual having a scene either side of the layout but it's quite wide. It does look open up more photographic opportunities 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 31, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2023 Was working up north last week and had a visit to TMC , bought a kit for a random new years eve project... public loo 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 6 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6 (edited) Currently working on a set of scrap coaches. I'm thinking about sacrificing a pair of Derby lightweight cars probably a green and blue one then forming a mixed set to run . I have 2 sets of each Edited January 6 by russ p 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Love the height restriction sign on the bridge. They can still be found… 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 6 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6 47 minutes ago, LNERGE said: Love the height restriction sign on the bridge. They can still be found… There's one next to the GE mainline Richard, where the branch to the LTS goes off at Bow. Probably about the most interesting thing on the journey these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 12 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12 (edited) I got a 101 off ebay the other day, these 100s and 105 came to the area in the late 60s to enable Derby lightweights and 79xxx met camms to be withdrawn. I have a feeling some came from the LMR so my M prefix set may be prototypical. I've changed the destination blinds I have a couple of 105s and 4 Derby lightweights . I'm going to sacrifice 2 Derby lightweight vehicles to be part of the withdrawn stock train . A blue one and a gtrren one and run a hybrid set on the layout. I wish Bachmann or Hornby would do a 4 light 101 in a livery appropriate to 79xxx conversion I'm really pleased with the additional backscene as it's opened up a lot more photographic opportunities. Wasn't sure if having them either side of the layout would look odd but it seems OK Edited January 12 by russ p 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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