Cley-on-Sea 1960s Norfolk mainline terminus

[Andy_197011]

Excellent looking layout, well done.

[russ p]

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 

[russ p]

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 

 

 

[31A]

Good to see what you've been up to Russ - looking good!

[russ p]

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

[russ p]

Finished this section today. Apologies for slightly blurred pictures for some some reason camera was in food mode, cabbages are probably in focus!

 

 

[SteveyDee68]

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

[russ p]

Hi Steve 

Thank you for the kind words.  There maybe some older pictures on YouTube 

 

https://youtube.com/@maestromanification?si=FkOCZBbQu4limjel

 

Cheers Russ 

[russ p]

Been away since Sunday,  will try and get some clearer pictures in next couple of days 

[russ p]

I've been and taken some clearer pictures of the new extension 

 

 

[31A]

That all looks very good Russ!   Are the houses scratch built?  I don't recognise them from kits.

[Mallard60022]

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.

[rob D2]

Wow , that’s very nice 

[russ p]

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

[russ p]

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 

[31A]

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!

[russ p]

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

 

 

[russ p]

[russ p]

Now ordered some Sankey scenics house backs to extend it

[russ p]

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 

 

 

[russ p]

Was working up north last week and had a visit to TMC , bought a kit for a random new years eve project... public loo 

 

[russ p]

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

[LNERGE]

Love the height restriction sign on the bridge. They can still be found…

 

 

 

[russ p]

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

[russ p]

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