franckcombe Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hi, I will start a new layout after the woolacombe bay and the nearly finished vestvagoy. At an exhibition, a friend offered me these postcards I wanted to do a layout based on these photos but at 1/13 scale it was not possible. So I choose to do that at 1/72 scale because at this scale there are french military figures and arabs too. At Morocco in 1916, the french developed narrow gauge railways of 60 cm for civilian and military used. 60 cm at 1/72 scale is more of less 9mm, so I could used too the 009 material. The layout will be an oval of 120 cm by 47 cm with an hidden part behind to finish the oval The layout will look like more or less to that. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 I just made a mock up at scale of my layout in order to have of tracks, volume, oasis area and village. It's helping my also to visualize the size of the convoy 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Bonjour/salaam malaikum, Wow! A Moroccan layout, brilliant! I spent a fairly large part of my childhood there as my parents would spend the winter there every year from 1971 through to 1983. Is the layout to be set anywhere in particular, please? I'll watch with interest, Salute/salema, John E. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2015 I can understand why you avoided 1/13 looking forward to the results. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Bonjour/salaam malaikum, Wow! A Moroccan layout, brilliant! I spent a fairly large part of my childhood there as my parents would spend the winter there every year from 1971 through to 1983. Is the layout to be set anywhere in particular, please? I'll watch with interest, Salute/salema, John E. malaikum salaam, It's a fictional city but I will used true locomotives and rolling stock of 1917 based on post card and historical information, with camel, donkey, market, music, all the folks of Morocco. I spent regular holidays in Morocco and Tunisia. I took many pictures of palm tree, I took dimension, sample of bark, ... in brief even if the city is fictional, it must look real. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 I can understand why you avoided 1/13 looking forward to the results. It is not really a choice. Unfortunately our club is closing. So I have to do train at home in an apartment, so I have to downsizing. Anyway I could not do this layout at 1/13 scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm building the layout 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted June 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2015 Good news; if it has the character of your mock up it will be a spectacular layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 a kitson meyer, im hooked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 I have started to shape the foam. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 I have done some progress with figures, trees (more than 140) and buildings.My friend Jean-Pierre draw a rolling specificly for this layout. We hanve now to prind it. We are going to print it one at Sculptéo, one at shapeaway in translucid ultra frost detail and one at immaterialize in order to compare the various quality of suppliers 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 I'm doing more than 120 palm trees 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I suspect sunshine makes a change from all that snow! Are you planning to only use smaller wagons and small locos. The bogie wagons are pretty big on tight curves? And then there is the Mallet with tender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2016 And then there is the Mallet with tender. Mallet with tender? I only see a Kitson-Meyer. It is a double engine tank loco. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2016 What are you using to coat the trunks Franck? I'm not modelling anything like that but intrigued Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Mallet with tender? I only see a Kitson-Meyer. It is a double engine tank loco. Keith Have a look here: http://voie60vapeurvive.pagesperso-orange.fr/Real_Mallet1_ANG.html There were about 30 0660 mallets supplied to Morocco. One ended up at pithiviers rebuilt as an ugly tank loco which didn't work well, 8 went to Benin where they lasted to 1948 and I assume the rest were scrapped. The kitson Meyers came after the mallets, I think there were 8 or 9 of them? At one point there was 1700km of 60cm gauge in Morocco. Would love to see a good book on the subject. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Hi, I will use on my layout only decauville steam loco 040, 060, draisine, petrol loco schneider and perhaps a baldwin also if Bachmann edits it. I have a sharp curve of a radius of 23 cm so a mallet loco is unbelievable with a radius of 40 cm . The trunks are in plastic. To recreate it, I put dot of PVA glue on the trunk and I put sparkles of dry basil but you can use any aromatic herbs than you can find in shop according the color, the shape and the scale you want. After I have to paint in the right color. "At one point there was 1700km of 60cm gauge in Morocco. Would love to see a good book on the subject." To my knowledge, there is no book on this subject. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Back commented ' Would love to see a good book on the sub I think once Frank has got it finished, Voie Libre will probably produce something. Seem to remember a short article a while back about the Mallets. Given tight radius of curves .short locos make more sense. Just is that the Mallet is one of the locos I am working on for 3D printing. It is interesting to see what is common to smaller locos. Given that the loco is classified as a 16 ton, it is a good cert that it is in effect 2 8ton Decauville locos. A slightly wider boiler, the cab is also slightly wider, but the windows in cab front are in exact same position as the 8 ton, suggesting standard parts. The cab is very roomy, and there seem to be a good crowd in cab in some photos! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Back commented ' I think once Frank has got it finished, Voie Libre will probably produce something. Seem to remember a short article a while back about the Mallets. Given tight radius of curves .short locos make more sense. Just is that the Mallet is one of the locos I am working on for 3D printing. It is interesting to see what is common to smaller locos. Given that the loco is classified as a 16 ton, it is a good cert that it is in effect 2 8ton Decauville locos. A slightly wider boiler, the cab is also slightly wider, but the windows in cab front are in exact same position as the 8 ton, suggesting standard parts. The cab is very roomy, and there seem to be a good crowd in cab in some photos! Hi, For the mallet, which will be the loco for the chassis ? If found an us loco from Bachmann with a radius of 43 cm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Today I start to buid the pechot's trucks from meridian model kit. Edited February 23, 2016 by franckcombe 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 My friend Jean-Pierre prints the rolling stock as a test.Here the result 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 the wagon can be bought on-line at http://www.sculpteo.com/fr/print/fourgon-decauville-maroc-hoe/KEYSfuJy?basket=1&noclickredirect=1&uuid=3d3JEUGQHBtMpTBiNr0Lke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 I do some progress on my layout.I finish the building with the first coat of primer. The building will look like the building of the backdrops with trace of soil.I paint the soil before adding the sand, the grass, cactus and palm tree of course...I cast and paint the stones.I am happy with the result wich look like what I have in my mind.I have now to 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted April 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2016 Excellent buildings and excellent perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
franckcombe Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 I have finish to paint and weather the buildings. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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