retroman Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) HelloI did have a thread going on the old site, so thought I'd post on here also. As an intoduction to my layout, here's a short vid on YouTube. This layout is not for the purists, by the way! Edited February 7, 2015 by retroman 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted February 12, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi Dave Its been a while, I wondered if you would make the jump! Its good to see the layout is still alive and well, it was your previous thread that inspired a change in thinking when I started again in the loft. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Cheers, Ian. A few pics of the layout as it stands, after 4 years of graft ...... I've replaced the shed with the Bachmann model, which looks far better IMHO. The station end, which is where I've spent most of this winter! Still loads of detailing yet to do. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi Great looking Layout, YouTube was great to see to... Do you have a Layout Track Plan and the Size of the Layout...? Great Photos... Keep them coming though...! Regards Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeney Todd Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Stunning , keep the pictures coming . I was a member of the old RMweb site and don't remember seeing your layout , it looks fantastic . Shaun . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks for the comments. I don't have a track plan, its all in my head! The layout is 14'x11' in the loft, with an operating well in the centre. It started as a 4-track mainline with a fiddle-yard on the opposite side, but I got bored so added the depot. Then I fell into the classic trap of adding too much track, from which I had to withdraw! However I did install the upper frieght/dmu circuit with the other station - Ely Bridge - shoehorned into one corner. The opposite side is now BUTE WHARF STEELWORKS, next winter's project ... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 A few more pics KESTREL on the Down Fast (wrong headcode!) Depot shots Visiting preserved kettle ... I hope this gives the impression that the layout is great fun - because that's what I intended it to be - my motivation was to build, then crack open a beer and watch the trains go by. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Dave, . Progress is such - you must have TOO MUCH time on your hands. And that wasn't me getting out of the Mk.1 Cortina, my first 'company' car was an 850cc Mini, SKG966S ! (How sad is that ?) . Brian R. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hi Dave Great photos matey... They look really good... Love your KESTREL... Love the Bill Boards and all the other scenery to mate... and the Night scene...! Regards Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Dave, . Progress is such - you must have TOO MUCH time on your hands. Hello Bri, Some of us get on with it, rather than talk about it! D 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 I've had a few days to get some work done in the up corner. I've also built this overhead pipeline for the steelworks .... made out of 15mm copper pipe, scrap wood, pipe clips and Knightwing girders. Here it is in situ in the steelworks complex. I've also extended the baseboard to allow for a terrace of house overlooking a cutting, which looks much better in my opinion. The area above the tunnels is now to be used for the offices/stores for the steelworks. 37238 is exiting the steelworks complex in this shot. 50004 passes on an Up van train from Milford Haven. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Dave this looks wonderful. I remember having a lovely big roundy roundy that I built with my Dad as a kid. Although I don't have the space for something like this (or the money!) I love looking at other peoples, and I'm very jealous. Despite growing organically it's slowly getting more and more realistic and the steel works looks another great fun location. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks, James. I always wanted a chaotic roundy-roundy and this layout is the one I promised myself when I was much younger! As I say, it's not for the purists but MARSHFIELD has given me immense pleasure over the last 4 years. I'm looking forward to super-detailing the steelworks area, which is going to be a mass of pipework and associated buildings. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 ...The opposite side is now BUTE WHARF STEELWORKS, next winter's project ... Looking good - where did you get the buildings from? I can see a pikestuff shed building on the right side of the steelworks photo, are the buildings in the centre of the pic adapted from the Walthers Cement Works? Cheers Marc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Hello Marc The buildings are from the Walthers Ashland series ... quench tower and coke oven. Not cheap, but excellent quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpleymodeller Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Hi This is really a layout packed with detail and cameos,you could spend so much time looking at the pictures and taking in the scenes.The steelworks looks excellent! Regards Lewis 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 A bit of progress, this area christened 'Bute Tunnel'. Box-fresh 45053 on her running-in turn. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainsrgr8 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 wow! looks great fun to operate!! Danny 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hi, This layout looks amazing! I'll keep an eye on this one, keep up the good work! Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Love the layout, how big is it? like the 2 hights of track, im tempted to do that to keep non dcc stuff at higher level and dcc on lower, track plan would be good, depot looks spot on too, owen 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thanks for the comments - Owen, the layout is 14'x11' in the loft, with an operating well in the centre. The higher level line is actuallly in a figure of eight from the lower level Up Slow line. Trains pass over the crossover just before Bute Tunnel, ascend an incline along one side of the layout, traverse the upper level line to ELY BRIDGE HIGH LEVEL, pass to the left of BUTE TUNNEL as per the DMU in the previous picture, then descend to MARSHFIELD on the Up Slow again. One of these days I'll sort out a track plan, but it will have to be a sketch, I can't be doing with all this track-plan software,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 LOL ...... a sketch is about my limit too, thanks for reply and loving layout the more i see it, esp with western and falcon going around.I can only wish for 14x11, as only aloud half of loft space, cheers owen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Excellent layout, the Bute tunnel area looks superb especially the point work. Look forward to seeing the steel works. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 Thanks Grimley, having followed your progress that is a real compliment The aptly-named High Street now nearing completion. Track level view Looking from HIGH STREET towards ELY BRIDGE along the Causeway. 'Bill' Cookworthy about to pass under HIGH STREET. Hear that Sulzer splutter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Hello, wishing everyone on here the compliments of the season ... I've used the freezing weather as a chance to stay in and do a bit of work on my kit building backlog ... The first is this WILLS boiler house, which has a wealth of detail and took ages to finish. It's quite a complex little building. Here it is in situ in the PW yard, which has changed from being a dead space to my favourite part of the layout. I like the run-down decrepitude and industrial decay feel. Next job is the steelworks gate house. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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