Popular Post Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted October 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) I did have a 8*6 00 gauge layout in the garage in my old house but it had to be dismantled when we moved. Now my little boy who is 4 and I have a attic layout that is a fictional present day layout based in the north west of England. The layout is DCC but at the moment the point work is all manually operated as my little boy likes to be "the signal man" but is also a free lance driver who DB Schenker, Freightliner, Colas, Virgin and Northern Rail all hire in. I don't know whether to go down the route of point motors yet. Not a thing is glued in place yet. I think the track work will stay as it is though, of course it will be ballasted but not sure which technique to use yet. If you care to scroll down you will see it is far from finished and is no where near as good as some of the other layouts on this website. But hey ho, it's only a bit of fun and something to keep us occupied! This is the overall layout. A couple of views of the station that is a crude attempt of something along the lines of the station buildings of Wigan North Western that I have made myself uisng Metcalfe building material card and spare parts from other kits. The station is served by northern rail class 150's and Virgin Pendolino services. It is also a freight hotspot for coal, intermodal, stone and engineers trains. The station however is 4 tracks straight through, missing the 2 bays that Wigan has because I do not have the room really. A freightliner Class 66 hammers through the station on an intermodal working. The station, like Wigan is above street level with some shops under the arches. They are Metcalfe card viaduct kits and Metcalfe shop fronts that I have cut and adapted or made myself using spare parts from other Metcalfe kits. This is the high street view, again Metcalfe card viaduct kits and Metcalfe shop fronts that I have cut and adapted or made myself using spare parts from other Metcalfe kits plus a couple of Metcalfe high street shop kits. A terraced house street scene on the outskirts of the town. Typically of North West England towns there are plenty of old mills that now serve purposes for more modern businesses. I am thinking of attempting a Wigan Pier type scene with these buildings with a canal but I am certainly no modelling expert but will attempt it and see what it ends up like. A Colas Rail class 66 is stabled in what will be the old quarry working sidings. The Metcalfe signal box, along with other buildings I have was salvaged from my old 8*6 layout that was dismantled. The signal man must be on a good wage, look at his car parked up. Old quarry working sidings This is the approach to the station and will be hopefully a nice rural area featuring some semi detached houses, a farm, church and village school which are currently in no particular position. A EWS livered class 60 comes out of the tunnel approaching the station light engine. This is a Hornby Class 60 DCC sound on board. NOTHING IS GLUED DOWN YET AND BUILDING POSITIONS/ARRANGEMENTS COULD CHANGE DAILY! More old mill type buildings Going to have a coal facility where Freightliner have the contract to move the black gold. Usually class 70 hauled although 66's have been seen in charge of the train! Freightliner also have the contract for intermodal trains. Freightliner class 66's, 70's and the occasional Colas Rail class 66 has been hired in to work these trains! This will hopefully be the container yard to the left of the siding with stacks of containers and a couple of HGV wagons. I will try to make the container yard concreted! This is going to be a very slow process as I do not get much time to get up there to do some work on the layout. Edited May 15, 2020 by Powerhaul 70 Pey Layout ended 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovetrains6 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 This looks like its going to be an amazing layout I will follow with lots of interest Johan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigancg Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 A very interesting layout here with some inspiration and ideas taken from familiar places! Enjoy building and running trains...and I'll follow with interest. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted October 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2015 You are a very brave man letting a 4 year old operate the points. My son only ever wanted to set points for a collision. Apparently its more fun if the trains crash. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Looks realy good!! wil follow this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Looks good to me, nice layout David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thank you everyone for the kind feedback and viewings so far. Quickly tried my little boys birthday present tonight to make sure it works for when he is 5 years old on 22nd October! A Hornby TTS sound Flying scotsman. We can do some steam charter trains with this and I am sure he will love the playfactor with the various sound functions. Here's two businesses under the railway arches below the station with a Wigan/North West twist Every north west town needs a good pie shop! North Western Garage is a good place to take the motor! I am going to move the station so it is on your right as you drive under the railway bridge. I am going to set it back slightly so that there will be a bus stop and a drop-off car park in front. Bachmann do two nice little accessory kits that I will buy for Station signage and a modernization pack that will improve the image of this area . Here is a couple of views of the station. Like I say it's very slow progress and nothing is glued down yet! Thanks for looking! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovetrains6 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Like the flying Scotsman and the idea of the bus stop Johan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Managed to do some paving for the station which is unfinished and placed some tarmac sheets under it to see what it will look like. Also made a wooden frame which will be a raised section featuring a rural scene of some semi detached houses, a church, the village school and a farm. It's quite a challenge to fit everything in the room I have, I feel I have to use all the buildings I salvaged from my old 8*6 layout plus the new buildings I have bought for my ideas for this layout. Technically I know that you wouldn't have a railway tunnel under your semi detached house but It's just purely the fact I want as many features as possible in the space I have. Below is a few photos of the buildings arranged on some card cut to the shape of the wooden frame. A view of the tunnel My little boy liked his birthday present, a Hornby Flying Scotsman with TTS sound. We take it in turns being signal man and driver . . . . no wonder I can't get any modelling done! Here's a move that took place on Sunday 25th October with Flying Scotsman passing through our station with two coaches to Carnforth Steam Town! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamfurlongtmd Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 hi like the front of the station was looking at the photos thinking seen that station before then penny dropped lol Wigan you need some taxis on the front like my yellow one 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katwigan Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi, it's good to see the young un with his high viz vest on, can't be too careful when in charge eh? Even better,inspiration from Wigan, I thought the same as Bamfur. re the familiarity, off to a good start here. I'll be keeping an eye on progress. Here am I in South Aust. about to put pen to paper ( so to speak ) regarding my under construction model of Wigan Wallgate and find half the town is on the Forum. Kevan (ex- pagefield st ) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grob1234 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 This is awesome. Brings back many happy memories of building my first layout with my dad. I remember getting Sir Nigel Gresley in LNER garter blue for Christmas and I was so pleased with it. I still have that loco. My passion for model railways is now stronger than ever, and my desire to create an LNER layout is particularly strong! Looks like your lad really enjoys it too. Keep up the good work. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 This a great thread and fantastic to see the young bloke enjoying trains, only difference between he and I is about 65 years and hair !! Rgds........Mike 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Love the hi vis, is that the modern equivalent if the cap, whistle and flag I got for Xmas when I was about 6 years old ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 looking good. nice work on the station Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovetrains6 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Station looking nice Johan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Any new updates!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 During the evening this week I have been experimenting with making some rock faces which will go in between the tunnel entrance where there are two mainline tracks and one siding and two quarry sidings on the other side. Made this rock face with some cardboard and some mod rock plaster then painted with acrylic paints. Maybe it would look better if I were to apply some green scatter, lichen and stone where I have painted it brown! I am not sure if I am happy with the length/height of the faces nor the colour when I placed it next to the track this morning. I think I will have another try, maybe experimenting with car body filler. A Virgin Pendolino service calls at our station this morning with a train bound for London Euston. A Freightliner Class 70 70006 hammers through the station with a rake of empty coal hoppers. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Rock face looks realy good Peter... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 I have been experimenting making rock faces with cardboard cut erratically and glued together then a thin layer of polyfiller over the top of the card, then painted. Then quickly added a bit of scatter and lichen to see what it looks like. I think I prefer this method to my original method of card, newspaper and modrock seen in the photos on my last post. Bought some coal for the Freightliner hoppers which i sprinked into the hoppers on top of the black sponge in the photo after cutting to size to fit inside each compartment. This is to keep the weight down. I have moved the wagon loading tower to the quarry area rather than using this for the coal terminal. The coal terminal will be a raised concrete yard above track level and the coal will be loaded by CAT wheel loaders. The rock faces will be in this area going back to the tunnel entrance A Colas Rail class 66 slowly passes under the tower, each hopper filled with stone from the quarry. I have also been working on the station and high street section after getting home from work and the kids have gone to bed so I will post some photos next time. Thanks for looking! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 More very nice photos of this modern layout... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snofi Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Rock faces are good! Will have to have a look at replicating your method 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 So here is my new attempt on rock faces. 2mm card base and the card board boxes cut and glued in layers with erratic shapes glued in various places. Then a layer of Asda polyfiller over the top of the card. Then a quick base coat of brown which i did consider keeping! Anyway, I decided to apply some grey topcoat as planned. Also applied some lichen, some scatter and stone. Here's how it turned out. What to you think? This is the old quarry face workings and the two track quarry sidings. This is the other side of the old quarry workings, a rocky cut-out which will sweep right into a tunnel. As you can see, half of this is is finished and half is still at the polyfiller stage. A project for this week is to fill in between the two faces, maybe with mod-rock and scatter but having browsed other layout posts on this forum for inspiration a lot of people use hanging basket liner. Is this used as-is or has anyone used this on their layout and have any scenic technique tips for me please? A Freightliner Class 66 shatters the peace on the station with a rake of empty container flats. Then arrives at what will be hopefully a small container yard. Thanks for looking once again! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 When I popped into B and Q at the weekend for some timber for a couple of extra legs to support the layout baseboards I saw this cloud wallpaper that could potentially look quite good as a back scene in places on my layout. So I grabbed a bit of the tester roll as it was £17 a roll if i remember righty. I think it looks pretty good though. Here it is behind the quarry rock faces I made which still are not finished and I forgot to look for some hanging basket liner to experiment with. Saves trying to paint clouds badly!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted November 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2015 Couldn't agree more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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