sulzer27jd Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 What started off as a trial of the C&L laser cut point kits, has kind of developed into:Claterinbrigg, located on a Great North of Scotland Railway branch line to the coastal villages in Moray.Traffic is light and consists of a local passenger service. Seen here heading towards the branch terminus;The ex Caledonian 2P 0-4-4T has been relocated to "foreign" metals and is in charge of the shuttle from terminus to the branch junction, just a few miles away.It is seen returning with a working to the junction;Freight services are normally in the hands of LNER locos displaced from other duties, but today more modern power is in use. Sulzer type 2 D5095 shunts the small yard;A tranquil moment. Well, actually that's most of the time!The freight service works into the terminus before running directly back to the junction. Fish vans head up the traffic for Aberdeen;A view showing most of the layout, from the fiddle yard entrance;And an overall view. The layout is 5'4" x 20";Hope you enjoyJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasp Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Nice to see more Scottish railways in P4 Looking good, keep the pics coming Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 A very well observed and crafted model there! Any plans to a.extend it? b.exhibit it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 A very well observed and crafted model there! Any plans to a.extend it? b.exhibit it? Thanks for the +ve comments. a. No plan to extend b. Not many exhibitions round these parts J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Localish model then! Super work on the station building-too large for the limited traffic on offer. Would you care to elaborate the prototype upon which it's based and your construction methods, please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks Martin. The station is typical of the GNSR stone built stations much used throughout their territory. A number still exist, including Dufftown as pert of the Keith & Dufftown Railway. Stonework uses local stone and rubble infill, all of which is built with mortar joints that are rubbed flush to prevent frost damage, its a bit agricultural in appearance. I have tried to represent this with paint, in various shades mixed with talc. It could probably do with weathering down a little but gives the flush finish. The timber central section would originally have been an open seating area, but these were quickly filled in as a defence against the weather. As for size, it is not dissimilar to Nethybridge which had a similar layout. I am working on the level crossing gates, again the same as Nethybridge. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Updates awaited with anticipation, and hopefully more images too....Superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham R Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks for posting these photos. The station building looks very nice - immediate GNS street-cred! - and, even more, the whin bushes give a great sense of place. How did you tackle them? Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted July 8, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2012 Some lovely modelling, and most atmospheric. I'm unfamiliar with the GNSR, so I'm looking forward to learning more about it. Many thanks, Dave.T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 This is very nice. Are the yellow bushes meant to represent gorse? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Just found this one, thanks Pennine for the tip-off! Absolutely fantastic, suitably minimalist, lovely Moray atmosphere, I can smell the gorse and feel midges in the clear air, I'm hooked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Russ (mines a pint) Posted July 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2012 Brilliant, just my sort of thing, building looks quite similar to the one on the Speyside Way at Blacksboat, and love the simple trackplan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheeltapper&shunter Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ......and how was the trial? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 ......and how was the trial? Reasonably successful thanks. And thanks to all for the +ve comments above. One thing to be aware of is that the pre-cut timbers as they are laid out do not match the C&L paper templates. The baseboard I used had a very light top surface onto which another layer of ply was added where the tracks ran. I set these using the paper templates and as a result there is a minor kink in the approach to the yard to accommodate the difference. I got away with it because of the simple plan but if you did this at a complex junction it could cause chaos. In terms of construction the stronger solvent supplied gives a good hold (relatively quickly), but it is still possible to lift and adjust (as I had to do re above) without destroying either the chair or the sleeper. I also bought the timber sleepers from C&L for the plain track and these include the slightly wider timbers for track panel joints, although the thinner timbers do seem to be on the small side. They may well be correct but there is little tolerance for accommodating a chair onto a slightly mis-aligned sleeper. Would I use them again? For simple trackwork, Yes J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Very nice, but I like your blue stuff thrashing up the mainline better. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 Claterinbrigg had its first outing at exhibition this weekend when I attended Aberdeen MRC. Their kind invitation allowed the Grampian S4 Group an outing on home turf and of course a GNSR prototype was right at home. It had been intended to run in the BR Green diesel period but the ignominious failure of a Heljan class 26 rather upset those plans. However a good weekend was had by all. The small band of the GS4 Group actually contains few modellers of local prototypes and as we were also demonstrating the existence of P4 souls in the NE, some fun was had running a variety of stock. An ex Caley 0-4-4T works the local passenger The exMR 4F were not common in the NE of the country, but a 2P did run about in LMS livery into at least 1951. So mixing our metaphors I was running a 4F in LMS livery. [On a selection of MR PO wagons from a previous project!] Another tenuous link, was this use of a J72 And normal service is resumed with local Sulzer D5095. One visitor noted the loco and remembered it running regularly to Fraserburgh and Peterhead. Being a definite backwater, this is much more in keeping with the setting. Rather pleasingly the likeness between the model and its inspiration was noted by a number of visitors. One recalled using the station and another couple discussed where it had been located, even with the written information telling them it was a fictitious location.All in all a very pleasant weekend. Thanks to Aberdeen MRC for the invite and to the GS4 Group for their help.j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rannoch Moor Posted November 7, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2012 John, Fabulous stuff and despite enjoying your mainline adventures past Balbeggie Sidings, I'm glad that you've been tempted back to P4 for a while at least. Will we see an A2 sneaking in now you've also turned the clock back 20 years? Cheers Gus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Keep those images coming! Superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Here are a few more pics taken at the Aberdeen exhibition; We were showing a variety of P4 stock, so this scene has bits from a previous ex MR project of mine. Like some aged rock band they are reformed for the first time in 20 years! Fellow Grampian P4 modeller Tony Wickes used the occasion to show us how locomotives should run. Here his GWR 2600 class Aberdare 2673 leads a short passenger train; More typical local fare, with a Sulzer type 2 leading a short freight; And this shows the size of the layout with an overall view; Many thanks for the positive feedback - much appreciated John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 John, speaking as one who plans/models terminii, it's refershing to see a wayside through station convincingly modelled in 4mm Finescale, not as simple as you think, but you have captured it well. This should hopefully inspire others to dip their toes in the water and take the plunge themselves-with a little stock and a lot of determination! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletank Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Wow, I was beginning to wonder if anyone on here had any interest in our corner of the world! This looks really good, I've looked at loads of old OS maps of stations in the area and this follows the local pattern very well. If I hadn't been working away, I would have gone along to that exhibition for some much needed inspiration! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Wandering gently through GNSR territory is this ex Caledonian 2P John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 As a follow-up to Claterinbrigg I have a more extensive home based project underway. Here is one of my fleet from Balbeggie Sidings posed as if waiting for the Down Starter. GNSR area again, details are uncertain as I am making it up as i go along. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Hello John, This layout is/was an absolute stunner, I love it! I'm guessing you are now doing P4 in the loft? Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Yes John, give us an update! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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