Gilbert

An early picture of the main road.

Bridges over the canal. The single "between the rails" Kadee uncoupling magnet will form part of the bridge.

and the second attempt at a planked crossing in the yard. #1 was too high.

Some pictures of scenery development.

and a trial fit for the 3mm ply fascia.

1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Is that the 77L Really Useful Christmas tree box?

Yes - the SMS boards are designed for the box - as endorsed by "our" very own Phil Parker in BRM....

If you get a working one its a nice loco. They are readily available so I expect Hattons will get you another if you want.

The return of same is not new. I had a DCC item from a well known supplier and had the same faulty one ( or an identical  used one that someone had soldered connections to in the same way I had) returned to me - and was then accused of lying. I don't use them anymore

Scenery coming together...I thought about adding a crane (based on Framlingham) but there was simply not enough space to fit it in sensibly

An image from the intensive "testing" phase....

I found a better picture of the loading gauge. Its being held in some tweezers in this picture.

Another signature W&U structure is the water tank at Wisbech. This model is about 3/4 size but looks the part. Strip wood base with Grandt Line NBW plastic parts and a styrene tank with Archer rivets.

and here's the yard office - prototypical W&U as modelled by Hornby and repainted by me. Signs by Scalescenes from one of their Hornby Magazine freebies.

Branchie - now that Model Junction have gone I've been using Mech Models for advance orders.

https://mech-models.com/

I think Gaugemaster are also Walther's agents so should be able to get stuff.

In HO I use Anoraks Anonymous and Contikits for pre-owned stock.

http://www.contikits.com/US N.htm

https://www.anoraksanonymous.net/

I think Rails of Sheffield are a Rapido dealer here.

Chris

I decided I wanted some signature structures and set about making a GER loading gauge. As usual photos were hard to come by until after I'd completed it...... I used some dimensions from an article in MRJ on a SR version plus some sketches from the photos I did find. It was soldered up from BH Code 75 rail.

Rule 1 being tested...

Ballast and roads in place. Masking the backscene could have gone better...

Fiddle yard and wagon storage - layout will be run from the front even at shows.

Lights fitted...Mark 1....some small changes were made later

A locomotive!

Track and ground cover painted and roads fitted.

Some pictures of the below board workings..

33 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

I have been looking at Petite Properties. They certainly take all the hard work out of scratch building. None of the dull measuring and marking out. Only downside I can see is that I have no use for them. 

I have thought though that a couple could be incorporated into the initial design of a layout as you have.

I've used them as background buildings previously and I think they work well.

28 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Inevitable question - what did you use for the wall covering(s)? Looks very good.

I'm not a great fan of printed finishes but I think the downloaded brickpapers from Scale scenes are very good. I used some of PP's own brickpaper on some of the buildings on Penmaenbach (Summer 2019) but while I've kept the wall finishes I've re-done the paper roofs with laser cut tiles painted and weathered.

I've built some arches for the next project but my personal jury is still out and I'm 99% certain to use a painted and weathered finish

The shops are MDF kits by Petite Properties - nice projects in their own right

The road bridge - DPM butchery

It lives....

so work on the joint went ahead

Next step was to plan the road and foam board pavement...to say everything was "selectively compressed" would be charitable. I had spent some time researching the Wisbech and Upwell and had a range of scenic elements I wanted to include. Rails in the roadway was one of them.

Track levels being tested. One point worth making is that I used Cobalt PMs with their right angle adapter and it was very tight fitting in their locations during the planning of the "water feature"...

Next steps....3mm cork down, bit of terrain made from ready mixed filler with a bit of paint added. I've also added the 3mm ply I use at baseboard joints to give a more consistent and stronger foundation for track joints. You can see in later photos the bit of board left in as a bridge has gone - levels didn't work out.