Anotheran

Having not been doing anything at all on the model front for about six months, and coinciding with a move that has resulted in all the modelling stuff in boxes, and a garage full of those boxes and others, I have been inspired by this forum to get back to it, start a thread, and use it as one of the motivators to get things going. It's also here, of course, as a record for me of how I got to wherever I get! But it's not that simple. I'm actually going to start two threads! This one is where I hope that my primary (for now) Newcastle Emlyn layout will see the light of day. This will be a 9' x 2'3" (later 12' x 2'3") plus fiddle yard layout in OO. The second, though the first layout to be started, will be an 8' x 1' test plank layout that will allow me to test out ideas in the fields of electrics, track laying, and other scenics before using them on NE. So that's the plan. I'll kick this one off with a couple of topics outlining my requirements and why I've made some choices that I have made. Then get on with what I've got so far in the way of a plan. I should point out that this thread has come before I've cut any board, so it may be a while in the growing. But I'll welcome comment and suggestion as I'm going along. Index to the following pages giving page and post number: Requirements - Requirements - Detail: 1/2 - complete Planning - Planning - From original map: 1/3 - complete - Planning - Improvements: 1/4-6, 1/21, 2/26 - Planning - Engine shed extension: 1/9 - Planning - Compression details: 1/13 - complete - Planning - Mimic diagram: 6/133, 6/139 - Planning - Adding details: 6/134 History - History - Timeline: 3/58 - History - Newcastle Emlyn 1896/97: 16/387 - History - Timetables: 3/59 - History - Timetable charts: 6/135, 6/146, 8/187-192 - History - Could have been (broadgauge): 6/136-7, 7/171 - History - Coracle: 7/172 - History - Beer: 8/197-9/202 Prototype inspiration - Prototype inspiration - Bodmin visit: 2/42 - complete - Prototype inspiration - Videos - B&R 94 - Steam North of Swansea: 1/7 Rolling Stock - Rolling stock (Locomotives) - Locomotive roster, by year: 16/380 - Rolling stock (Locomotives) - Cader Idris (from L&Y 2-4-2): 3/70, 4/91 - Rolling stock (Locomotives) - Class 517: 4/82, 5/110-11 - Rolling stock (Passenger) - Coaching stock - initial thoughts: 4/95-5/105 - Rolling stock (Goods) - BR 22-ton tube wagon PD kit: 11/269 - Rolling stock (Goods) - BR 16-ton mineral (riveted) PD kit: 11/270 - Rolling stock (Goods) - GWR Mink D PD kit: 11/270 - Rolling stock (Goods) - TPO traffic: 7/161-2 - Rolling stock (Goods) - GWR Python A PD kit: 9/203-220, 225, 231, 11/253, 260-1 - complete - Rolling stock (Goods) - BR 16-ton mineral PD kit: 9/224-5, 10/228-38, 11/258-9 - complete - Rolling stock (Goods) - Cambrian Railways 2-plank (Cambrian kit): 16/387 - Rolling stock (Goods) - V6 Iron MINK (Ratio kit): 16/387-99 - Rolling stock (Goods) - 1886 TOAD: 16/387-9 Buildings - Buildings - Main station building: 14/327-15/359 - design - Buildings - Engine shed - Design in Silhouette Studio: 15/360-372 - Buildings - Engine shed - Cutting: 15/372-16/378, 16/383 Scenic work - Scenics - trees - Woodland Scenic start: 2/35 - Scenics - multi-era - Replacable people: 8/185-6 - Signals - Signal diagram details: 5/121-6/130 People - People - Dylan Thomas' grandfather: 6/142-4 - People - A C Stadden figures: 6/145, 7/164-170

Seeing shots such as those really open up the challenge of model railways. As so many people point out, the railway is a relatively small thing that passes through the landscape, which is a hard effect to achieve in any but the smallest scales, or largest of layout rooms. But inspiring shots of some real landscapes (with the odd train here and there) nonetheless. Thanks for those Andy.

Small world! My parents live top right near Baswich church while I am sadly not in the pic being off top left... in Doxey!

Really useful videos Andy. I'm now looking forward to playing with photos of my modelling as much as the modelling itself! Please ignore my "funny" remark... the peril of using a touch screen with the funny button right next to "informative"! btw... nice shot of the Radford by the canal on your desktop... I came along the line in the picture from London to Stafford only this morning! Regards, Neil

One of my shots has almost a whole window visible! Having seen the cottages come together on the thread it is a shame they're so hidden. Maybe the canal water under the bridge should be incredibly still... almost mirror like... maybe even a mirror... so you can see the lower part upside down from there. I was disappointed when I got home to find that the shot I'd taken of the box at an angle was out of focus. So I'll try to do better at Peterborough.

Was very pleased to see BCB in the flesh for the first time. Took a few photos. Sadly the presentation on layout photography was cancelled due to ill health... so I had to make do with my own ideas on how to do it! Some of them aren't particularly good pictures (I had to include the one of the bloke sat in the office!) but I think they catch the atmosphere. Just wish I'd managed to catch the layout when some of the proper (steam) locos were running on it that have been pictured by others rather than these nasty blue boxes on wheels! Looking forward to Peterborough now!

Looks great to me and I look forward to seeing it at Ally Pally tomorrow!

I must say that the colouring is fantastic. Well, it's actually quite nasty, which is why it's fantastic as it's realistic. As Mikkel says above, it's inspirational as I have to admit I probably wouldn't have dared go that wild with colours until seeing how effective it is. Great piece of work.

It wasn't actually quite so messed up as far as bonds go as I thought!

I may be far too late as you may have finished by now but after a family berievement and a bout of illness I'm back to (almost) answer your request. The below is as much that I can identify of the left hand side and front of the building (the right hand side is the same bonds from the front right wrapped around the corner as far as I can see. The white bits are areas that I can't make out for sure in the photographs, but I believe they are also Flemish stretcher bond, which would fit with the rest. I've split the frontage in two (I'm sure you'd have worked that out!) and I know that the horizontal to vertical scale (along with just about every other dimensional scale you can find) is way out. I've also missed off the slope of the ground. Hope that it does help and isn't far too late! Regards, Neil

Bits are English bond, but it's more complex than that. If you look at the wall to the left of the bay you see 3 rows of stretchers separated by a row of alternating stretcher and header. If that 4 row was just headers it would be English Garden Wall bond, but with the alternates I don't know what it's called!

Thanks Damian. I'm more of a wires person myself, but having seen the detailed step by step approach (and fantastic workmanship) on this thread (only brought to my attention by this month's BRM) I've decided to give the baseboards a go myself following this approach completely rather than part with more cash to get someone else to do them for me!

Looks really good, though I too am looking forward to seeing the curved one. What are the fascia boards actually glued to? I only see the PS, or are there some ply "tabs" in there or something like that that gives the fascia a harder link to the boards?

Would very much like to see station signage for the Big Four (1923-1947) in the same way that you already have the post 1947 regional signs. My personal wish is for LMS, but I'm sure that the other three would also be in demand. I guess these would actually just be additional textures for R001a.