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  1. Woebegone-by-sea
    Been busy for a while, and only just had oportunity to update the blog! So things are moving on fast, baseboards have progressed to the point where the land is built up to take the houses, and the road is laid, on one baseboard. The levels are built up using polystyrene, then plaster, later they will recieve plasticard edging to complete, then onto detailing.
     
    I have also been busy on the detailing of buildings. First the Aquarium/ shops, these have been completely painted and shutters have been added.
    signs are added and starts of display in the shop window have comenced.
    All complete now, with stairs in up to the aquarium and all shop windows / shop shelves filled. Ruber dingies hung up, Baskets with inflatables and and balls, aswell as beach balls hanging up with flags. I think I will also add an umbrella hanging from the roof. all of which i hope will add to the scene to create a general seaside souvenir shop.
     
    Terraced houses, As you may see some on the layout are metcalfe kit bashes, these where for the three story ones, but i wanted to have some two story standard houses, although I considered metcalfe I wanted something slightly smaller, having looked around to see what was about i decided to go with the terraced houses from skaledale, I could of potentially scratch built some but in order to save time i used the off the shelf resins, though i did decide to go with the unpainted ones, as (1) they were cheaper and (2) I wanted them in loads of different colours. So decided to buy a number of them and get painting, they are nice resins with lots of detail.
     
    The latest building completed is the tower fish and chip restaurant, this is adapted from an american kit and I think really does not look out of place in an english seaside resort. Due to the large windows it was necessary for me to add tables and chairs etc. the Tables are faller and the plates are created from Cotton bud sticks cut up thinly. I hope this works I thought it looked fine, hoping others agree. I will update again soon as will hopefully be doing the other baseboard to a similar level within the next few weeks.
     
    Joe
  2. Woebegone-by-sea
    80002 was still in service early 1967 so decided to purchase Bachmann's one and weather it, think it looks right
     

     
    Coaching stock will be a fair mish mash and so bought these from ebay, they are un marked so im unsure of the manufacturer but were cheap enough to attempt first weathering, decided to play with the roofs the one with the silver coming through is an effect i'd seen on one of bachmanns DMU's I liked it so attempted to re-create, Unfortunately i wasnt' even a twinkle in my parents eye (23 years old) so excuse if the details aren't bob on!
     

  3. Woebegone-by-sea
    Hello everyone,
    I havent posted on here before so this is all a bit new to me so excuse me if not all objects appear in the right places! last year I decided to design and construct a model railway and have always been attracted to the idea of running steam with BR blue stock, this limited me to a very tight time period of 1967-68. As a result I have put allot of research into the locos still exisiting in this period. My location is a small seaside town that is now suffering from a loss in buisness due to holidays abroad becoming very affordable, and the trend in seaside holidays droping off. The trade has dropped and only the regular holiday makers and holiday makers who travel by train return to the town each year.
     
    The layout is a exhibition layout and consists of a 6ft by 3ft scenic section split into two 3ft square boards and a fidle yard/ traverser behind the scenes, I decided on these sizes as im not keen on spliting of baseboards to much as i feel it detracts from the viewing pleasure.
     
    The baseboard is now complete and I will show you progress from here on and keep you up to date.
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