tigerburnie

Another new layout to me, some excellent work done, Aberdeen looks very different today now.

Leicestershire was criss-crossed with railways in the 1950's I can remember quite a few journeys, but sadly few on the GC as Blaby station was nearer to my home, I often used to travel home from school from Wigston on a steam hauled train, not a very exciting model layout though.

I'm not too happy with the bay platforms, modified Hornby stuff, I was down at the model shop near Dundee and a member of their modelling club put me right. Left the shop with a heap of balsa wood, so I'll scratch build new ones, all advice welcomed before I start.

Another thread I have only just found and had an enjoyable read going through it, some fine work done. I am about to build my station canopy, so I am watching your build with great interest.

Thanks Apollo, my first go at scratch building bridges.

This one doesn't look quite right, so will need modifying

Whilst waiting for parts to continue with the station, I made a start on the "countryside" area that was at the back of my parents place where I grew up, just north of Whestone station, I've begun with a low profile pedestrian bridge that will have a scenic screen to break the bend and fiddle yard from the area. This is not complete, will need weathering and will be fitted once the grass has been fixed on the cutting banks.

Only just found this topic, great work been done.

If I hadn't moved I would have paid a visit, Scotland is a lot further than Barton Under Needwood.

I might end up compromising on the canopies, but I will try making a section and see how it turns out, the Metcalfe isn't bad, but I'd need around 24 of them at £14 a pop, expensive was my first thought for something that is a compromise.

Thanks gents, I have two others to build, one a 13 arch viaduct, so I'll practice on these 2 first. I doubt I'll be buying a 3D printer though.

Whilst waiting for bits for the station, I've started building a couple of overbridges for the scenic "countryside", anyone got any tips? One is a pedestrian narrow one and the other was wide enough for the farmer to get his tractor over and was tarmacked, both in blue brick of course.

I travel from Arbroath on the train now and then, would loved to have visited in the days of steam, the ECML had some wonderful locos on it. Edit, I note the Round Britain is scheduled to come through the town in 2018, so I will pop down there with my camera.

Ya see you're all running the wrong railroad, the GC had visitors from all over the 'ockey............................................

Thanks, Fox do indeed supply the two etched headboards I require(South Yorkshireman and The Master Cutler)

Can I ask where you get the shed plates and train head boards made please?

I need to get the South Goods(read fiddle yard) built, not much rolling stock, but it is getting in the way. I also need to find something for the gates on the goods lift, even if I do bin this building for another one.

You could call it Hogwarts seeing as part of the line was used for the filming..............................................

I'm slowly working my way through the various threads on here and just stumbled onto this one. Firstly, I hope your move goes well and your health keeps to a manageable level, I'm waiting for some minor surgery and know all too well about the vagaries of potential long term health issues. Modeling, along with some light gardening and fishing keeps me out of mischief. Keep well.

I'm also starting to landscape the section of "countryside on the opposite side of the oval, 2 cuttings with over bridges one farm bridge under the track all to be scratch built, then a 13 arch viaduct leading into Whetstone station. This will all need to be ballasted, not sure do I do ballast then grass, or do I do grass first?

The joys of an evolving model railway, I have built the Metcalfe platform canopy as the image looked close to what I need for this station, however clearly it's not right. It will do nicely over the subway steps in the centre of the platform, but as I need 4 feet of it on either side of the platform and it should be on single legs, not double, scratch built here I come. I will try and source suitable lattice work as quite a lot of it is exposed over the central bays on the prototype, off scouring the t'internet, I may be gone some time(all suggestions greatfully accepted. The buildings are to be replaced, they were my first attempts at scratch building, first lesson learnt was buy the windows and doors first, then cut the buildings to suit, not the other way round. doh!

I'm late finding this thread, exceptional modelling.

Wishing you a full recovery, as I am proprietor of the Leicester station just east of you, I'm sure some specials may come your way(I can confirm Anzac was a regular visitor on GC metals)

Hi, that data base will be most useful, this moving of the shed code could be why I got confused then, my source is my old Ian Allen abc loco shed books and the one with these 4f's at 15E has the page with the date on it(the front cover) is missing, as is the first page which would have confirmed that Coalville changed from 15D to 15E(something I don't remember happening), I think this was the 1964 book. I shalln't be buying any more of them, so the existing one I have can be a guest from down the road.

This layout is still progressing slowly, trains are run several times a week, but not yet to any sort of timetable, just running in locos and sorting out teething problems as they appear. One was the gaps in the rails, I laid my track in the warmth of high summer(well as high as we get up here in NE Scotland), now we are getting close to freezing point, my track is shrinking in the cold(not the only thing lol). I have had to slide track in places as gaps up to a quarter of an inch(this is a steam layout, pre metrification)appear. No new rolling stock added as it's too near Christmas and Santa needs all the financial help he can get just now, but the station is progressing, bought a Metcalfe PO340 platform canopy yesterday to see if it looks acceptable, so that may get built whilst SWMBO watches "Strictly". The first part of the scenic side in the country on the opposite side of the oval is under way, lots of polystyrene packaging held in place with gaffer tape is slowly being covered with Modroc plaster roll. Photos to follow later.