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Many thanks indeed for the kind comment Simon - it was Graham Hedge's 'Hedges Hill Cutting' that inspired me to go n-gauge - and his Stoney Lane Depot just blows me away with the quality of the modelling. If I can get anywhere close to Graham's quality of modelling during my lifetime I will be very happy!!
Well it certainly looks like you have.
I like the sense of real location conveyed, the use of height (multiple levels and so on) that are so important in layout design to avoid a flat earth look and provide interest, and the way the railway fits 'in' the scene (rather than, as sadly all too often, the scenery fitting 'around' the railway as an afterthought).
GRAHAME.
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Very impressive layout.
Looks like it has the wow factor that N gauge can deliver but many layout builders fail to exploit.
I'm certainly keen to see more.
G.
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A few pics of the BR Blue class 26. One of the best running locos I have, not to mention its outstanding looks:
Patiently waiting for the release of bogie frame/ boiler water tank spares to do more variants of this crazy class of loco
Cheers
Lee
Super pics and a super layout.
Any other pics of it and details?
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...... it's beyond accolades.
Fabulous model making, super story telling and what will be a fantastic layout. And N gauge to boot.
It's got character, atmosphere, presence and period.
G.
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Hmmm, two months since the last post. It must be time for an update on this super layout.
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Probably just me, but is the face just slightly odd?
Possibly. Looks like the front panels outside of the cab windows to the edge/corners are too wide. To me anyway.
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Funny, but whenever someone mentions my 'toilets' I get a fusty smell in my nose
Sounds like you're getting flushed with success.
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I've successfully glued on air dams/valances and bogies side frames (in N gauge) using superglue (the type with rubber in to give a slightly flexible bond) and roughing up the joining surfaces with a file first. For additional strength pinning with a hole drilled through and length of wire or track pin with head cut off (as already suggested) does help.
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Excellent stuff - a lot better than just bog standard modelling.
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Whilst what Dave says about various colours on roofs being accurate, the difference is incredibly magnified in N Gauge, and I can see a lot of people (ala 43179 above) being upset at the mismatch.
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From the photos I've seen it's not massively significant. A bit of weathering and spraying with matt varnish will reduce any obvious diffference and tie them in all together as one train.
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None from Fullers yet.... or dare I saw..... Watneys, complete with teh red barrel over the sign!
Okay, here's a Fullers pub; based on the real Royal Standard in Croydon;
(from my old N gauge layout - Hedges Hill Cutting.)
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I'll raise you Balls Pond Road and Brick Lane (as was). I was born in Highbury
I can trump all those with Marylebone; where I was born. B)
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That looks very interesting and well advanced - are there any other pics of the layout that can be posted?
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I've got four pubs on my little layout - all based on real ones;
From Battersea and renamed the Plough after my village local
A model of the real Wheatsheaf in Boro Market.
The other two are more difficult to see and I've not got any decent snaps of them;
The Coronation Hall in Surbiton.
The Market Porter in Boro Market can just be seen last on the left under the bridges.
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It's certainly very impressive and a big undertaking, but it appears to be coming along very nicely and very quickly. Well done.
I'm hoping to get along on Saturday (after visiting the Redhill all N gauge exhibition first).
G.
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I'm up and waiting for my lift to hospital to have a catheter removed. Last week I was rushed in to hospital for emergency surgery and awoke from the anaesthetic fitted with a catheter; now it's coming out and not a minute too soon. Snag is I've got to spend the whole day there!!!
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Great development, great modelling, great layout. Thanks for sharing.
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What do you make of this?;
I'm just not sure...
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Has anyone fitted the latest finer profile (RP25 or better) backened N gauge wheels to a Union Mills loco? IMO it's those chunky shiny wheels that are probably the major let down on them.
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I find it interesting that for some people, the inspiring layouts have to be in their sphere of modelling interest. Not a critism, just an observation. To me great layouts transcend subject.
It wasn't until I'd finally decided on my selection that I noticed it was apparent that, unwittingly, I had made such a choice - it certainly wasn't a conscious decision. But then I guess that's the nature of 'inspiration'. If the question had been what do you consider are the greatest three layouts, or perhaps the most realistic ones, then my answers would be different.
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Just three? That's very difficult but after a lot of thought I've managed to come up with just three in no particular order - but they all offer consistency, atmosphere and realistic urban scenics and the scale/gauge I generally work in. They're all fairly old now but I guess that gives time for them to lodge in the memory. I've seen them all at exhibitions and featured in magazines so it's still possible to re-visit them to top up the inspiration. And I frequently do.
Copenhagen Fields (MRJ; #46 1991)
Brigenshaw (Practical Model Railways; March 1985)
Acton Main Line (RailModel Digest; preview issue 1995)
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I can appreiate those sentiments, even if they are rather derogatory towards many enthusiasts. The 'issue' is that I'd guess a large majority of model railway enthusiasts accept that they are playing (and hence with toys) and that outside of the modeling fraternity, the world at large and in general, considers that even the finest model is still just a 'toy'. It's only a matter of what you call them after all - nothing to get indignent about.
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