petejones

I switched the shed/turntable.

Yes it probably should.

Oh yes! I was looking at modelling Cardigan earlier this year and drew up a track plan, but the layout is awkward as it's on a huge curve (see below). I think it would look good in the corner of a room, or more like along two walls either side of a corner. The plan I drew up for Newport is a hodge-podge of Cardigan, Boncath and Newcastle Emlyn really.

Thanks for the suggestions. Perhaps I can make this board longer - 300cm rather than 240cm. Good idea about the fish traffic. I will change the shape of the cattle dock - I just used the one I built for the other station - having two identical ones wouldn't look great. I added the bay road to cater for increased passenger traffic during the summer months, as it's a holiday destination and would have been a useful source of revenue back then?

I just created these two plans which were taken from the original circuit layout from a couple of months back - just straightened out, changed the track to streamline and that was about it. The third plan is my first take on the terminus at Newport. Penygroes Halt Eglwyswrw Station & Goods Yard Newport Terminus

Starting to think about how the rest of the proposed layout fits in with this board. I have no idea what room size/shape I will end up with, so with that in mind, a modular approach seems like the best bet. If I keep the single track branch line entry/exit points the same on each board, I can swap and change the modules round as I see fit, with the obvious exceptions being the two ends - one is Whitland Shed, the other will be Newport Terminus. I have said before that I would like a round-the-room layout, but that doesn't mean continuous run - an end-to-end layout will be fine, even if the one end of the layout ends up being near the other! So, with the modular baseboards being 240cm x 44cm, I can think of six potential boards: Whitland Shed (work in progress) Crymmych Junction (where the new branch line breaks from the line just after Crymmych Arms) Penygroes Halt Eglwyswrw Station & Goods Yard Hilltop Farm (Rural scene with farm backing onto line) Newport Terminus They can be arranged end-to-end or in a rectangle if I build some smaller corner modules to curve the track round 90°.

Managed to make a start on track laying this evening: printed out the track plan, stuck it together, then laid out the turnouts and track: The only issue I found was I had one turnout (the one that's missing on the right-hand side) over a baseboard strut (forgot about that when I was playing around with the plan this week). The easiest solution was to change the turnout from a medium radius to a small radius.

Just purchased three brass loco number plates from Coastline Models. All the locos were stationed at Whitland shed in 1938 and two of them were definitely used on the Cardi-Bach as I have pictures of them (4506 & 4576); the other was probably used (5513). Class 4500 2-6-2T Small Prairie 4573 BR Black (Weathered) - Will possibly repaint in GWR green and renumber as 4506 Class 4575 2-6-2T Small Prairie 4592 BR Black (Weathered) - Will possibly repaint in GWR green and renumber as 4576 Class 4575 2-6-2T Small Prairie 5532 BR Lined Green Late Crest - Will weather and renumber as 5513

This map shows the proposed route, dated 1881. Right over the hills!

If I was to rotate the layout 180°, the back scene could show the station area - not seen that done before.

Open land apart from at the left-hand side where there were a couple of house ends:

I just found some loco, coach and wagon symbols in AnyRail, so to give an idea how this looks with a few on the layout:

Just some minor tidying up:

Regarding the above track plan, do you think I have too many tracks for the depth of the board (44cm)? I don't mind it being compressed, but don't want it to appear unrealistic.

According to the photos I've accumulated, these are the loco numbers that correspond to the 4575 and where they were photographed. I assumed the following locos were 4575s based on the number ranges 4575-4599 and 5500-5574: 4575, Cardigan 4576, Cardigan 4558, Cardigan & Glogue 4559, Stationed at Whitland 5520, Cardigan, Llanglydwen & Crymych 5546, Llanglydwen 5549, Cardigan, Llanglydwen & Kilgerran 5550, Cardigan & Login 5571 (Price, p.54)

Quite a few were used according to my sources. Will check again.

Been busy with other projects for the past couple of months, but am going to start the track laying this week all being well. The long dark evenings certainly help. However, I don't think I'm going ahead with the circuit part of the layout as I really need the space for something else. So, the part of the layout that was going to be the scenic fiddle yard will now be the layout, with a view to extending from the right-hand side to a round-the-room layout (much) later on. I did modify the track plan a little and it will now be known as Whitland Shed:

I've been busy with other stuff for a while, but will be getting on with laying track and putting the turntable in place soon, so will let you know how it goes (and post some pics).

Found out that the 16xx wasn't used on the Cardigan branch until the 1950s, so I cancelled the order. My shed now has the following locos: Class 4500 2-6-2T Small Prairie 4573 BR Black (Weathered) - Will possibly repaint in GWR green and renumber as 4556 Class 4575 2-6-2T Small Prairie 4592 BR Black (Weathered) - Will possibly repaint in GWR green and renumber as 4579 Class 4575 2-6-2T Small Prairie 5532 BR Lined Green Late Crest - Will weather and renumber as 5568 Class 6400 0-6-0PT 6419 BR Lined Green Late (Weathered) - This wasn't used at Whitland/Cardigan, so I will look to replace it with a GWR 850 Class 0-6-0PT.

Slow progress this past few days as I had to wait for some stuff to arrive in the post (longer drill bit and longer M8 bolts), but I just fitted the two baseboards together using pattern makers dowels and M6 bolts with wing nuts. I won't over-excite you with a picture I did make a couple of purchases this evening on ebay: two more Prairie locos, which I hope to renumber one day, so I now have three, plus a 64xx (unauthorised for the line, but I have one anyway) and there is a 16xx on order (when Kernow finally get to release it). Here's one of the Prairies - nice and weathered:

Excellent photos, thanks

I finished making the cattle dock this evening, which to be honest, was a long and tedious job. This is two Ratio kits fitted together, but just using a single ramp. The only other thing I would like to do is fill in all the tiny holes on the posts that are visible at the ends.

I remade the planking and added the same down the centre, rather than use sand:

And with the plasticard wooden planking along the edges and sand down the centre. I need to neaten up the ends of the planking - not quite the right curvature yet:

I've been adapting Peco's HOm turntable to OO Gauge for this layout: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/147006-adapting-peco-hom-turntable-to-oo-gauge/