EnglishElectricFan

Hi Martyn Nice kits to build, more kit bashing. Theres some great pics online of model boats, I just need my harbour to dump them in ! Simon

Hi Martyn Love the water effect. How did you create the waves? Did you use the woodlands scenes ripple effect applied on top of the water base? Regards Simon

Station canopy now added.

Hi Simon Thanks for that, I will be following your thread with great interest. The layout looks superb, great piece of modelling. Regards Simon

Thanks for that, its been a massive help to my problem. I will try that when I get the harbourside board done. What thickness of cork sheet did you use? I will have to add the same to the harbour base , so the wall lines up with the hardstanding as the harbour walls are approx 30mm deep.

New addition. For the 60s period. But damage done. The lower section of one of the side bogie frames had snapped off. 1st time this has happened to a Heljan 26/27 in my possession (10 so far ). So it was out with the super glue and stick it back on to the frame. Then to strengthen it , I stuck a small piece of plastic over the join on the rear. It's not noticeable when viewed from the front. When dry it will be touched up with brake dust to blend in. Last photo of the bogie is the good side!

I might try this method for my siding on the Harbour, is it as easy as it looks ?

Just a word of warning to anyone who purchases a Dapol class 121/122 bubble car. The exhaust stacks on the end are very brittle as the are only plastic............I almost snapped one off unknowingly, but managed to glue it back onto the roof. If adding any buffer beam or detailing , take the body off !!! Lesson learned

Thanks Psiborg Its the Hattons limited edition one. I wanted this as it covers a large period, although they have added 'Thunderbird 1' near the cab ends, which was added towards the end of its operational career I think...................out with the rubbing compound ! Also the centre light is a late addition, so really as it is , is only suitable for mid 80s onwards at the moment. Simon

New additions at Newton Harbour

Quick update on the station building. The roof has had its 2nd coat of paint. The front guttering and barge boards have been painted in Caledonian blue ( it was the only blue I had. Looks ok weathered) and the gents toilet block roof has been added with frosted glazing.

I hope you dont blame me for that one Martyn !!! I wish I had the nerve to re-model the roof, but I'm afraid my skills fall well short on that front, so I will just weather it and paint the ploughs yellow, as I dont like them in black. My model was of D5317, so I may renumber to D5312 as this spent a lot of time around the Ayrshire coast. Recall seeing it in Blue at Carlisle around 1980 on a Glasgow-Carlisle service. I have a photo somewhere! Will try and get some more of the station done this weekend if I get time. Will be keeping an eye on your 26 project !

Couple more

And after a repaint

Just a few before and after shots of work in progress on new station building.

If anybody wishes to purchase this layout and the extra board please inbox me as I need the space for my new layout. The layout is mainly finished, but the wiring will need a bit of tlc and point motors adding. All the buildings on the main two boards come complete, all scratch built. The Parcel depot roof has sagged, and some of the coping stones have 'lifted'. But this should be a simple task just to stick down again in the areas needed. The roof should be ok with some strengthening underneath, again a relatively simple job. The layout will benefit from a good tidy up, and shouldnt be a problem to get up and running with little work. The layout is wired for DCC as I test my locos on it when fitting decoders. Again, a novice will probably re-wire the layout to their needs. The 'Y' point behind the factory is a new replaced item, and requires ballast adding to it. The small diorama extra board is unfinished and comes with the river scene and station platform. The layout comes with legs to enable a full set up as in the photographs. No decent offer refused, buyer to collect by appointment.

Hi Martyn Its the station building thats causing me problems. I had thought of using the Ratio GWR kit as this is a stone building. Once all the detailing and painting is done it may just scrape a pass as a Scottish station building. I think even the Caley used brown for its paint colour on its buildings, but I may be mistaken. I have built a lazer wood kit building, which has brick facia, but im far from happy with it. The idea of the fish auction is a good one, and as you say, rarely seen. If I can fit one in at the buffer stop end of the layout, just to the right of the cold store on the harbour wall as we look front on, I might just have a go at that one ! All this planning is taxing on the mind! I've just bought a BR green class 26/0 from Hattons as they are selling some at £61 each !!! (tempted?) I will post some photos of my 'N' gauge Ratio station building I am in the process of finishing at the moment. The 00 gauge one is slightly different, but they do make a decent model once painted and weathered. Cheers Simon

Just a couple of photos of a bit of a mock up of how one of the scenic boards may end up on the Harbour baseboard.

Thanks Martin Its been a very frustrating 3 months on the modelling front. My biggest headache at the moment is the station building. I have the Bachmann offering (the post war flat roof station) I was going to use on the original layout, but unsure as to how it will look on a smaller layout. I may need to have a good look around. I may post some photos of a few station buildings I have and see which comes across the best by the following public. Love the canal scene on your layout, fits in superbly where you have added the extra board.

The layout including the fiddle yard will be 10ft x 2ft. I have decided to go smaller, so I can actually get trains running and keep the layout out of the house in the conservatory. All buildings will be detachable so they wont deteriorate in the scarce hot weather which makes the conservatory seem like an oven ! Well thats it for now, off to build the 4 trestles for the baseboards.

I will be running 3 different time scales...........end of steam early diesels 1966-1969, Early 70s (class 24 and 29 with the 20s, 26 &27s) and BR blue/ Sector 1985-1991. The layout will have a harbour at the front (boats all ready to go). There will be a siding which will run between the harbour front and the old cold store, which will be used for storage of pallatised goods when the fish traffic stops! The station will be a simple single face with a run round loop. Also there will be a siding behind the cold store, with a small holding siding alonside. There will only be 4 points on the layout, as the station throat is beyond the overbridge which hides the fiddle yard. (turntable). The layout plan was taken from 'Roshven' from the book 'modelling British Rail'

Hi everyone. Its been a while since I posted, or did any modelling to be honest, as spare time is very minimal these days. I am going to have to put the (larger layout of Newton Harbour) layout to one side for the foreseable future as I need the space in the house at this moment in time. But do not despair, I am starting work on a smaller 'Newton Harbour' and will continue to use this thread for anybody who wishes to see the construction and building of it. I will upload a few photographs of the new layout to give an idea of what I want to achieve. Firstly I will be having a 4ft turntable fiddle similar to the 3ft N gauge one as shown.

Hi Martyn What a fantastic job on the Hotel...........stunning piece of modelling. It will look right at home on the the layout. Regards Simon

Pair of 40s whistling away.

Hi IanI'm going to replace the Backscenes as a you so rightly say, it's too modern. I have a dockside scene which will be used on this board and the next two boards. (Covers approx 10ft in length). I also have some Victorian warehouse fronts which I may place behind the warehouse so the top floors are just visable over the roof. Thanks for the comments.