Andy Y Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 It's high time we started confirming the layouts that have got all of their info back to us and start showing the line-up as there's some great content. At this show the layouts share joint billing really with the demonstration zones as the balance is a little different and we'll be covering that in a few days. Thanks to all of the layout owners below who have offered their layouts to make it very much an RMweb centered event! Bleakhouse Road OO – Tim Maddocks A quiet spot down on the Somerset Levels is Tim’s setting for his first love, the S&DJR. The modelling of every feature on the layout is immaculate, the detail is captivating and everything runs just as it should. The finesse of the model shows just what can be achieved using OO standards but that doesn’t stop the levity with the occasional chance of seeing, normally late in the day, some mythical appearance of something entirely inappropriate such as a Garratt or a Blue Pullman becoming lost on the Levels. Cliffhanger 009 - John de Frayssinet Lodyzhensky Cliffhanger is one of the most scenically impressive layouts to be found at exhibitions depicting a ‘what if’ scenario for Lynton & Barnstaple country with the railway clinging to the side of the cliff amongst ancient oak woodland. The layout stands around six feet tall and features magnificent water effects and custom-built locos and rolling stock. Earls Court OO – Terry Tew Image courtesy of Chris Nevard / Model Rail If you think you haven’t got space to model a London terminus think again! Terry has captured the confined atmosphere of a secondary terminus with a combined Western region and London Midland feel in little more than four feet with some excellent buildings featuring loads of small detail. Within the layouts there’s small variations in level between the dairy headshunt and the platform roads which includes live rail stock from the LMR. Fourgig East O – Ian Mellors Ian Mellors will be known to many RMweb readers for his ‘Summat Colliery’ layout and previous RMweb events. Fourgig East is a contemporary heritage railway in ex-GWR country showing how O gauge can be achievable on a budget. The trackwork is hand-built from Marcway components; the hand-built signals are driven by MERG servo motor kits. The layout features a camping coach derived from an old Lima Mark 1 with a fully detailed interior. The locos and rolling stock have been cheaply sourced secondhand items with additional detailing proving that modelling can be fun rather than just buying boxes. Keep an eye out for ‘Ivor the Engine’! Kinlet Wharf N – Wyre Forest Model Railway Kinlet Wharf depicts a representative section of the West Coast Mainline in a contemporary guise. The overhead wiring and catenary is finely modelled and the canal sections in the foreground contribute to the plausible setting of this crowd-pleaser where there’s always something worth watching. Lochnagar OO – Mark Miller Lochnagar is a fictional fishing port branch-line terminus in North East Scotland. The Layout is based in the late 1970s and early 1980s ‘Blue’ era and features a mixture of passenger and freight operations that would have been typical of that location and time. Locos that can be seen operating on Lochnagar range from the station pilot class 08 Shunter through to locos typical of Scotland such as class 24s, 25s and 26s. Loughborough Road OO – Alan Paley Loughborough Road is a 1900 – 1930 ‘could have been’ Midland Railway terminus in the Nottingham suburb of West Bridgford with LNWR running powers giving rise to the appearance of MR, LNWR and LMS stock on the model. The 00 layout is a fiddle yard to terminus scheme built on a slight curve – there are lots of comments that there are no straight lines but the curved track disguises three straight baseboards joined at angles. The time period is 1900 to 1930 allowing the use of Midland, LNWR and LMS passenger and goods stock. Layout operation requires thought and planning – and the use of a station pilot – to shunt goods vehicles into and out of the limited goods yard. Stock and buildings are mainly kit bashed and are currently DC operated. Much Murkle OO – Nick Wood GWR BLTs may have had a reputation as an overdone cliché but they are still an inspiration for many fine layouts and Much Murkle is a great example of an operationally interesting layout built to a fine standard with accessible products. Much Murkle may sound similar to Much Marcle, the home of Westons Cider, and is indeed based near Ledbury with a cider factory which was a ‘must have’ on Nick’s layout. Look out for the variety of goods wagons prototypically sheeted. Orchard Road OO – Richard Slate Orchard Road TMD is a small shed based in Devon on former Southern Region lines depicting the years 1975-1983 when a decent variety of diesels could be found in the liveries they were meant to carry! A small maintenance shed and fuelling point are the focal point of the layout which was built to house an increasing collection of locos and a foray into the world of DCC. Ravensclyffe OO – Andi Dell This massive project based on the London Midland region around The Potteries is still work in progress but allows viewers to see the construction of a major layout with its split levels, reception sidings, disused station, electrified lines and a MGR loading facility at the mine. Look out for the operating barrier crossing! Ropley N – Tom Everitt Modelling a preserved railway rarely seems to be done well but this project replicating the yard and station at Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway includes some very fine modelling and appropriate use of stock to make an engaging model which is making its first appearance at RMweb Live. Torrington OO – Darren Rees Remarkably this was Darren’s first exhibition layout project and superbly captures Torrington station in its latter years which remarkable attention to detail whilst capturing the feel of the North Devon prototype. Darren’s weathering of locos and stock will be of interest to visitors. September 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the last running of the Atlantic Coast Express which was named by a Southern Railway guard who ended his days at Torrington. Vale of Oxbury N – Carl Wood Set in the Western Region, early 1960s, a freelance design inspired by the track layout at South Brent, Devon but located in Carl’s mind in the Wilts, Oxon / Berks area. There’s plenty of Swindon Work’s finest products from Kings to Westerns. Southern visitors are welcome from nearby as Carl has a soft spot for their locos as well. The layout is 12‘ by 4’ built on three boards from birch ply, supplied by Brilliant Baseboards, it is exhibited at an height of 4‘6” with code 55 Peco Track, DCC control throughout. Double track Main line, Branch line, small yard with Goods & Engine Shed with Turntable. Rail served Dairy. 8 track Fiddle Yard to store 16 trains. Last year Vale of Oxbury won the best layout title at the International N Gauge Show. Look out for some superbly weathered locos! Victoria Bridge N – Will Jarman This scenic model uses modern modelling techniques with a 3D printed model, designed by Will, of Victoria Bridge familiar to Severn Valley Railway passengers and walkers along the river south of Arley. This ‘minimum space’ model shows that a lot of creativity and satisfaction can be devoted to a couple of square feet! Widnes Vine Yard OO – Wirral Finescale Modellers Widnes Vine Yard demonstrates that the contemporary railway isn’t as boring as we may initially dismiss it with a wide variety of freight and passenger workings in this North-West ‘could have been’. As expected from this group of modellers the signalling and operation is of great interest. You’ll find one of the crew manning the computer at the end of the layout which allocates which train is to be brought through with the operators driving according to the signals and route set. Yard Shunter OO - Ray Norwood Ray’s 8’ x 2’ goods yard demonstrates the massive potential for a small home layout which can keep the interest going for many years with a track-plan that allows for the maximum operability within a relatively confined space. There’s hours of work taken with weathering the rolling stock and the scenic in addition to the C+L points and trackwork. The layout is DCC controlled for maximum flexibility in managing incoming and outgoing shunting. 03:24 08-08-1963 (The Great Train Robbery) O – Luton MRC A director of the National Railway Museum once commented that good modelling has a part to play in recording history in a way that cannot be done in the real world and so it is here with Luton MRC’s O gauge group depicting the events of the early morning just over 50 years ago when the high value packet carriage of the Glasgow to Euston onvernight mail train was robbed of £2.6m. The diorama tells the story of the night’s events in an educational form and does not glamourise the characters or events. The light and sound presentation takes place in a blackout gazebo to recreate the night-time scene and has already raised several hundred pounds for the Railway Benefit Fund which works to support ill or injured ex and serving railwaymen in recognition of the injuries received by the driver from the activities of the criminals. There's still more layouts to come once Ts and Is are crossed and dotted! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is BCB going to be there ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37038 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wow! That's some line-up already..... I'd be happy to go to an exhibition that just had those layouts on show! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is BCB going to be there ?? They were already booked for that date to be at Expo EM North . It would have been great if they could but none of us wanted to do anything which impacted elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Looks a great line up of layouts Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is the “floor” going to be open? ie. are barriers going to be erected in front of the layouts? (I really enjoyed the members day in Stafford which was open and informal.) Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is the “floor” going to be open? ie. are barriers going to be erected in front of the layouts? (I really enjoyed the members day in Stafford which was open and informal.) Kev. There has to be a practical balance on this Kev as there will be a lot more people, some layouts will have to have barriers at the request of the owners and some may choose not to. Is the “floor” going to be open? And just as an aside on this point there's going to be a rather interesting central area within the hall; very sociable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 ^ Understandable. Kev. (I am making every effort to attend.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Excellent selection there Mr York sir, should make a good show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is the “floor” going to be open? ie. are barriers going to be erected in front of the layouts? (I really enjoyed the members day in Stafford which was open and informal.) Kev. Barriers or not, if you want to come and have a go on Widnes you will be made most welcome - and given a controller. Edit : PS -this applies to anyone as several visitors to the York show will testify ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Barriers or not, if you want to come and have a go on Widnes you will be made most welcome - and given a controller. Edit : PS -this applies to anyone as several visitors to the York show will testify ! SPAD forms / forfeits will be issued as appropriate !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Fantastic - GTR is on my must-see list. Glad to see Darren's Moggy is back at Torrington. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Very good line up and I've managed to get the Saturday off to go. Any continental layouts being considered in the still to announce list or was it clashes with other shows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Any continental layouts being considered in the still to announce list ? Yup; awaiting some paperwork in a couple of cases or I may be off hunting something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 A smashing array of creative modelling in promise there! This all must be taking a heck of a lot of organising! ........I`m so looking forward to attending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 There is something I'm waiting confirmation on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Andy, what about the (admittedly smaller) narrow gauge crowds? Anything to cater for their needs? Cliffhanger is a start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 Lochnagar is a great layout I was part owner for a while and operated it several times looking forward to seeing this line up just got to escape from SWMBO as it's her Birthday weekend!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wow!....what a fantastic range of layouts! I'm defo looking forward to going this event particularly with the early bird ticket pricing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted May 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2014 What a line-up ! Really looking forward to coming up with Orchard Road ! Quite a selection from North Devon - Orchard Road, Yard Shunter and Torrington ! We must be doing something right !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryMeerkat Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 A fantastic selection of layouts already, I've not seen this event advertised so will have to see if I can get there! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Fantastic - GTR is on my must-see list. Glad to see Darren's Moggy is back at Torrington. Hi Sorry the Moggy is still missing, old photo, Good line up of layouts ....Going to be a good one.....Where my layout...work commence.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Excellent line up good work Andy, it's in my diary ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted May 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2014 I would offer Apa Park if you fall short? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Great selection, I'll have to see if I can come up. If you're short of layouts, I could bring A Small Yard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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