Hunslet 102 Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Great video,love the loose coupled freight,a time period long since lost but well worth remembering.The painted backscene looks terrific. Quote
Riversuir226 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Patrick, love the layout so far really atmospheric with hints of activity around the station but not over stating them. As for station names id say use the rural nature of the area to your advantage something road with hints of a village near by although if you wanted to stick by the sea, ardmore, grange and ring are the only villages up there. Will definetly be keeping an eye out when travelling that way later on today for other names. Keep up the good work Quote
Riversuir226 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Then again there could be an inland route villierstown, aglish and clashmore Quote
heirflick Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 beautiful scene with the goods passing over the viaduct! Quote
patrick Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 In a burst of activity in the last week the benchwork, trackwork, wiring and valance for the layout was completed. A number of things were changed from the original plan. A fiddle yard was substituted for the planned traverser which I was never too keen on in the first place. The original plan for the station on the west end of the railway (which will be called Grange, the second station name has yet to be decided on) was for a single platform and one siding. I was never happy about this arrangement since most if not all such small stations were closed by the mid sixties. There was enough room for a passing track, long enough for a four coach train, and goods siding provided a traverser was used, but after mocking up this arrangement on the baseboard the station appeared cramped and I wanted to maintain the spacious feeling of the rest of the railway. The solution I came up with was to have the main line and passing loop disappear under a road bridge directly into a fiddle yard giving the impression that the station is longer than it actually is, and I didn't have to build a traverser. A second controller was also wired up. This is an Aristo Craft Basic Train Engineer. It consists of a device which is wired up between a 12 volt DC transformer and the track and a radio control throttle allowing cordless walk around control. Quote
patrick Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Oops, lost the photos on the previous post! Quote
BosKonay Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Sounds like huge progress Patrick! Photos please!! Quote
scahalane Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Shaping up nicely, love that era as well. Any chance of seeing a close up of that signal box, is it scratch built? Quote
krose Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Well done Patrick, the viaduct looks great Quote
patrick Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 A few photos of the signal box as requested. It is a modified Dapol kit, my first ever attempt at structure building. It's a little rough, but serves as a stand in for now. Quote
scahalane Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks for that Patrick, you did a great job on her, reminded me a bit of the Cork signal box if it was stretched a bit. Quote
RedRich Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Patrick I always say start as you mean to go on, and that's a great start for your first attempt. Rich, Quote
patrick Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks for the encourageing comments. I started the signal box about nine months ago and set it aside when the layout got started. Now I'm encouraged to finish it! Quote
Mayner Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Extending the crossing loop under the bridge into the fiddle yard is a great idea saves a set of points and more importantly space, the whole railway iss looking pretty good. Quote
patrick Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 I started putting in some scenery today. The landforms are built using strips of corrugated cardboard from cardboard boxes woven together and stuck with hot glue. The whole thing is then covered with Woodland Scenics plaster cloth. The next step is a covering of a plaster compound called Sculptamould to smooth out the surface. Quote
BosKonay Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Wow! Instant hillside!! That looks amazing! That tunnel mouth looks very tidy - do you mind me asking where / who it is? Quote
patrick Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 The tunnel mouth is a plaster casting from Woodland Scenics. Its was tall enough for HO scale double stack cars so I reduced its height by removing the botton three courses of stone. Quote
BosKonay Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Very very nice!! Looking forward to the next installment! Quote
Barl Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Very nice layout and that hillside is a tidy job Quote
kevrail Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I started putting in some scenery today. The landforms are built using strips of corrugated cardboard from cardboard boxes woven together and stuck with hot glue. The whole thing is then covered with Woodland Scenics plaster cloth. The next step is a covering of a plaster compound called Sculptamould to smooth out the surface. I love this patrick keep posting photos as you progress. Quote
Broithe Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 That cutting looks a bit wintry at this stage - just what I'm looking out at now..! Great stuff! Quote
Dave Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Looks great Patrick, I'm following your layout with great interest. Quote
patrick Posted January 27, 2013 Author Posted January 27, 2013 That cutting looks a bit wintry at this stage - just what I'm looking out at now..! Great stuff! Seems like an appropriate scene for a beet special. 1 Quote
Kirley Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 A bit of colour (color) on the cutting and it will bring the whole scene to life, you're making good progress. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 I love the tunnel and scenery so far,well done. Quote
Dave Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Love it! Could be bray head That's what it reminds me of! Quote
patrick Posted February 3, 2013 Author Posted February 3, 2013 Both local hobby shops were out of Hydrocal plaster so casting rocks for around the tunnel mouth could not go ahead this weekend. Instead some ground cover was applied and track ballasted to make a mostly completed scene. The wintery trees came from a retired dry flower arrangement I found in the garage which I couldn't resist using for now. With a little more work they might stay. Quote
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