Mill Road.

[derek]

Tony, why did you not put this super job in the layouts section?. Only just discovered it . Looking well

[amdaley]

3 hours ago, derek said:

Tony, why did you not put this super job in the layouts section?. Only just discovered it . Looking well

Maybe I should have but I just didn't think of it at the time.

I have some wiring to do underneath now when I get a chance.

Then it's back to more buildings.

I'll update when i have something done. 

[DJ Dangerous]

17 hours ago, derek said:

Tony, why did you not put this super job in the layouts section?. Only just discovered it . Looking well

Thought I was going bonkers, knew that I’d read the thread, and then couldn’t find it again. Thanks for highlighting it!

[amdaley]

Maybe a mod could move the thread to the layout section ?

I'm not sure if it can be done ?

Tony.

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, amdaley said:

Maybe a mod could move the thread to the layout section ?

I'm not sure if it can be done ?

Tony.

@BosKonay can do ANYTHING. He’s like a creepy Santa Claus.

[amdaley]

I was supposed to do some electrical work under the layout but gave into temptation & did some scenery work instead.

Here are a few photos of work done to the back wall & right hand end of the layout.

Electrical work is definitely next on the list.

 

Edited December 4, 2025 by amdaley

[amdaley]

All electrical work is finished (I hope) so I started on the station buildings.

There will have to be platforms of course 

Edited January 30 by amdaley

[amdaley]

Platform made. Still needs surfacing but at least a start.

Next up is the goods shed.

 

Edited February 11 by amdaley

[Mol_PMB]

That's coming on well. The trackplan will give plenty of operational flexibility too.

[Colin_McLeod]

You have been busy Tony. Nice work.

[amdaley]

1 hour ago, Colin_McLeod said:

You have been busy Tony. Nice work.

Keeps me out of trouble Colin 

Have you made any progress ?

[Colin_McLeod]

Bit by bit but slowly like a train that is stopping at every station.

[amdaley]

Goods shed is built. None of the buildings are fixed in place so can still be adjusted.

I think I'll do a small engine shed next.

[Patrick Davey]

Lovely - enjoying the updates!

[amdaley]

A further bit of progress.

Finished & positioned a small engine shed.

Next job is surface the platforms. Not sure whether I will slab or tarmac them ?

[amdaley]

Not much happening of late due to the holiday & other house commitments but the platforms have been slabbed & painted.

 

[Anders112]

Well done @amdaleyplatforms look great how did you go about slabbing them ? 

[amdaley]

1 hour ago, Anders112 said:

Well done @amdaleyplatforms look great how did you go about slabbing them ? 

40 thou plasticard scribed 12mm x 8mm & cut into strips 

Tony 

[Mayner]

The arrangement and architectural style of buildings reminds me of Peter Denny's Buckingham Great Central https://highlandmiscellany.com/2016/01/10/buckingham-central/

Especially reminds me of the "High Street" scene on Leighton Buzzard terminus exhibited at the Model Railway Journal exhibition Central Hall, Westminister 1990. https://philsworkbench.blogspot.com/2012/03/leighton-buzzard.html. 

Certainly looks like a scene from the  "Home Counties" the variety and standard of building kits have come a long way during the last 20 or so years

[amdaley]

10 hours ago, Mayner said:

The arrangement and architectural style of buildings reminds me of Peter Denny's Buckingham Great Central https://highlandmiscellany.com/2016/01/10/buckingham-central/

Especially reminds me of the "High Street" scene on Leighton Buzzard terminus exhibited at the Model Railway Journal exhibition Central Hall, Westminister 1990. https://philsworkbench.blogspot.com/2012/03/leighton-buzzard.html. 

Certainly looks like a scene from the  "Home Counties" the variety and standard of building kits have come a long way during the last 20 or so years

Hi John.

I've never seen Peter Denny's Buckingham Great Central but I have a couple of books on the layout.

I'm not basing the layout on anything real, just came up with the idea in my head & refined a design until I though it looked ok to me. I enjoy the building of a layout more than actually operating it, although i do like to s trains go round. I have another larger layout in another room which is largely finished except for some detailing which I will get around to some other time.

Speaking of Peter Denny, here are some photos of a station building I made from scratch over fifty years ago when i was much younger  I based it on a plan i saw in Railway Modeller at the time. It was in the late sixties or early 1970's.

Nowadays everyone uses plastic card. back then I used timber covered in brick paper with the windows & doors painted & made from plastic strip I cut from some packaging I think ?

I know it has nothing to do with Mill Road but someone might be interested.

Tony.

 

 

 

[amdaley]

I have been installing these Rapido Railcrew magnetic uncouplers for use with Kadee couplings. They are very affective.

They come with everything needed & run off 12 volts DC.

This is what they look like when installed.

This is what the control panel end of the uncouplers look like.

 

Edited May 11 by amdaley

[Mol_PMB]

Those look good! Thanks for the info. 

[leslie10646]

@amdaley - I can see that you had to leave room in your cork ballast for the uncoupler disc.

Did you have to cut a hole in the baseboard as well or was the depth of "ballast" enough to sink it under the track?

Thanks for sharing, an interesting method.

[amdaley]

5 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

@amdaley - I can see that you had to leave room in your cork ballast for the uncoupler disc.

Did you have to cut a hole in the baseboard as well or was the depth of "ballast" enough to sink it under the track?

Thanks for sharing, an interesting method.

I just used the cork as an underlay. The track is yet to be ballasted.

You cut a hole in the baseboard & the uncoupler fits from underneath. I used a hole saw.

It's easier if you fit the uncouplers before laying the track but its possible with care to fit them after the track has been laid.

[derek]

4 hours ago, amdaley said:

 

 I used a hole saw.

 its possible with care to fit them after the track has been laid.

With GREAT care I would think 

[amdaley]

On 12/5/2026 at 8:15 PM, derek said:

With GREAT care I would think 

Yes, great care but possible because I've done it.

[amdaley]

Signal Box has been built.

I've also fitted an interior & lights.

Built from a Ratio kit with added interior details & lights.

 

[Georgeconna]

Looks great, They make fine kits.

Edited Friday at 13:16 by Georgeconna
fingers are not doing what they are supposed to.

[Colin_McLeod]

Great work Tony.  Very detailled and realistic.

[amdaley]

16 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Great work Tony.  Very detailled and realistic.

Thanks Colin.

[amdaley]

On 21/5/2026 at 6:01 PM, Georgeconna said:

Looks great, They make fine kits.

They do indeed Norman.

Some of the details are a little delicate so a couple of changes had to be made.

With a little patience you can make a very passible model.

Tony.

[amdaley]

I had difficulty in deciding where to place the signal box.

Where I wanted to put it would have meant that to face the main point work of the station would have meant that the front of the box would be facing the back of the layout which wouldn't be ideal.

If I wanted to see the main features of the box & have the box facing the main point work of the station the only suitable place would be the end of the platform.

The box was too tall to be placed on the end of the platform so I shortened the platform & the box now sits at the end of the platform.

 

Edited Saturday at 17:56 by amdaley

[2996 Victor]

Looks like the perfect site to me! Great use of the Ratio kit, wonderfully restrained build and finish.

Cheers,

Mark