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.