Distractions and Excuses: THE MOVIE

[LNERW1]

About a year ago(probably embarrassingly less) I went through a phase of complete confidence in my modelling ability and went posting any idea that flew into my brain, touting them as definite projects when I had never done any modelling whatsoever before. On an unrelated note I may have just done an ADHD assessment… but that’s beside the point. Anyway I thought I’d find a more useful outlet for those ideas and ramblings with a dedicated thread (yes I know I made one a while ago but that’s beside the point, it was shite ignore it). Anyway, at the moment I actually do have a functioning layout but it’s one I’ve been quite clandestine about for no real reason other than I’ve learnt my lesson. It’s a 00 double-track loop, I'm not sure of the exact dimensions but a loop of 3rd radius curves with two short straights (Hornby) fits nicely enough with maybe an inch on each side and at the apex of the curves. It was just an old board found in a relatives shed and I’ve never measured it.

Here’s a photo- nice and neat and tidy as ever.

I also have a tiny layout that represents a preserved railway in early spring 1970, somewhere in the English Midlands. This is a layout inspired by obsessive reading of the Micro Model Railway dispatch and is as such tiny. 

Sorry about the focus! To the right of the platform seen, I plan on adding another abandoned line, with overgrown tracks and one of the double tracks removed, leaving only sleepers behind. Other than that there are some details I have planned but I shan’t say more, for it will spoil the next story. As it’s a small, fairly manageable project I have quite a lot of confidence in it and may even set aside Ardree Quay temporarily while I build it. I am very much desperate for some semblance of achievement so may have to settle for the dopamine boost rather than the serotonin.

But that is all a moot point if I get nothing done, so now I must go to the kitchen table (God forbid I have a workbench) to build a Metcalfe kit because of the aforementioned dopamine.

Best Regards,

LNERW1

Edited Saturday at 20:26 by LNERW1

[dropshort105]

Oh, I love "abandoned" on a layout, there is so much can be done with an abandoned line, looking forward with great interest to what you come up with.

[DJ Dangerous]

Love the double track loop. I could sit and watch one of those for hours and hours.

[LNERW1]

On 5/6/2025 at 7:21 PM, LNERW1 said:

About a year ago(probably embarrassingly less) I went through a phase of complete confidence in my modelling ability and went posting any idea that flew into my brain, touting them as definite projects when I had never done any modelling whatsoever before. On an unrelated note I may have just done an ADHD assessment… but that’s beside the point. Anyway I thought I’d find a more useful outlet for those ideas and ramblings with a dedicated thread (yes I know I made one a while ago but that’s beside the point, it was shite ignore it). Anyway, at the moment I actually do have a functioning layout but it’s one I’ve been quite clandestine about for no real reason other than I’ve learnt my lesson. It’s a 00 double-track loop, I'm not sure of the exact dimensions but a loop of 3rd radius curves with two short straights (Hornby) fits nicely enough with maybe an inch on each side and at the apex of the curves. It was just an old board found in a relatives shed and I’ve never measured it.

Here’s a photo- nice and neat and tidy as ever.

I also have a tiny layout that represents a preserved railway in early spring 1970, somewhere in the English Midlands. This is a layout inspired by obsessive reading of the Micro Model Railway dispatch and is as such tiny. 

Sorry about the focus! To the right of the platform seen, I plan on adding another abandoned line, with overgrown tracks and one of the double tracks removed, leaving only sleepers behind. Other than that there are some details I have planned but I shan’t say more, for it will spoil the next story. As it’s a small, fairly manageable project I have quite a lot of confidence in it and may even set aside Ardree Quay temporarily while I build it. I am very much desperate for some semblance of achievement so may have to settle for the dopamine boost rather than the serotonin.

But that is all a moot point if I get nothing done, so now I must go to the kitchen table (God forbid I have a workbench) to build a Metcalfe kit because of the aforementioned dopamine.

Best Regards,

LNERW1

I should have noted that the loop is shared with my younger brother- it’d be more accurate to say it’s his layout, in fact. He does most of the running trains!