woolacombe layout at 7/8 th scale

[Sumpter250]

Always something "new" . . . . . and a bit unusual

[BR60103]

50 years ago, my best friend found that if he deflated the tires on his Mini, it would just fit on the railway tracks. I didn't go with him.

[franckcombe]

Here my two last locos for my next exhibition :

The lister motorized by my friend with a dcc decoder





The mini for the woolacombe bay surf scool :

[franckcombe]

Here the details of the motorization.

[e-paw]

Cool and unique stuff.

[long island jack]

Interesting stuff, love the mini, i see your at the same exhibition as I am, St Albans, will have to have a closer look, great work

Ray

[franckcombe]

I went at Saint Alban exhibition. It was a super exhibtion. I meet few english friends like Gordon and Maggy Gravett, Christopher Payne, ... I learn a lot about to do building, forced perspective, ... I learn also how to do herbs with Maggy Gravett herself in french !

I had the opportunity to met also 7/8th scaler.

I come with Jean-Pierre Duval, my french friend that design and built the mack 2 tons.

I meet two teenagers at the exhibitions : Jamie and Josh. They was very pleased with the layout, so I left them the throttle during the 2 days. They were very efficient and studious. For my part I love to design and built a layout but not to run it.

[Steamtrains]

Great and beautiful work..!!
Do you use powders for the rusty areas..??
Look forward to seeing more..!!

[franckcombe]

Great and beautiful work..!!
Do you use powders for the rusty areas..??
Look forward to seeing more..!!

For rusty area I use powder, then matt vanish, then micro painting with a small sponge with acrylic matt brown

[Steamtrains]

Thanks for the info...I'll give it a try...

[franckcombe]

I just come back from an exhibition in Belgium at Linter. It was a small exhibition but with an high level of layouts.

It's a rural village and one of the speciality is the beer, a drink highly appreciate by my driver. So my driver decide to promote this excellent beverage.



For the fun my friend add a pelican that stolen the fishes



There is also a fight between the seagul and the pelican



There are also 2 beautifull animals that took place in the boat



I add also during the exhibition a seagull on the top of the house and droppings



Like you can see I'm not a serious modellers and in Belgium they have a special sense of humour.

[sailormatlac]

Franck, lovely work! You do magic with effects, lighting and flawless modelling.

I agree, small belgian exhibits are always friendly place to go to see high level work. I remember touring many of them when I was an exchange student there back in the mid 2000s.

Matt

[franckcombe]

Two articles on this layout is published this month :

on Schmale Spuren 1 / 2015 in German



on Train Miniature magazine N° 146 in French and Netherlander

[franckcombe]

Now it's time to retire this layout. I have plan to go at 19/20/21 june Great Central Railway (Leicester UK) but for personal reason I can't.

So I will offer this layout to my friend Jean-Pierre that help me and share with me 5 exhibitions in France and Europe.

I want to thank all the persons that participate to this topic and help me to improve the layout by their critics and supports during 2 years. It was also a great pleasure to meet them also in flesh during the various exhibitions.

Now it's also time to finish my other layout "vestvagoy" quickly because my club will be closed at the end of June.

So i will continue model railroading but at home in my apartment. With such lack of space, I have to downsizing my next project, so I will start my new project at 009 scale with a layout located in Morocco in 1917.

[Steamtrains]

I am sad to see this layout go...
I look forward to seeing what new "magic" you perform on the new layout.