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RE: loft layout - TMo - 02-16-2023
Love the mile markers, and the fencing just short of the backdrop with the gorse just behind it is a perfect transition to the backdrop!
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-18-2023
to-days photo shows the rock face and town main street , with motor scooter and bubble car dealer...
also when taking a spell off from layout making we play trains
......RE: loft layout - Charlie B - 02-18-2023
Great scenery and The Thomas and friends locomotives are a favorite of mine. I have to locate a few for my layout
Charlie
RE: loft layout - tompm - 02-18-2023
Looking good!
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-19-2023
Thanks guys , the latest addition to the layout is narrow gauge , story is .. the preservation guys have taken over the disused bay platform of the main station and built new platforms , and are re routing the line towards the castle . It is to be a tourist line . Photos to follow …
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-19-2023
the shed/turntable for the small gauge loco's will be on this part of the layout - next to the British Railways loco shed ,
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the adjacent quary is also 00-9 (4mm to ft scale) , the optical illusion of the track Peco 00-9 and Peco/Kato N scale gives the impresion of differant gauge
due to sleeper spacing .
RE: loft layout - BR60103 - 02-19-2023
I like the name of the station.
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-20-2023
(02-19-2023, 03:52 PM)BR60103 Wrote: I like the name of the station.
the small gauge tourist line platform is shown below , and will be afixed once the track to the loco shed and incline have been fixed and ballasted .
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-21-2023
the incline idea was to use a 'inverted' helix , but the climb was to steep for the loco's , so a revised track plan was adopted and used larger radious curves ...
to cope with holiday traffic 2 Garrat type loco's have been built in house by the narrow gage enthusiasts .
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-23-2023
track has been balasted and is drying , mean while attention is turned to the station platform .
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-25-2023
work has been done on the buffer stop area at the station ...
RE: loft layout - TMo - 02-25-2023
Love a punch of color in an urban scene, and nothing does it as well as flowered plants!
RE: loft layout - OBJack - 02-25-2023
It looks a really tidy and functional layout, and the scenery looks great especially the rock face at the town.
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 02-27-2023
thanks guys for the kind words , started adding shrub around the quary - but not happy with the quarry itself so will do some homework ...
RE: loft layout - mr bachmann - 03-01-2023
no photo's but to-day was messy , plaster casting rock face using Woodland rubber mould's
first attempt was with painter/decorator powder filler and white glue/water mix , took few hour's
to dry enough for splitting the mould . Second try was with casting plaster from LHS , mix with
water and dry enough to separate after about a hour . will do more to-morrow .