loft layout

[TMo]

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!

[mr bachmann]

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   ......


       

[Charlie B]

Great scenery and The Thomas and friends locomotives are a favorite of mine.  I have to locate a few for my layout 
Charlie

[tompm]

Looking good!

[mr bachmann]

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 …

[mr bachmann]

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 .

[BR60103]

I like the name of the station.

[mr bachmann]

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 .


   

[mr bachmann]

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 .

   

[mr bachmann]

track has been balasted and is drying , mean while attention is turned to the station platform .

           

[mr bachmann]

work has been done on the buffer stop area at the station ...


   

[TMo]

Love a punch of color in an urban scene, and nothing does it as well as flowered plants!

[OBJack]

It looks a really tidy and functional layout, and the scenery looks great especially the rock face at the town.

[mr bachmann]

thanks guys for the kind words , started adding shrub around the quary - but not happy with the quarry itself so will do some homework ...

   

[mr bachmann]

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 .