Wordsworth - 00 Loft Layout

[Dad-1]

Hi Mike,

Looking very nice. Always worth the wait for your postings.

Geoff T.

[Bufferstop]

Nice work Mike. Great to see you online again. I appologise for our paranoid profanity checker that serves no purpose but to emphasise embedded four letter words. One day I'll find its exceptions list.

[mikem64]

Hi Gents,

My second attempt at posting this morning, my first one disappeared before I'd completed it, didn't go into draft, didn't post, just gone. So I'll try again.

I'm still surprised how popular Wordsworth is even though my posts & updates are so far and few nowadays, one day I hope to get the balance been modelling and work balanced as more modelling & less work means less stress.

So lets get back to my Bachmann A1 project ( ) so you can see my final results. But before we get there can I stress when instructions tell you to do something it's for a reason. Model Masters said once you glue the Brass name plates in place, leave the model flat for 24hrs to avoid any slippage. This is what could happen if you don't follow advice.


Once glued I put my model back onto the tracks, I even run the model, but going back into the loft much later they've dropped slightly


Still she does look good sat at Platform 2 waiting for her duty shift to start, plus once I have a go at weathering her those plates might not look as bad.


This is the area of the layout I've just finished the ballast work, east side of the station


A pair of class 40's parked up in Wordsworth sidings along with some 16ton mineral wagons & behind them some MGR wagons.

I've got a few more bits to show but that's in my next post.

Cheers Mike.

[m.levin]

Looks smart

[Dad-1]

Mike,

I thought You'd been around long enough to believe in the popular saying
"If all else fails read the instructions"
Shame, but doesn't show up too much in the photos.

Geoff T.

[mikem64]

Happy New Year to all.

I thought I'd start the New Year off with a post showing some work I've been doing around North Fangore TMD (The Diesel shed part). I've been busy laying my packing card sheets which brings the level just right for the top covering layer of concrete paper so it just sits lovely below the rail tops. This way you can still use the peco track rubber for track head maintenance.

I've only got one shed done but it's working out just as planned. Once I've completed this section I want to get the terrace row finished so the final section of TMD walling can be installed. I'll then complete the last two sections of the 3 lane shed before moving over to complete the concrete paper section around the 2 lane shed, ideas being thrown around is a duplicate of the 3 lane shed scaled down, or maybe a modern version, or a combination of both. No rush as plenty to do around the 3 lane shed side & terrace row for a few weeks.

Hopefully today I can do a few more hours,, get some static grass & scenery down behind the other terrace row which is nearly complete to the left side of the TMD entrance. Its quite funny how quickly this TMD baseboard section hass gone from bare to something that looks very liveable.

So lets have a look an my handy work


Concrete slab sections around the 3 lane shed area. Note the poor mans inspection pits with the yellow & black floor covering plates when the pits not in use....LOL


Testing the look & feel with the 3 lane fascia sat on the concrete sections. A class 55 & 66 test things out for size & track clearance.


Entrance to the TMD, I've turned the shop 90 degrees so it runs towards the entrance which I feel give a better view.


View showing the TMD layout, I've tested the diesel fuel point for operation & all works fine, something I did forget about was the DMU's but hey it's only a model not real life.


A general view showing the full TMD entrance with a row of terraces to the left, to the right will be some more shops / housing & these fenced from the TMD area with a large arched wall.

So time to sign off & I'll catch you all in my next posting.

Cheers Mike.

[mikem64]

Hi Troopers,

I've added a few more houses & shops to the scene being created outside North Fangore TMD. I'm now ready to start work on the TMD wall behind the house & add a small delivery store keeping buildings in the form of garages / outbuildings.

Ok I know it's not a load of work but just shows work is still on going.


So work on my townscene continues with a neew super store & now a post office.


Street scene with a lovely cameo in process, hole in the road is for a road work scene.

Well that's all folks.
Mike

[Bufferstop]

Nice to see progress on "New Wordsworth" It seems to be developing some nice "views between the houses" which always evoke realism. Enjoy your modelling Mike.

[TimberSurf]

Mike
Getting to be a citadel!
What is the hole in the road for?
What did you use for the road markings?
Why no windows above the house doors?

[mikem64]

Yes the hole in the road. It's a little cameo I came up with. The hole is for some water pipe repair, I'll print off some sign like "Wordsworth water wish to apologise for....blah blah blah...." then have two men each end of the works with STOP & GO signs, maybe some road barriers to complete the scene.

All sounds so good in my head.

Roads are just my normal printed paper kit from the web site & the double yellow lines are just over glued in place as required.

Hope I can pull the full scene off, should look good if it works.

Cheers Mike

[Bufferstop]

There was a pretty good "road up job" some years back, you could see the pipes and road foundations, I think it was done by 0121modeller (Dave Folley). If it wasn't his it was on another member's layout that he produced a canal scene for.

[mikem64]

Hi Gents,

Well I'm still doing my dilly dallying along with my layout & I've not done as much as I would like but I take progress as progress no matter how much it is.

So I'm still working on the diesel shed concrete base area, most of it now completed with two more final sections between the track. I'm also on with the arched perimeter wall which keeps the locals out from the danagerous depot. It's all coming together really well & I know this version of Wordsworth is much better than the cramped feel the old layout gave.

Dont get me wrong I still liked that old version but layout need to evolve & grow. So lets look at a few photo's rather than my waffling.


Bachmann Class 37 taking on diesel


The new concrete area showing the full depot size in all it's glory.


The new arched perimeter wall seen in front of the village area, still not decided whether to install some gates / barriers.


Nice view over looking the crew mess down the latest concrete area, a new double road shed to sit here.


And we finish back with the class 37

Sorry but that's all I have for now, so until my next little update just be happy.

Mike.

[mikem64]

Good afternoon gents, I was just wondering now LNER are taking over the east coast main line, does this mean I can get myself a class 125 HST in the new livery.

My layout is loosely based on this railway.

Do I really need an excuse to run a 125 here at Wordsworth.... Not really but the thought of a 125 carrying the LNER name is quite ironic.

What's the world coming too...lol.

Just general banter.
Mike

[manna]

G'day Gents

Green power cars and 'Teak' coaches, would have been nice....................

manna

[mikem64]

Something tells me we won't see that livery, shame as I'm sure it would look great. I did come across a photo someone put up on the web & it was the GNER livery, ass big white square had been super imposed over the G & then a large L put in it's place. Maybe the new company not got any money for a full respray....LOL

Anyway back at wordsworth I'm generally tinkering, some new photo's of areas not seen before & testing where my new building will sit & do they fit that location ass visaged.

So lets have a look.


New Network rail porta-cabin goes in the yard next to entrance 2


General overview of old coaling ramp area & the new Diesel TMD


Just checking for warped rails being a loft based layout, no work the track crew here.....LOL


St Cuthberts church in it's new grounds


The new Railway Hotel far left, borrowed the terrace row from other end of the layout to see if a new idea will work, should fit in nicely, then the bus depot.


Then we have the bus depot & back to the new church.

I think this will be just right in completing this side of the baseboards. I can live with this for now whilst I finish the kit builds & if still happy I can start building the scenery round them. Oh so close I can taste it, what I mean I only have the TMD to finish then the station platforms & my attention can be put to building those extension boards & why this new layout was designed, far end of the loft here I come....LOL


In between the building & kit design I've been trying to add some wagon loads to my Hornby lowmacs. I did buy these for my WW2 tank kits (Which still remain unbuilt under my layout) but in a new development my wife got me some new Oxford Rails War Wells for my birthday which fit the scene so much better.


I'm also testing out large underground pipe work for loads, does it need a third on top, not sure but it's a change from empty wagons.


Lastly how about this A4 with gunpowder train

So my time is up, hope I've given you all some food for thought.

Mike.