Horsted Keynes - Bluebell Railway Layout.

[rogACE]

matty
do you fancy building my layout for me? i will pay !

i want to do seaton junction in OO
my plans for exeter central do not allow me to do it now due space

[mattmay05]

Well maybe one day.... bit busy with a few guitar orders at the mo

And have an extension plan for my railway as well! when i get round to it....

[mattmay05]

Thought I'd update this thread as its been a while, and lots of progress has happened with new station building faces. canopy ect...

So heres some new images from may, and hopefully soon I'll have the Dukedog running again after its failiar at wenchford in early march, o2 tank should be operation this month, along with the T1 shortly after so a few new locos soon to be seen and hit the track.

In a few weeks I hope to purchase a Battle of Britian class loco, re built, and convert it to Archibald sinclair.

Heres some images from the month so far.

[mattmay05]

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[35011 GSN]

its not quantitiy but quality!

you have some very nice locos here, I presume the dukedog and the O2 is your handywork - well done

[mattmay05]

Indeed I agree!

The o2 yes is a Wills white metel kits, i changed the running chassis to brass as it was stronger than the white metal one it had before.
The dukedog started off as a Bull dog city of truro, i brought off ebay, and i brought a Dean Goods mainline loco, and took it appart, and changed the boiler, changed the chimmley, and modified the smoke box support saddle with bits of plastic and filed it in to shape.

And the number ok its wrong but least it has the right name lol.

[Flashbang]

Hi
Nice layout that captures the atmosphere of the Bluebell well
Just a little point..... Sir Archibald Sinclair is 34059 the one in the pictures above is 34058 which is Sir Frederick Pile
Pic taken last Monday 1st June 09 at the Bluebell with 34059 pulling the 15:00 ex Sheffield Park.

[mattmay05]

hi yes i know, if you read my main forum topic which seems to be getting over looked, I will be renumbering mine shortly, the smoke box is done just need to change the cabside numbers which im waiting for.

I was there on the first day of Sir Archibald Sinclairs first public run, as im a member down there,

[mattmay05]

Thought I'd update this thread as its been sometime!! Layouts been moved linked up to the other and now the final link is almost complete! Heres some colour and sepia images of some loco movements.

[35011 GSN]

wow - really nice and effective

the adams tank is a stunner!

[mattmay05]

Thanks

Adams radial is a nice loco.... just got to sus out a few issues so it can run!

[mattmay05]

End of the month thought I'd share some images taken over the past month with all the updates on the Horsted layout with all the new back scenes...

[35011 GSN]

love those backscenes - where did ya get those from?

layout looks amazing as ever!

[mattmay05]

Back scenes were made by me, from my own photo of a sky, to my own landscape painting scanned in which some pictures of trees added on, and then printed off. So its my own design of back ground as im always on a budget this was free and i could do what i want

All this is on my main forum Thread on Layouts under construction.

[35011 GSN]

ahh... well it looks really professional - well done! excellent work