New layout

[Montfort]

Size of layout is 7x4, the base I had made for me, two board's bolt together one 4x4 the other 3x4, made of soft wood frame 6 screw on legs 7mm ply board all covered in cork.

Thanks for your reply triuph1050.

[boxbrownie]

Like those stock boxes, very nice.

[dan8400]

Hi

You've made a lovely start to this layout. Very good use of space, and you have made it look like a model railway and not a train set. Very well done.

I like your choice and use of the buildings too

Thanks
Dan

[GreenBR]

Like those boxes any chance of some info? Please

[triuph1050]

Like those boxes any chance of some info? Please

Hi GreenBR
Boxes are a result of joining a model railway club, were a member buys the boxes and foam and cuts foam to fit then sells at shows for the club funds.

New loco on shed bachmann class 37 europhoenix and after buying spare snowploughs elected to cut them around fix and detail front and rear buffer beams on both the 37s
cheers peter
20181130_220220_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181130_171827_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181130_171912_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181130_171713_HDR by peter, on Flickr

[Chops]

Quite an operation there. Not often do I get to see a modern era layout, very nice.

[triuph1050]

Very happy with how the snow plough turned out. Sorry one of those trucks has got a squeak
https://youtu.be/LG0eZKbSSWg

[Chops]

The video was fabulous! Encore! What an amazing sound system. Please do show more, that was just a teaser. I am mentally compiling a list of favorite layouts seen in the Forum. This definitely is in the top ten. I know little of modern British range, and this is like Alice in Wonderland.

I was playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in the background and had to shut if off to listen to this other sort of music emanating from your locomotive. Regrettably, I could not hear the squeak you spoke of. On this side of the dip, our trains squeak, squeal, protest, groan, and clatter continuously. Occasionally, one is treated to ground shaking thump as a flat spot on a wheel thrumbs like a bass drum.

[triuph1050]

New engine and wagons showing on the vids. Love the sound those heavy Dapol wagons make
https://youtu.be/vMyx0t063lw
https://youtu.be/5fjacSemEzw
New feature crossing and slowly painting the base board
20181214_164832_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181214_165122_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181214_165340_HDR by peter, on Flickr

[joshv8]

Amazing shots! Once that tracks finished off this is looking amazingly real.

[Chops]

Great point of view on the new video, made me want to throw myself out of my chair to avoid being run over!

[triuph1050]

OK, have painted the whole base board in a what I hope will be a neutral grey to help when ballast etc is added, so I painted up to as near I could to the track, (which was fun). Made a wall for the edge at the back of the scenic break, also a plate girder bridge gives the way for motor vehicle to access the top level from the right behind the office block. Also while I was moving things around to paint, cleaned the track, which, pleased to say has been very reliable in operation with good current flow everywhere around the layout. I routinely clean all my loco wheels with IPA so again they all run well and none of them are fitted with 'traction tires', which I'm led to believe quickly dirty tracks. I don't know if that's so.
20181220_155148_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181220_155257_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181220_155314_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181220_155412_HDR by peter, on Flickr
20181220_155656_HDR by peter, on Flickr

[alan_r]

Looks great - well done!
Very good lighting in the photos which shows it off very nicely

[glencairn]

Lovely layout -- Modern Image really modern.

Glencairn

[dan8400]

Hi

Not sure if you've mentioned this, but, how did you do the concrete hard standing? The constitution and also the weathering. It looks really good.

Thanks
Dan