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sanctuary · Post by **sanctuary** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:17 pm

I do like your layout, especially the buildings and the use of the mirror gives great depth. There's something unique about the feel of it all, I'm looking forward to further updated pictures, keep up the good work.

mumbles · Post by **mumbles** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:22 pm

hi
brilliant shots there, your layout is looking quality

keep it up
michael

peak · Post by **peak** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:24 pm

Once again I look at pics and think that looks great and a long street too!
Then someone states that there is a mirror half way down the street.
Once again I say great idea, but I never noticed!!!!!

Raider · Post by **Raider** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:27 pm

The buildings look fantastic - I was going to ask what they were, then I re-read the text and saw that they were scratch built.

Look forward to more photos.

mumbles · Post by **mumbles** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:36 pm

hi
having spent a few more minutes looking at these pics i'm really impressed with how much this feels like a southern layout
it reminds me of hastings, where did you take inspiration for your buildings from?
again... quality

michael

pointstaken · Post by **pointstaken** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:39 pm

peak wrote:Once again I look at pics and think that looks great and a long street too!
Then someone states that there is a mirror half way down the street.
Once again I say great idea, but I never noticed!!!!!

Same here. Very impressive, and of course it's a proper railway (Southern)

Dennis

Raider · Post by **Raider** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:39 pm

Just realised this in an N Gauge layout that fits on a single bed. Fantastic work in avoiding the cluttered look. Would an overall shot be out of the question?

Farken · Post by **Farken** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:12 pm

love it,

The long building in the background was going to be a power station - but it's somehow now suggesting to me that it's more a school - any other suggestions ? )

i am assuming its the one with the big windows? If so then how about a rich gentleman's club or a bank? Or City Jail

Spavo · Post by **Spavo** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:49 pm

Yes this is very impressive and I also had no idea there was sneaky mirror usage, genius!

Looks very nice indeed, great work on the platforms, to make curved ones must have been tough.

Well done,

Gav.

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:09 pm

I too had no idea about the mirror, nor the N gauge, nor the scratchbuild, nor the bit about fitting on a single bed

I'm very impressed, keep up the great work

SouthernBoy · Post by **SouthernBoy** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:50 pm

Thanks for your comments everyone - the mirror trick was one I picked up from M.Levin's 'Levington' - I saw it and had to have it !

Mumbles: Inspiration for the station is generic really. I looked at Southampton, Woking, Surbiton, Wimbledon etc and then came up with my own interpretation of what those architects may have devised if they'd been given the remit of designing the station at Victory Road. I'm a fan of Art-Deco anyway - so have a bit of an eye for the salient points. At some point I'll build a Northern Line underground Station in Charles Holden style - this more than anything else will give a real South London feel to the layout.

Raider: I'll take some pictures of the layout as a whole at the weekend - not sure what the quality will be like though as they'll have to be a mobile phone job. I did spend some time on planning the layout to look as uncluttered as possible - paying particular attention to sight-lines and viewing angles. It was one of the main reasons for redesigning the yard earlier in the year.

Spavo: Yes - the curved platforms have been the biggest headache of my life because if you look closely at the first picture in my post - you'll notice on the right the tracks are not only on a curve - but on an incline as well, double trouble ! I didn't want the incline to be too obvious as stations are usually built on the level (although I noticed Greenwich has an incline at the down end of the platform). BTW - don't say good-bye to N gauge Spavo - how about just au revoir ?

Anyway - thanks again.

Mark

waz · Post by **waz** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:30 am

Very--Very nice work!!!!!!!!!

Looking forward to seeing more.

Best Regards

BILL.

Infrontcat · Post by **Infrontcat** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:00 pm

Hi

Looks wonderful. I think you have definately tapped into a rich seam of nostalgia with this one! Everything so far looks absolutely spot-on with that station.

As for the Underground station, have you any in particular in mind? Something like my old station, Tooting Bec? Or, dare I suggest, something more ambitious like Morden?

Either way, should be good

Cheers

Tim

pointstaken · Post by **pointstaken** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:11 pm

The picture of the M7 with the milk train - I think you've really caught the atmosphere of the typical South London mainline stations, especially the buildings in the background, and the concrete fencing on the platform. As a former Tooting Broadway resident, I can vouch for this.

Dennis

Raider · Post by **Raider** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:28 pm

I think you can safely say the attention to detail has paid off so far.

An overall shot would be great, even if it off a camera phone.