George's Exhibition Standard Layout

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:53 pm

It's definitely going to be at Warley this year

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Medford POLR - Gn15

It's the 1960s in Utah, and rail movement is the main method of transport. One siding off Union Pacific's mainline is occupied by The Medford Post Office and it's light railway. This layout is modelled on the internal workings of the Post Office and it's operation revolves around the movement of mail in various forms.

Rolling stock is Sidelines, ground cover is chinchilla dust from the local pet shop and all buildings being scratchbuilt using prototype materials wherevever possible.

bunji · Post by **bunji** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:50 pm

Cool description! I guess I better cough up that fiver...

Class 60 · Post by **Class 60** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:26 pm

Good Luck George, sounds great already

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:36 pm

bunji wrote:Cool description! I guess I better cough up that fiver...

I'd forgotten about that

Oh well, you just reminded me

Thanks Adam, it's a great layout

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:29 am

George

Your wall with the bils posted, a nice effect would be to have some torn or partially ripped posters, also some overlapping posters.

Something along the lines of:

Just a thought

Pete

Class 60 · Post by **Class 60** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:23 pm

nice pic pete, i did overlapping piece's of paper for my art GCSE project to create an landscape of the valley. I used David Tress to inspire me

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:32 pm

Just looked up David Tress on the web, nice stuff.

http://www.davidtress.co.uk/

One of my all time favourite bits of art is similar to the above but created with French 1960s election posters, it's brilliant (that is I think it is!).

Pete

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:02 pm

Thanks Pete, I like the torn up idea

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:36 pm

Hello George,

Love the Wile E Coyote pics - most amusing! Almost the start of a Wallace and Gromett type series! LOL!

You realise that there will be a whole host of people from the Forum at Warley this year all bringing Road Runners, Pink Panthers, Hair Bear Bunch, Scooby Doo and Shaggy type figures to feature on the layout.

This could however be an idea for a future 'Loony Tunes Layout'! Painted tunnel mouths on canvas with trains coming out of them running Wile over, Acme signal and control system that fail to work for Wile until the moment that he tests it! The list goes on and my sanity with it! But then again as they say at the end of the best cartoons - Thats all folks!

However in all seriousness - keep up the good work George - things are coming on leaps and bounds and your continued inspires me but puts my efforts to shame!

Woody

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:14 pm

Thanks Woody

I' getting a CD off someone, with over 1 1/2 hours of a diesel engine, so I can add some sound

mortyfootball · Post by **mortyfootball** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:08 pm

What did you make the bricks on the sorting shed out of??

SHaun

dr5euss · Post by **dr5euss** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:15 pm

They're dolls house bricks; came on a big A3 sheet for a fiver

My Barbie doll looks good next to them - I might make a mansion for her

bunji · Post by **bunji** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:14 pm

dr5euss wrote:My Barbie doll looks good next to them - I might make a mansion for her

The first three words are the most disturbing thing I've ever heard you say.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:20 pm

Nah, obviously a spelling mistake, he meant to say my barbed wire troll,

Pete

westbrom · Post by **westbrom** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:27 pm

dr5euss wrote:
My Barbie doll looks good next to them - I might make a mansion for her

George, i am beginning to have my doubts about you.

Neil