This is always worth a look IMO, particularly when you think that it was done 40 years ago, way before the vast range of ready-to run stuff that is available now.

http://www.doug56.net/GD/

 

You won't when you see how it was done........

The guy is very clever.

 

Steve, looks a fantastic layout and a particularly convincing backscene. Congratulations. Do you exhibit it? Would be nice to see the layout for real.

Yes this looks a great new magazine. From the same publisher as Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review which is a very high quality publication featuring very high quality models.

Nice to see there's a few others with a dual interest in fast cars and slow trains! I'm a fireman at the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway - so make sure you all pop by if taking the A458 through mid-Wales! Half the fun for me is the scooby journeys to get there and back with a couple of days out on a steam engine in between .

James

 

We called in one sunday in September, nothing happening and no-one around except the couple that ran the tea room. Very disappointing.

This was at the eastern end, Welshpool?

 

Oh, sorry to hear that.

Yes that is Welshpool. The main centre (larger tea room and shop, work shops, engine shed etc) is at the western end, Llanfair Caereinion.

We were running in September, but if the train was out on the line when you were there then Welshpool is quite quiet!

Let me know if you are ever heading back, take a trip on the train and if I'm there then I'd be pleased to show you around.

 

Nice picturesque railway...

And yes the road out of Welshpool to Llanfair, been up and down that many many times to the rallying mecca of midwales forests, Dyfnant, Dyfi etc ...

 

Hi James
If you want send me a PM with an email address, and I will aim to come to Welshpool at somepoint.

Are you still co driving pace note?

 

Yes Steve, although not so much these days. I do the odd tarmac event in Ireland/Mainland Europe and always enjoy a trip to the Welsh forests. Probably drive more now ( got RS1800 ) which is what I did when I started rallying many moons ago.

For the benefit of the thread I have an American outline S guage layout

 

Finally found a hour spare to have a proper look

Very nice, loving the attention to detail

 

Final shots of the last project Boxchester

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/ind...ster-complete/


I am now starting on a new project. Jeff´s pics are giving me inspiration
(the landscape has change out of all recognition-post industrial Britain)

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/ind...and-80s/page-5

 

For the few that follow this.
A few update pics here with some stock.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/ind...omplete/page-2

 

 

Looks fantastic Steve, I especially like your Hoover, the weathering detail is superb

Inspiring me to section off a corner of the loft and start, sadly I just don't have the time, but when the kids have grown up and start doing their own thing it will either be FP or OC, I want it to be FP but with a turntable such as OC

 

The Hoover needs a bit more work. around the windows and the exhaust ports but almost there

I need to get a decent camera as you can really see the detail

I quite like this shot, where you can see it work stained in the background




I have always thought FP would be a real good project. Kind of half tempted myself at some point.

Perhaps just get the woodwork done up in the loft. An buy the odd bit of stock here and there. Don´t start but just lay the ground as it were

 

I did think that at the weekend as I'm boarding out the areas that hadn't already been done so I can store all my old hi fi, vinyl, cassettes in one place.

Once I've cleared the rest of the crap out I'll allocate a space, looking on rmweb a lot has changed since the 80's with regards to controls and electronics in the loco's.

I'm taking my 5 year old to the Diesel Day on the watercress next weekend we had a wander around the sheds the other week and he enjoyed it, I'd like it to be something we could ultimately build together.

Their Hoover is looking really tatty and rusting really badly

 

Decent camera and some stacking software needed.