The Welcome Mat

Welcome to this Blog. Hopefully you may find it of use (i doubt it but it doesnt stop me hoping does it?). All my skills are normally self taught, and at the moment i'm a lone ranger when it comes to my layout with the occasional help from friends (normally it involves alot heckling).

I've never yet got a layout really past the electrics stage. I normally lose interest which is why i've decided to become involved in lots of things so i can vary my time between different things. All the work you see on Westleigh is my own work and all the photos you see on my fotopic sites are again my own work. I'm amazed i havent started to play with it, perhaps leaving the vast majoirty of the wiring to the end helps.

My main interest in railways is principally the early 90s. Even though i only just got into double figures in terms of age just as privitisation came in, i find it a very interesting period. My earliest memories were at Salisbury, Oxford and Bristol. So to counteract this aswell i tend to model the northwest scene during 1990 to 1994. However i also do the Wessex area during the same period and the scottish lowlands during 1988-1990.

I do have a little interest in the 1996-1998 privitisation period. I'm more aware of this period than the sectorisation period and again i wouldnt mind if it turned into this era.

I also am working on a project of Devizes station in 1963/64 just before alot of the line was rationalised and eventually closed. This however is a very very long term project and probably wont get anyway for many many years yet.

I do spend alot of time in the summer out an about doing photography particularly of civil jet aircraft. I'm certainly no David Bailey but i'm reasonably proud of most of the photos taken.

Anyway i suppose i really should get off the computer and get on with some modelling work, except work has a tendancy to get in the way!

Monday, 15 February 2010

Electric what?

Yes i know no traditional Sunday update, a family visit meant little time was available for modelling. In terms of the OO gauge one I've now repainted the concrete and weathered it down again using the tempera powder. It looks much better than before so it looks like the weathered new concrete has won the day and it really does now look the part. Just need to tidy up the shed and roadway now.

Moving on however is a new angle, I've been thinking about a possible move to N for a while. After doing a pros and cons exercise N gauge almost makes OO look stupid. So I've been playing around with xtrakcad tonight but i haven't really come up with anything that I'm actually happy with. The maximum dimensions can be 11x4 but it does need to be transportable which makes it 3ft8inches by 4ft on three boards, In reality it may be 3ft8inches by 3ft on three boards. Its mainly at the planning stage at the moment but expect more to come soon. How soon is another matter.
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