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!

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Road to nowhere! (WR)

I decided tonight to begin the parking area around the shed. Question is what colour are roads? and dont say grey! I decided in the end the best colour was to be Railmatch Roof Dirt. It has quite a good dark grey/black, the trouble is i have now run out so i was only able to do a small bit. I shall hopefully get some at the weekend so i can fully finish it off. While there was some paint on the brush i chose that time to weather down the hardstanding a little, it doesn't look too bad now and I'll get some photos (when its a little warmer) to show what it looks like. Also in that area I've fitted some guides for the shed building so it wont be tempted to move and will also be easy to line up.

I've been pondering the DCC situation today. I really am in two minds about this whole set up. While i think its a brilliant idea, the extra cost and temperamental nature puts me off. But then i remember its a whole lot more flexible than standard DC but then i remember i have insulators fitted which means if I'd have decided to use DCC a while ago i wouldn't have needed lots of insulated joints. It really is a case of swings and roundabouts.
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