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, 18 February 2010

Why isnt Brown, coloured Brown? (WR)

Right back to normal today, I'm still flirting with the N gauge but i really need to get on with the oo project and finish it off. I'm looking now to paint all the gaps on both boards brown so i can begin the scenic work of that uncared for and scruffy look. My big question is thought, what colour is Brown or more importantly Mud. I've got one or two colours in mind especially Railmatch Frame dirt which seems a very very close match but i don't have much available so i may choose another one but trouble is i really don't know which.

I'm also going to begin fitting lights to the shed building. Not sure whether to use grain of wheat which are easier to wire but do get hot or use LEDs which don't get hot but are more expensive. Perhaps some more research is needed into this before i go any further.

Also i still haven't done the scenic break and i still don't have another peco office kit, hopefully it will soon all be resolved though.
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