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 29 March 2010

The 3rd Rail (WR)

Well after alot of head scratching I've figured it out. I wanted to be able to have a layout i could either do North West England or the Wessex Area. And i believe the answer is very simple. Just go West from Manchester and you hit Liverpool which has a nice 3rd rail system. All I'd need now is 507 or 508 which means either a nice letter to Mr NNK or finding an old MTK kit. I've already got all the bits (except the z gauge rail joiners).

In terms of the layout I've been doing a little more ballasting and touching up. Hopefully thought if i can get the n gauge joiners then it should be able to start tomorrow.

Its almost frighting how quickly this layout has come on. Considering up to November last year work was slow to say the least. Since Mid November work has been frantic on it. Will i accept invites for it. Yes but not until next year. By that time i should have it working and have all the little faults ironed out. I just now it will take nearly as long to get it running well as it did to build it.
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