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!

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

All change please.... (WR)

Well after alot of umms and ahhhs its been decided on whats going to happen towards the rear of the layout. Currently where the platform is there is going to be a new track laid. This will form part of cleaning/servicing platform. This will also mean that the run round loop is not always blocked up by passenger trains. I've modified the history of the layout to suit so that not only is the WRD on the next board but also a simple to track station is also located on that board. Requiring some trains to run forward so it can reverse in the yard. Some units going to be stabled. This still gives me the option to do as much as is possible with the layout.

Because of all of this I've spent some time today assembling nearly 4ft worth of servicing platform from the Ratio stable. I also have some knightwing bits but they just not as good as the ration ones being cast rather than plastic.

I also need to lay the track which is fed from a three way point which i already have. Its just a question of doing it. It will require a little careful adjustment to remove the point already there but it should be possible i hope to fit all in.
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