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!

Saturday 27 March 2010

Ballasting Tonight (WR)

Went to ally pally today but was sadly unable to get any of the detail bits i need for the layout. Hopefully the Clevedon show tomorrow should be better. Anyway I've now begun ballasting in the rear track but I'm going to have to wait until i get the ground signals before i go much further with this. Also i ran out of mixed up PVA and i cant be bothered to do anymore till tomorrow.

I've nearly finished the scenic break at the end i just need the town scene to go above it. In the end i went with the scaledale tunnel mouth mated to the wills arches. The only bit to finish then will be the gap in the back scene. I've space them out a little to give some space but i still have around 2 and half feet spare. What will go in there i don't know. I'll have to see whats available. So far its either the industrial or town scene. I think i prefer the town scene.

Also I'm getting cold feet about the DCC again. It would be very easy to re-wire the boards back to dc especially given i need to add some new sections. Perhaps some time for some quiet reflection.
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