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!

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Time to become Doctor Who

I suppose i soon need to begin to think where I'd like the layout to be located. Obviously the time period is not under discussion as it will be early 90s (1990-1994). But i have three areas I'd like to do. I wouldn't mind doing the scottish lowlands, there aren't many layout which show this period preferring to either come up to date or going for the mid 80s. Then there is the north west scene, which i find extremely interesting because of the sheer variety of workings and stock. And then we come to the Wessex area. Its the are i began my spotting in and also i have quite alot of photos from the area. Could i realistically do all three? Possibly but it would get expensive unless serious consideration was taken as to the locos to try and maximise their usage pattern.

As i write this I'm looking at rather tasty fotopic site showing the northern reaches of scotland which means if they got there it must have gone through the scottish lowlands to get there.
http://photosbyroddy.fotopic.net

Construction liveried 47s on blue/grey and nse mk2s in 1991!!!! My Lordzzz! Its all just so tempting.

In terms of the layout not much has been done, i've weathered some more track and fitted the scenic point motors where i can. But theres still plenty more to do!
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