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 29 May 2010

The end is in sight (WR)

Well scenically Westlea Road is getting there. I've redone the backscenes as painted using a colour called Surf from Wickes. I still need to finish off the industrial building but the vents should hopefully be here sometime next week. Just the roof to do then. I also need to weather the hard standing down a bit and then just do some small tweaks.

Electrically however there is still lots to do. The panel front still needs painting (the main body has been completed) and it then all needs wiring up. Also the fiddle yard still needs wiring up although i have now sorted out the joins (i decided on using conventional joins using coach bolts in the end) and i also now have the extra 1ft extension. All i need to do is put the copper clad in, solder it down and then cut it. After that its case of wiring it all up.

I hope this to take around 2-3 weeks so by the beginning of July i hope to have it operational. This would be useful as i think I'll need around 6 months as it may have a potential show appearance.

Anyway enough yakking and more working.
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