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 10 July 2010

New fotopic update (WR)

Just been updating my fotopic account with the latest Westlea Road photos.
http://37412smodelphotos.fotopic.net/c1870325.html

Enjoy
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Thursday 8 July 2010

A new dawn (WR)

A nice bit of time away has got me back into the mood to do some work on the layout. The layout has been completely rewired from the bottom up as there were too many wiring glitches when testing. I've also begun the last of the woodworking and have cut the fiddle yard fascia. This just needs to be painted up. I also need to the sort the trestle legs as they are a little flimsey (well their built like bricks but the screws used were too small). It really is starting to come to completion that i really dont have much choice now than too look at the stock.....

The stock is in some respects comming on well but at the moment its all awaiting time. I tend to do most rolling stock work during the winter as its just such a shame to do it during the summer. I'm still after alot of locomotives and units but the wagon rakes are comming together and the coaching stock is nearly complete. Just two more guvs or BGs required. All it needs then is finishing which could take a long time and that is time i dont have.

Anyway still more to do so back to the grindstone.
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