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!

Sunday, 25 September 2011

The aftershow

Well no updates for a week as i was busy getting the layout ready. Its now returned and i'm pleased to report the layout worked fine. The only problems were mainly with the couplings and weight of the rolling stock. This can be fine tuned over the comming weeks and months.

The one area i will be working on is the fiddle yard as the cassette design did not work. Therefore i'm going to make a new ladder style fiddle yard but retaining the old one for home use only. The new one will be longer so it can take trains without too much shunting around.

I'm also contemplating my dcc test bed. The track plans have been drawn up and the wood is also here allowing the boards to be built. Theres just a few fine details to clear up before that.

Anyway thats it for now as its been a long weekend. Photos should be uploaded tomorrow.
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