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!

Monday 26 September 2011

A new stop at Cotswold Road

This is all about my DCC test bed Its planned to be on two 6ft by 18inch boards which pair together for transport. There is also a small fy extension plan for home use so it can be operated from the front.

As i said above i hope to make this a dcc test bed layout which includes adding a points decoder. I'm also tempted to control the signals by dcc to but I'm not sure if this is possible, or if its possible to control other LED lights on dcc. I've still got alot to learn.

The track plan shows a small SP with a passenger line at the back. The scenic break is a road going across the layout. A small shed is also planned for just in front of the fiddle yard. I also plan to add OHLE to this one using the dapol overheads.

Well that's it for now as i need to get on and build the boards and also save up a little to get the track in a few weeks or so. Then its if you'll pardon the pun, full steam ahead!

Cotswold Road has begun

Richard
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