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!

Friday 16 September 2011

The timewarp

Well first news of some new arrivals. Firstly a Bachmann 37239 in 2tg coal sector colours. Should come in useful and the second is 26037 in r/f l/l from heljan. The reason behind this one? Well it was cheap. Around £27 cheap!

Although 26s werent very common in the north west every wednesday one arrived on the 3P15 vans from Polmadie to Preston. What it worked back on no one knows. If anyone can id be interested. However i'm using it on the basis they were desperate for locos so borrowed it for one diagram.

In terms of the layout the scenic break is nearly complete. Just waiting for the glue to dry then some minor flocking and some foliaging. I have 7 days left of which two are out for family things. Another is spent leafleting leaving 4 days left. I dont want to do to much on the friday before the show leaving just 3 days to get it all ready. I do like a challenge.

Anyway please come and see it at the Chippenham Model Railway Show 2011 at the Sheldon School sports hall 24th of September 2011 10.30 till 5.
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