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!

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Fiddling Around

I decided to make an effort and get on with some jobs today. This has meant the fiddle yard boards are nearly ready to go and have track laid on them as they have been bolted together and aligned ready. I will take the scenic section down so i can box it up ready. I might as well do it now as it all needs doing.

One job i have to do is to build some legs for the fiddle yard. I have two legs i can widen by replacing the cross members but i need at least two more which will have to be constructed from scratch although i hope this shouldnt be too difficult.

In terms of the scenic section i have added the concrete barriers to the bus station today and stuck down some of the industrial estate details. Hopefully in the next day or two i will pack it down and do the end plates (see above) and then begin work on the fiddle yard.

Before i do this however i have also drilled the hole for the digger. This needs wiring in so i need to solder up some wires (should only take 10 minutes or so) so i can get this working. I will do this before i dismantle it so i know its done.

Anyway enough for now!
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