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 10 July 2012

A new update

Well i promised i would do a fuller update and here it is. Since my last post i have had to completely change one end of the layout. This being the town/station raised area. I have was having so much difficulty in doing the retaining wall that i decided i wouldnt bother for its first show and have changed it to a flat design as can be seen in the piccies. Since then i have added the foliage, some trees and the fence. The bridge has also been extended and modified to suit. Ive ordered some more Knightwing fencing so i will continue this up to the footbridge with an area of hardstanding behind the fence. I've also just finished the wiring for all the points. Although i still have the route setting for the 5 main fiddle yard roads which wont be done before the show all of the other points are operable. The only other electrical jobs is to now install some extra signals in the station area due to the extention, this will be done although i am having to replcace two tag strips as i didnt put enough capacity in the first time, lesson learnt! Anyway i hope to have more to show next week when there something to see.
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Monday 9 July 2012

Dont go away...

Literally as the title says. Ive been busy with everything and anything at the moment so i havent really had the time to update this blog as much as i would like. Having said all that i hope to put a post up tomorrow detailing everything to date and some things have changed quite drastically from what was planned. My plan has always been, make it up on the spot!
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