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!

Saturday 29 June 2013

Summertime Modelling

The subject this week is the reduction of modelling during the summer. I spend most of the winter season locked up getting modelling projects done but the drive seems to wane around the summer months returning in the summer. After all who wants to be sat at a desk with a soldering iron sweating when you can be outside seeing the real railway network. Its when we dust down out cammeras and get out there while the sun shines (which its done alot so far). I always find this is the time when i get the impetus for the new modelling season. Ive already got a new layout plan to do and a list of projects as long as my arm. How much of it will get done i dont really know but id be amazed if a least 10% of it is done. Im also going to showcase for two days next weekend to see some of the stunning layouts that have been booked. Coppell for example is a fantastic example of modern image modelling and im planning to spend a good few hours looking at! www.demu.org.uk/showcase Enjoy
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