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!

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Giving people a ride

One thing i need to concentrate on for the early 90s fleet is passenger stock. Its one area where i am very short. I realistically need the following -

2x I/C hst sets. I dont have these but there are a pair available so these are a low priority.

2x I/C LHCS rakes. Im planning to use dapol mk2 vehicles in I/C for these two rakes. They will be formed in standard rake style BSO,TSO,TSO,TSO,TSO,TSO,TSO,FO but the other rake will have a replica RBR in place of one of the TSOs.

2x Mail rakes. For these i will be using various replica BGs and lima guvs. These i will be a mix of BGs in Blue, Blue/Grey, Res, Royal Mail and I,C wheras the Guvs will be in Blue, Res and Royal Mail.

1x NSE LHCS. This will be formed with Lima mk2s detailed up and flush glazed. Id like to have bachmann ones but cost is simply not on my side. This will be 8 vehicles long.

1x RR LHCS. These again will be a sort rake of lima mk2s again blue/grey or RR colours. This will be 6 vehicles long.

There is also a provisional charter rake made up of replica mk1 FOs in white roofed I/C and theres also the sleeper rake but i dont know how this is formed up so im still researching this one!

This will fill 8 roads of a 20 road fiddle yard. With all of the freight rakes and DMUs i think i have it all sorted now. But i suspect the best laid plans and all that.....


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