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

Tope is more than a colour for Highbridge

Well the step towards the Highbridge early 90s fleet has been the purchase of 7 Tope ballast wagons. Ive now got around 12 of them so with the addition of a few dogfish ive got a nice ballast rake. This is in addition to the Seacow rake which is the Meldon stone rake. For this i purchased a very cheap 33004 in BR Blue from Heljan. This will be one of the pair with the other being a dutch example which will be renumbered to 33057 Seagull.

This means that im really now only short on parcels stock and passenger stock. Ive got enough freight rake although a few more HEAs (of which i managed to pick up another 5 for £25 yesterday) and a few more seacows and some more assorted speedlink wagons. One thing i do know is im going to need to be alot more focused than i was on what i need to get. The trouble is when you see something cheap the temptation is sometimes too great!

Anyway more later!
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