Saturday 30 December 2023

Further changes to the layout

Inspired by a trip to a model railway exhibition in Rattery which was mostly Narrow gauge (009 gauge) and by a free backscene which came with a railway modeller magazine, i decided to add a narrow gauge line on my layout. I was surprised by how small people could make a narrow gauge layout and just how much detail they could add.

I have decided that my narrow gauge will run from behind houses at the back of the layout, through the town and on to the front right corner, running over one of the storage sidings which will become a hidden siding.

For Christmas I rquested a 009 locomotive kit and a chassis to fit it on, and I now have to construct and paint the kit, add the backscene on the layout and modify it to take the narrow gauge track. That will keep me busy for a while.

Friday 29 September 2023

While adding the people etc. I just thought I'd get a quick video of a couple of the trains running.

I've added a couple of coaches to one of the trains.

Thursday 28 September 2023

Adding a few vehicles and people

I have added a few vehicles and people to the layout, so it isn't just trains. Here are a few pictures of various parts of the layout.

Stone Terraced Houses

Today, as weather is too hot to be outside, I decided to continue building some stone houses that I started on in March 2023. Here's what I did in March.




And here is where I was earlier today.

This post was sitting in my pending file and should have been posted about two months ago!