Check out Sidmouth Model Railway Layout
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Details are important but, while Richard Harper's model railway layout is an admirable and accurate depiction of its prototype, a little licence was allowed in terms of its exhibition running
Watch this great video to find out more about Richard Harper’s exhibition layout in P4 gauge.
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I have often found those that criticize such magnificent works of art and engineering as this model is have read every single book and magazine available but produced nothing worthwhile if anything at all. I have always found the truly great railway modellers are full of nothing but helpful comments and encouragement to help someone progress in the hobby they love. Everyone can learn from someone.
People forget that you can do it all to scale so scenic alterations or breaks have to be a compromise as long as the main station is scale then they shouldn't complain. I wanted to build my old station its okay with a bridge to east but the west is 2 miles of straight track I'd need to use bushes and trees at some point to hide the end for the fiddle yard I can't go 2 miles in scale to the next bridge.
I totally agree. And I'm no expert but one of the lovely things I notice about this video is the way the trains run at realistic scale speeds. How is that done? All my own model trains fly along stupidly fast for the scale!
The buildings and their setting is gorgeous, very charming.
Great detail. My mate had one of those Hillmans, and that house,....you could walk right in.
How wonderful to recreate the past like that. A true recreation of a time and place in 1950's Britain. The proper use of space adds a thrilling realism.
When this layout was at the Peterborough show, I found myself watching this for 2 hours straight. An absolutely fantastic layout and I look forward to seeing it return once everything has returned to normal.
Very high standard of modelling in every aspect, and all the charm of the cluttered outbuildings around the sidings.
I grew up in Sidmouth and remember visiting Sidmouth Station many times with my father who was a local policeman. This brings back many memories...
Simple backdrop goes well with the foreground scenery and the figures and vehicles bring back the era...fabulous
I live not far from Sidmouth. I’ve always wondered about the station and it’s surroundings. I’ve seen maps and photographs but this layout really brings everything to life. I even recognise the houses, not just the station buildings. Brilliant work.
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Impressed of Woodbury. 😃
@Steve Bluesbury: Hello Steve, As a frequent visitor to Sidmouth I have watched old films of trains at Sidmouth. My first impression from the model was that the station looks too big, but your comment indicates that my impression was wrong. Was the station ever as big as the model indicates? I would love to study them more closely if you confirm that the buildings are an accurate representation.
@@johntimbrell Hi John. Currently a lot of the site is taken over by industrial/commercial buildings extending out from the original station buildings now so it’s hard to judge but it looks ‘right’ to me. In the presentation I seem to remember Richard Harper saying he visited and took measurements. There’s also the entrance to the old goods yard on Alexandria Road. Quite a large area there. Some of the old films and photos are taken from within the site so you never see what’s behind you. It can be deceptive. Anyway, for me it just seems to capture what I wasn’t around to see at the time and fills in the old photos and films.
@@johntimbrell Hi John, apologies I missed your question. The station is absolutely to scale as are all the buildings, The track layout is to scale up to the Signal Box. Thereafter I had to compromise to (a) for space reasons - the headshunt was much longer in reality (b) I needed a scenic break to hide the fiddle yard (c) I wanted to include the two sidings to the J.P. White Works but had to flatten the curve behind the SB, once again for space considerations.
I collect real electrical and telegraph insulators and I love railways, so it is great to see he has remembered to fit insulators to the buildings on realistic bracketry... I didn't think many modellers did this very well. I love the little touches here!
Seen this layout many times at shows I always spend a lot of time watching it
Brilliant & realistic looking layout, it’s right up there with the best of them, the modelling of this is outstanding, this is the realism I’d like to be able to achieve!
Absolutely fantastic really dear..
Stunning. Superb detail. Great modelling. 👏👏👏
I recall seeing this layout for he first time at the Leamington show when we exhibited there with one of our layouts. Its a superb layout and even more so in that I started building a model of this station back in the 1990'e. I even had all the scratch built track down but lost the space to build it so it was not completed. However this model is way better and more spacious than my attempt.
Absolutely stunning. A study in excellence. Someone criticised the back scene? Goodness me, there’s no pleasing some folk!
Many thanks indeed to you all for your very kind words. Has made it all worthwhile.
Gauge means everything. Brilliant work.
2:26 Nice subtle detail, this loc has a engine-driver. Overall a very beautiful, realistic layout.
Epic job. I love it all but the track work is phenomenal.
Wonderfull!
I have seen this layout several times and look forward to seeing it again.
Superb layout. Thanks for displaying and introducing it to a wider public.
This layout is simply superb.
Absolutely beautiful! Living real close as-well it hits the spot. Seriously an awesome job.
Brilliant layout design and lovely narration. A job well done by all.
Ace, will be back for another look. Thank you.
Thanks for talking about and sharing this very fine detailed and interesting, attractive layout.
Outstanding layout! Very detailed. Smooth and realistic moving trains. Excellent!
Wonderful Richard!. Good to see a 1:1 scale S Ridgway as well.
Thanks Richard E, hope to see you before too long! Steve
Absolutely stunning layout as a child always wanted a train set and build her a Layout like that never got one mate that is a really stunning layout
Amazing Attention to Detail. Excellent depiction of a moment in time that rekindles memories of an Optimistic Future. Great Skills on Show Here evoking Jealousy from the Thumbs downers, Shame on them! 🙏🏻🚂🥇
Absolutely fantastic, 1st class modelling, well done Sir! So authentic, it is like being there. Awesome!!
Beautiful layout, buildings and scenery are incredibly realistic, a real master piece , thanks for sharing.
A very beautiful layout, the scenes looks os real and there is a great lesson to be learned here, giving everything some space as many layouts looks so cramped and over detailed. Here the trains fit in, not the opposite where the scenery fits in with the trains. A job well done!
WOW- such amazing detail and quality of craftsmanship...well done sir!!
Nice video presentation. Love to see historical recreations. Like the way you thought things through to deliver such a visually pleasing layout but still retain the true historical aspects. Thank you.
The detail is almost beyond belief.
Lovely layout well done on your first attempt at P4.
charming and nostalgic.. my favourite region too, bravo..
This takes me back to my childhood in the fifties when all of this was real.I used to visit Sidmouth by bike and Sidmouth junction as an avid train spotter.In my mind I remember seeing the Devon Belle.
Superb layout and great to see it again at the Bristol MRE today.
Well done young man. Thanks for sharing!
Outstanding I often try to be too complicated
Congratulations, that is bloody beautiful.I agree with you.One has to compromise....I wish that one day I can reach your level of expertise. Awesome layout 👌
This layout is superb, fantastic building skills
Fantastic layout
Beautiful layout.
I don't believe it's a model layout - it is real!!! Bravo
Sidmouth Station back in the BR days c1950s and 1960s served the Sidmouth inhabitants and the many tourists who visited Sidmouth very well. When the branch line from Sidmouth connecting to the national railway network was closed it denied many access to Sidmouth for holidays and the occasional day visit from other locations in Devon.
Awesome 👍
Truly outstanding.
Great video .Enjoy it thanks.
A fantastic layout, looks superb.
Very nice indeed
Love it........ Must have one, one day.
Superb in so many respects.
That looks really good. Love the era, too. I used to go to Seaton on my hols back then, and often went to Sidmouth.
The signpost lettering could be neater. Just use Photo paper when printing to get a really sharp edge.
The Southern Region in all its glory.
Excellent!
wonderful!
A beautiful layout!!!
Wow! amazing...
As a matter of interest it will appear briefly in episode 4 of 'The Larkins', under the guise 'East Bay'. 'The Larkins' is a new 6 part series being televised by ITV Sundays at 8.00pm. Episode 4 is on 31st October, I believe.
Thank you, Alan
Come on , own up . Who gave this a thumbs down !
Probably the same people who criticized it for not having enough trees!
Rivet Counters 😆
Outstanding.
Lovely layout.
Thank you
Very cool
Thank you James. I have rto disagree. When I built 'Sidmouth' I consulted many contemporary photos (many in colour) and I can assure you that 'Track Colour' did not feature at all. Many different variations in ballast, all of which I tried to replicate. Clouds of brake dust and toilets being emptied on the line - in a terminal station on a lightly used branch line - I think not.
Very nice 👍
Thank you
Wow.
Great bit of work, and videography, but I really don't understand this P4 thing. The diff between OO at 1:76 and P4 at 1:76.2 seems too small too notice.
12% is quite a lot, and to my eye very noticeable except when looking across at a very low angle. Driving wheels (steam) going into the boiler?? Each to his own of course. Steve
@Mark... The big difference between OO and P4 is not the scale. It is the gauge standard. OO uses the HO gauge of 16.5 mm. P4 uses the correct gauge related to the scale (4mm to the foot) of 18.83 mm. Note, P stands for “proto”. I myself (try to) model in P87 which is the “finescale” standard for HO (half O). Regards from the Netherlands.
@@nicokremers7150 Oh OK I get it now. Thanks for explaining.
The big nightmare for British outline modellers "OO" (4mm to 1ft) scale models commercially produced to run on "HO" (3.5mm to 1ft) scale track. Hence as the layout owner explains his scratch built track is "P4" or 18.83mm between the rails, so looks as it should absolutely correct. If however Commercial manufacturers produce the rolling stock to run on the correct track, they can't sell any items abroad. There being a large British HO market in the US & ex Colonies !!!
To those who want to criticise a layout for a reduction of shrubbery - trees a crowd.
Quote "Details are important" Unquote. But there is one glaring error ! The colour of the ballast. Until the demise of British Railways the vast majority of rolling stock had Brake blocks (not disc brakes), which created clouds of rusty brake block dust. Also toilets droppped their contents directly onto the track ! So within a couple of weeks of new ballast being laid, it was already going a nasty brownish colour. Usually referred too by model paint manufactrers as "Track Colour" !!!!!!
This is the second video I've been on and found you commenting on the ballast not being shitty brown enough in colour.