Layout Update - May 2020
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- I've been very busy on the layout over the past few weeks. Its been good fun, I've progressed skills and gained some more confidence in scratch building.
I bought a number of products from Scale Model Scenery and Goodwood Scenics for various the scenes I'm working on. Links to the websites are below. Please note that Goodwood are currently out of stock for corrugated sheet.
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Love the industrial estate. That section of road between the scrap yard and the truck garage is begging for a burger van!!
🤣🤣🤣 a dodgy one 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely, scenecraft do a good one I hooked up to an Oxford defender looked great!
The space was built for a never installed second track, and is now used as a storage area for permanent way and signalling equipment, and a small cabin for a mess room.
I had the same thoughts. Great hideout for a cupper inbetween breaks ;-)
would work with the access to the relay box being there too..good call.
I was thinking the remains of pointwork with abandoned/ruined goods sheds or maintenance buildings. Track lifted but permanent way in place but overgrown!
On the canal, why not have your narrowboat cruising past with a bit of a wake and don't forget the litter in the water!
You have no idea how much I look forward to seeing these.
And never more so than now.
I was born in 1978 and grew up in & around Peterborough and East Anglia; just love this guy, it's all spot on and really takes me back to being 10 years old watching 33's, Rosters and the like with me dad while he told me all about 'real' trainspotting by the LNER. Long live the 'Junction!
I love the idea of the disused track, it enables so many scenic interests such as old signals and signage (perhaps scars of the long since rationalisation of the route) it probably won't require much work either, add a disused and rusty GWR style signal gantry/bracket(with or without signals) and the look is almost complete. for the disused track I'd love to just see the old track sat in position albeit overgrown and cut from the branch itself, which was the modus operandi of BR on several occasions when cutting off unwanted sections of track - hopefully adding to the era atmosphere.
P.s I miss the old layout but this new one leaves me waiting for every new update!
every town has disused lines . we have loads in wigan
@@tracya4087 Bolton and Salford used to have plenty until the electrification
Suggestion for the scrap yard or commercial garage the addition of some grounded van bodies etc for storage of reclaimed components.
Tyres would often be stacked against the fence and the occasional one end up in the canal.
Pouring some resin in the dips in the road also gives puddles, which I think are a very under modelled British staple!
And a whole load of sh*** stored on the building roof 😁
And the other item obviously missing from the scrapyard - but no doubt in mind for the future - is the mobile crane or hi-lift that stacks the cars on top of each other...Brilliant video as always.
Some older cars 50's 60's era as well, our local scrappys always had some relics tucked in the back corner with the newer, more profitable stuff at the front. A couple round here also had an old van as kennels for the guard dog
Absolutely brilliant modelling..the scrapyard is just the best I've seen..though I remember the scrappys in the 80's were covered in mud and oil..thanks for the renewed inspiration :)
The mud, oil, doors, tyres, gearboxes, engines, axles, seats and broken glass is coming. Going to take me ages! Cheers
@@EverardJunction Lol, I kinda thought all that good stuff would come..cheers
Scrap yard is the BEST thing I've ever seen, love it! I can't wait to see how you develop it.
It does look good.
So much work that you've done; really impressed. Loving the cars 2 high in the scrap yard, back in the 80's it wasn't uncommon to see them 3 high and it was just your luck if you needed a part from the bottom car. Can't wait to see what else you do with the scrappy! Stay safe mate.😊👍
NOVELISTS don't put as much thought, effort or detail into their created work as you do. ( The 'nasty-neighbour' garden is absolute genius...) Every now and again your HAND creeps into shot as you show us stuff and I'm reminded, 'This Actually Is A Model!!!!! Just breathtaking art in every way, mate... I'm beyond impressed at this point. What is interesting to me is that your creation, (it's more than a model railway layout...) documents a Britain/England that is fast disappearing... (For shame!!!) I am a hobbyist and a craftsman. You're an artist. Respect. xx SF
I like the idea of having the remains of the double track under the bridge, I think it would work very well!
Was going to watch Countryfile but nah Everard Junction wins
Neil Armstrong I agree
Neil Armstrong is there a flag on the moon?
The truck and van portion is bang on. By far the most realistic upgrade for that section.
Wow. Looks amazing, every scrap yard I've been to, the ground is normally a mixture of mud and oil, guys in grubby boiler suits and manky fork lift. Also maybe take a blow torch to a couple of cars to recreate burnt out ones. It's not me doing the work but maybe a small garage too, Were you can see flashes of light as if someone is welding inside. A timber merchants would no.doubt be easier, you see them all the time by the railways. As for the branch an old track bed or workers prefabs seems the best idea to me. However it's not me doing the work, your more than capable of doing your own thing. So whichever route you go, Im sure it'll be great but many thanks for sharing.
Remains of an old point off the branch leading to a colliery closed in the 1950s where there is now that modern industrial unit. Would be my suggestion for under the bridge.
Yeeaaaas 40 minutes of everard junction
Brilliant work Richard. It all looks amazing as ever. Love the scrap yard too. Re the branch line id go with the ripped up track/point option. 👍
Who would have ever thought I’d say... the scrap yard is looking great! I’ll put my vote in for the disused double track option where a point originally existed but was torn up many years earlier.
Your vehicle scrap yard is impressive and something rarely seen on many model railroads. Please consider adding a scrap container somewhere in the yard where small pieces of broken vehicle parts and useless junk and glass can be collected to keep the yard somewhat cleaner and safer. I always enjoy watching and learning from your videos from almost half way around the world in California, USA. I look forward to your next presentation.
Again the changes are so so much better. That industrial area is a massive improvement from the first creation. It works out just right.
I've covered a few videos on weathering buildings, roof tops most recently and brickwork in breif somewhere.. That was done by applying satin varnish over the brickwork and using washes mixed with weathering powders and enamel thinners and pin washed. My brewery building is a good example of what can be done.
For that branch line I'd be inclined to keep it single line but add some form of wider bridge to make it look like it was broad gauge once. That's very common along GWR mainline.
Hope your well. Lockdown is putting to use some valuable layout time for sure.
That grimy track looks amazing. It's a small detail that really brings everything together.
Wonderful job. I'm a fan of keeping the double branch line that was either abandoned or removed. Amazing job on the cars that were wrecked and those 2 really old dirty vans!
Great work as ever. Being as you've done all that work on the fence, steps and gate don't forget to leave rail staff access to it on that bit of land you don't know what to do with. A slightly overgrown lane going down to the gate perhaps with a BR van and some staff skiving might work.
I like the idea of a disused track and full double bridge. It gives you scope to put many things of interest in the space.
“Everard Junction has uploaded a new video”... today is a good day. Amazing progress!
Everything is looking fab love the scrap yard & crash damaged cars, I had a blue marina but it didn't die like that one & instantly noticed the Man & Granada as you, for the empty area I would suggest a skip hire with one skip truck loading or unloading rather than just being parked up empty, under the rail bridge the remains of a lifted set of points & associated track work left overs & overgrown would look good.
Hi Richard, a brilliant update. You have been busy. The inspiration for my model railway is never ending from you. Thank you regards Ian Brunssum NLD.
I really like your layout. Thanks for sharing the commentary as well. Cheers.
Not sure if this has been suggested for the branchline, but my vote would go on the line needing to be rebuilt, so the line currently runs on the rebuilt part of the branch and the left would be the remnants of the old line. A bit like where they built the new tunnels on the Woodhead route. Might be too complicated, but could add interest with an older brick construction mixed with a newer metal structure? Just a thought. Whatever you do, it will look great!
Another quality update Richard. You have been busy. Thanks for sharing & keep up the good work.
Richard, love you're new update, I like the industrial buildings as the trains enter the town, very effective. With the second hand car dealership you need some signs or car prices on the inside of windows, to let you know it's a car dealership. For me personally I like the first idea of just a set of tracks going into the other tunnel very rusty and overgrown with stoppers on either end of the piece of track, with rail detritus, i think it would give it character. Of all the people I'm subscribed to you and Dave at Dean Park are the "bomb." Take care mate and look forward to the next update, happy modelling! 👍
Wow! Where to start with this update. The attention detail, even if not finished, is incredible, the new scratch built structures are looking fantastic ( I thought they were resin builds initially) and I reckon you’ve nailed the look of the brickwork perfectly To go to the lengths of removing sections to revamp them or improve the look can only be applauded and those efforts and results speak for themselves. Engaging, entertaining and enlightening. Loved it. Paul
The scrap yard is very effective, a fork lift to place cars on top of each other would be a must, as would the menacing dog. Weathering on the buildings looks great. Great video thanks
That is some very beautiful work. I do like the scratch built garage. The scrap yard is looking good. You will need a crane of some sort in there. Can't wait to see what you do. Thanks for sharing.
I like the idea of a former second track under the bridge. Their are still plenty of examples of old lines next to current ones where the track has been removed and the track bed has become overgrown across the UK. Plus it adds a unique visual. I look forward to seeing what you do with the space
Outstanding work. The buildings, the fence, the grassy areas. Everything.
As ex-S&T of 20 years standing I love the detail of troughing lids being off or not put back properly. It used to drive my engineer mad on cab rides!
Love these updates. I dont model anything British as I live in the states but your layout and scenery techniques inspired me to rip up my old scenes and redo them. I can't say enough about how beautiful your layout is and how helpful these videos are.
Richard Great work as always , my vote for the area were the branch line bridge is for a disused turnout and lifted section of track . The scrap yard and light industry area looks very good, nice work.
Looking even more fab now, love the detail of the automotive industrial area - we all have good and bad memories of places like that for one reason or another' Single track for the branch' Canal looks great with less' it has that 'running through industrial look. Scratches look great, I used to work next to a lorry depot in the 80's - yours looks virtually the same, bit more oil wouldn't go amiss - our 'works rodent prevention specialist' once fell into an exposed drum, oil everywhere but all sorted with a trip to the vet'.
I love the idea of the abandoned area where the old track used to be off the branch under the bridge. I would make it overgrown, with a few old sleepers lost in the undergrowth. Keep it simple. Great job.
Class Richard. Your channel is one of the best training and educational resources in the hobby
That looks excellent. You always add a ton of tiny details which contribute to the realism of each scene. I think your weathering of the buildings and vehicles all look great. Your experience in the field really shows. I'll take one of the Volvos :)
Really great work as always, I particularly like the cars as I once owned a Mk1 Granada and an SD1, both of which I would have again if I could. Thanks for sharing your love of this hobby for all these years. Regards Jim.
Love the details of your industrial area and the stories you put to them. I am new to creating scenery and am finding it to be a real but rewarding challenge. I find your videos inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Richard, Wonderful as usual. Of your choices, my least favorite is the one with the points. I don't think BR would have divided one line into two just before a bridge. It would have been much cheaper for them to put the points on the other side. (In my opinion). Peter
That's looking really good. You mentioned some sort of lumber/builders' yard. Firms who do farm supply always have loads of interesting stuff like gates, posts, lumber, rolls of hoses, pipes, wire, feeding troughs etc. They don't have huge amounts of any one thing but have lots of smaller stacks of interesting things with potential for lots of detail along with an irregular display with clear-ish lines for a trailer or truck to get down. Great video, thank you.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
AMAZING video. I know everyone has different view on what then won’t from a layout, but you are different class. BRILLIANT.👍😊
Evening Richard hope your keeping well and safe 😀 Fantastic update on Everard junctions 👍🏻 It's looking more and more realistic at every new episode 🤣 Well done for brilliant review on you hard work. Cheers Stevie 😎
This layout is genuinely stunning, so much detail considering it is in the early stages.
Perhaps with the bridge you could add a track under the bridge which finishes as a set of buffers, as if it is a siding which joins the line after it passes under.
The 3rd where they never actually put track down but instead of leaving it overgrown you can put some work cabins down and access to the mainline via steps to show a mini worksites for trackwork
When the planners designed the ring road in Basingstoke they actually built the bridges that went over the road to take a dual carrage way but when the roads were built some parts were left as single carriage ways and the area under the unoccupied span was simply grassed over. With the small industrial area it would be suitable for a small builders yars ,a couple of racks for timber, a few pallets of bricks, pavers etc.The outside stock areas do not need to be huge as most of the bulk stack would be ordered in and delivered direct. I also love your canal scene. for scale purposes the hose that was next to the narrow boat would be nearer a pump out hose than a water hose. a water point and the pumpout station are often situated next to each other and so for accuracy it works both ways. Cheers very recently discovered you channel and love it.
Wow, to think I remember waking up in late 2016/early 2017 to a video of you explaining how you were ripping up old Everard Junction and starting again, the progress and quality is incredible! Wish mine could follow that same trajectory 😄. Love the scrapyard, just needs some detailing now. Really looking forward to what you will do with the station!
I love your videos. They are generally very calming and you always share great information. Thank you and I hope you get to keep doing what you love and share it with the world (P.S. I can't wait for the next video)
Really loving the work so far! Disused line and some tatty old scraps by the bridge will look very authentic. Perhaps a small gas bottle yard/warehouse for the small area? Maybe Calor Gas etc. There's one near my place of work that strikes me as quite a lot of stuff crammed into a small fenced-off space. Might make for some open-space detail & maybe some colours. Anyways I'm enjoying watching your progress, no doubts my favourite layout on the 'ol Tube. Keep up the good work!
Great Sunday evening viewing 👍 New buildings look good, nice details on the cars, top stuff as usual.
superb work, as usual, I love the new style 80's intros...
Great stuff as usual. The branch line would have been a former double track route into a large alternative station within the town (separate to the remaining current mainline station that you are modelling). Since the Beeching cuts, only a single track chord that runs up to Everard Junction remains of the former route where it joins the current mainline. The old station and route into the town were torn down and pulled up in the late 60s. Maybe some indication of this former route in the small foreground space at the very front of the layout would satisfy most viewers.
Nice one Richard, your drawn into the scene, then your hand appears and shatters the illusion. Great Job 👍
Thank you. I am always happy to see your new videos. I love what you are doing with your small industrial area. I work in a bus depot in a similar location (albeit in Australia) the other type of business that are common here are road repair and sign yards where road signs and road repair equipment are stored when not being used. Looking forward to seeing how you progress over the next few months.
I was thinking today when I went on to RUclips.... Evarard video and a coffee would be good right now. Good stuff and thanks for the update. 👍
Gday Richard what a great job you have done it all looks Excellent!! Keep up your great work and ideas.. Really enjoying your layout. Thanks mate Regards Tony😎
I’m a modeller’s wife and he got me into your channel by putting it on the telly while he paints - I adore your scenery work and attention to detail, and the knowledge that goes into the layout.
As for the bridge - second line never built with overgrown track bed and graffiti all along the visible bit of the tunnel would be my vote, as it reminds me of one near to where I grew up!
11 min mark: lumber / wood is definitely a good idea! It's the first thing I thought of!
While not into model trains, I am both impressed with, and appreciate , the level of work shown here. The detail is incredible. Thank you. 👍
For me, it’s flight sims, so a well designed airport that looks great, with nice attention to detail, is very similar in my mind.
Some of these scrap cars look really good. Although, I would suggets that you might want to try something like an army green wash around the roof drip rails and over the glazed areas to imply moss / lichen growth? I'm sure you've seen enough recently disturbed 70's snotters to know EXACTLY the effect I mean!
Love the layout! My only bit picky comment is the concrete at the industrial estate lacks any expansion joints or joins where different slabs meet..
Wow. Big changes, in relation to the branch line, all options sound good and frankly you should do what you want, you won’t please everyone with what you choose so please the most important person, yourself. The industrial area sounds full of potential. Considering the options, you could do a gardeners or landscaping supply centre, that way you can have timber, soil, sand, slabs and all sorts of other related materials including skips and pots. Either way, the run down and industrial feel I love already and the scrap yard is brilliant. A great and enjoyable video as usual. All the best, Clint
At the double track bridge, I think you should lay down some ties (sleepers) which gives the area the allusion that there was once a switch (turnout) and rails as a second branch line. Maybe add a single track portal and weather the area. Much more interesting then just moving the terrain up and making it a single track bridge. Love your work !!
A tip when doing corrugated iron or asbestos roofing. It comes in sheets that one or two workers can lift onto a roof and wriggle into position. These sheets can be ‘picked out’ by gently scribing lines onto the sheeting with a very sharp pencil. Cutting into individual sheets, like you did for the fence, is also an option for roofs but vert time consuming.
Auto Alley is looking great, luv the scrap yard, looking forward to watching it grow 👍👌
Great attention to detail and love the back stories. Having worked in the motor trade in my early twenties during the very early 90s, that small independent industrial estate garage feels very familiar to me. Granadas, Cortinas, Escorts, Marinas, Minis, Metros and even a Bedford HA van like you have were the bread and butter work of our customers vehicles. As you say most were patched up year on year including the newer B and C reg Escort IIIs which had big rust problems! The world of canbus / computer controlled everything in cars was not yet upon us, and nor was full bidy galvanising. I probably welded a patch on a cill at least once a week!
The house I grew up in had the 3' concrete post and wire fence and my dad put up 6' fence panels between us and annoying neighbours. So that scene also feels very real to me.
Really love the back stories you make to give reason to the scene. Great work!
Branch line. I would go with a usable or disused siding coming from under the bridge and a buffer stop rusted or newish depending on wether it was to be a usable or disused siding. Reason I suggest siding is that the branch line really reminds me of a colliery line I recall on snaking steep incline coming out of the reception sidings towards the main line. Your 56 with long rake of HEAs is etc would look superb or any long freight on the climbing the branch line would look stunning. Going with the colliery theme an industrial shutter could be parked on the of the siding to give interest. The empty area by the ranch line could also have a colliery related theme. Great work. Cheers M
The sweeping curve with branch line incline looks stunning. I think I’d go with the option of making the bridge obviously single track. A point immediately before the bridge may seem strange. The railway company could have saved a lot of money building the bridge by putting the point immediately after it instead. But it would still look great whichever one you go for.
Richard, you are a magician! The model is really coming to life now.
Love the scrapyard theme - really good concept. Great idea to model crash damage and well-executed, too.
Good to see the canal-side houses being reworked and improved - neighbours from hell...! 🤣 And maybe a big angry-looking Doberman chained up in their back yard as well..?
Glad that you are now calling cable troughing by its correct name as cable trunking is something entirely different. On the subject of things to do with S&T - the signal on the branch needs to be adjusted to get the red aspect to point towards the drivers eye level on the branch rather than the sky, but I know you said you are still working on this area. Don’t forget the AWS ramp for it, which should be positioned circa 183 yards (+/- five yards) from the signal, whatever that is in ‘OO’. And there should be a location case (“relay box”) adjacent to it as well for the controlling relays and power supplies.
As for the single line going under the overbridge; I think the idea of old ballast leading off with an imprint in the ballast further on of where sleepers have been removed is good one. You would need to extend the sleepers at the site of the points and maybe have some rail chairs on there, with perhaps the old switches lifted and laid in the cess. The result would show what we would call “plain-lining”, where a redundant full or half set of switches has been removed and replaced with a section of plain-line rail.
Hope the above is of use and / or interest.
Keep up the good work. Stay safe.
Best wishes from the Wirral.
I just don’t have any words for how good this all looks, 10/10 for detail 🙌🏻
Excellent layout. I like the improvements.
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Some ideas...
1. Branch line - Keep the idea of the redundant double track bridge (...in accordance with *McMetro* comments below). There are countless examples of such structures throughout Britain, especially in the wake of the Beeching cuts. But don't overdo it. Maybe show some existance of an earlier track, since removed. Some typical planting of invasive species - Budlea, stingers etc...
2. Canal. What about a half sunk industrial barge? This area of town, let us face it, is a 'rundown part of town'. So a derelict barge might just be what one would see on an infrequently used section of grotty canal.
3. Vehicle Scrapyard - These cars are mostly die-cast white metal models. I'd be more inclined to cut into the front area of the car and bend in/deform the engine bays, with 'popped' bonnets showing some crushed engine details. Windscreens on front/rear-end collisions nearly always shatter in real life. Otherwise, I especially like the story of old cars that show signs of previous attempts to get them through that last MoT.
4. End of industrial estate - Several ideas spring to mind. a) A small garden centre. b) A small household reclamation yard (old doors, windows, toilet bowls, baths, sinks, chimnies, racks rag-slates etc... c) Tyre and exhaust centre (in keeping with the other businesses on the estate).
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Regarding rolling stock. I still don't understand why railway modelers don't address the glaringly obvious omission of inter-carriage (rubber concertina) gangways between passenger coaches. And if anyone says - '' It would interfere with the smooth movement of brakes of coaches on curves'', I say bollox ! Very light latex would solve this attention to detail quite easily.
I grew up with a double track railway at the end of the garden and they took up one of the tracks in the early to mid 80s. They didn't leave much paraphernalia behind but the old track bed never really became particularly overgrown, only grass and the odd long weed and if you looked hard enough the gentle undulations in the ballast of the removed sleepers were still visible when I moved in 2006. I'd go with old track that's been ripped up, sparsely overgrown with a pile of old sleepers (perhaps wooden), stacked up but never taken away.
Walking on a disused (removed) railway line turned public path can be enjoyable for many, so I would say that the least amount of items possible that would hint at a former line or trackbed would be the most convincing. I think even a little dark line of earth where the tracks might have once had a few sleepers or plant machinery laid down before the work was cancelled would sell the scene under the bridge.
The scrapyard is perfect, I love it. So many train journeys I've had to a new city have gone through grotty industrial businesses before revealing the pleasant city proper. The scene with the steps up the embankment is lovely, too, I can just see a worker leant over catching their breath half way up it, or the rain bouncing off the steps.
I definitely think the remnants of the track just under the bridge would be an interesting look and a good simple way at showing the history.
Building and grass looks fantastic. Great work!
Your layout is phenomenal the level of realism is just sublime you sir are one hell of a craftsman about the bridge I would like to see some disused track under the bridge to come that would definitely make it more interesting .all the best john from rugby.
Incredible job on that scrapyard.
Looking great. Can't wait to see tons of weathering and grot to the scrapyard :)
Love your work! I like the idea of the point/disused track under the bridge. Would be great to see a full layout tour at some point soon.
Ducks!
You can have a couple of ducks, and maybe a swan, on the canal. That would allow a few ripples where the ducks are bobbing, and a wake from the swan going about its business. A small detail that is there when the boats aren't.
I'd also go with the removed points and disused line under the tunnel, maybe going to an industry that is no longer there.
Regarding the double tunnel of the branch line. Perhaps back in the day, the left track out of the tunnel went up the embankment to join the main line and the right track continued forward along the flat (now road) into a siding which used to serve the industrial buildings located down there? When the siding was no longer in use, they decided to have a larger curve and so relayed the track into other side. If your up for it, you even sink some old rail into the tarmac along the road to show some remnants of the old siding. Either way it all looks great to me!
You could add a escort van to your commercial Van or a used mini van. As my Dad had both in the 80's.
Another thought is a cut and shut car in the lot. Not sure if it is feasible, just and idea.
Amazing what you done, I still got my intercity 125, but the engine stopped working in the late 90s. Thinking of setting it up in the loft.
Always enjoy your updates, great attention to detail and a real passion for the hobby! Was thinking maybe since your spare patch of ground already has access to the railway you could maybe make it a small yard for British Rail maintenance vans? Plenty of details to add in there including building materials. Then again you could go in a completely different direction and put members of the travelling community or gypsies in there as temporary tennants! Also I realise you’ve already planned the tunnel under the main layout... I think an option could be an active passing point for a second train to use the branchline complete with a dead end going into the embankment after the points to rejoin the branch line? A half arsed saving of Dr Beecham? Anyway, great work and always a pleasure to see what your doing.
Stunning work mate. Been a while since I last looked at one of your updates. Simply beautiful looking layout. Time for a binge watch of you vids to catch up with how you have done things.
Looking really smart!! Have followed this layout but only now subscribed,i also have a very large 00 loft layout its just finding the time to finish it its taken me 30+yrs so far and still nowhere near finished, i sold all my dinky corgi and lima limited editions for a very expensive engagement ring and its taken me 20yrs to get all my lima and bachmann back again but watching you're videos are full of inspiration cheers stay safe ian👍👀.
Love the scrape yard scene, looks awesome. You have really done a great job weathering the buildings, you do not give yourself enough credit for your skills. Love seeing the trains running on the layout also. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe. Ken
Amazing work as always Richard. For the bridge I'd go with it's an abandoned part of the line. Now it's just used for a bit of storage, maybe some track, big ballast bags, even a couple of old signals. The I site. Maybe a builders yard of some sort with a plant hire business in there.
It's great to be able to vicariously enjoy a model layout whilst I currently don't have room for one myself, thanks for running over all the excellent details. Great stuff! Are you planning to add signage to businesses on the estate? Might be a step too far but the impression of some mucky standing water in the deeper depressions in the rough surface you've produced there could look good.
By the by comments on scrappage hit home, currently running a '96 VW Polo which I fear is going to succumb to rot before it breaks down, just been for some floorpan surgery with fingers crossed for the next MOT. Going to be sad to see it go when it does.
Hi Richard,
Love the layout you're building. Your improvement is very noticeable and that's an understatement. In regard to your topic on the double track viaduct over the branch line i would say to leave it double track with the left track never laid. Overgrown like you said as it would have been an extension of the branch line that never came. It was very common in the Netherlands in the time the railways belonged to the state. I can imagine something like that would have been the same during the eighties in the UK. Another option could be to make the curve of the existing branch line shorter to the left side of the viaduct and add another track coming from the back (on the right side) towards the edge of the baseplate. as if it would be a track heading for another part of the country. It's not for the use of running trains of course but could be helpful getting rake's of wagons on and off the layout using a portable fiddle yard on wheels. That way more running stock is added easily to your schedule. The same way is applicable to your branch fiddle yard in case you don't feel anything for this option at the viaduct. Just an idea. Keep up the amazing job you do. You were the inspiration for me to start again building a Dutch h0 layout after 30 years of silence. Just like your railway situated in the eighties.
All the best, Jeroen (Jerome :)
Breakers yard with stacked scrap cars is EPIC, I'd vote for disused line! Every time I travel on the train in my neck o the woods Bolton/Wigan you look out of the window & there is disused track everywhere here.
Just loving the new layout. Vehicle yards are looking good and obviously right up your street !
Some rusty overgrown track to the bridge would look good and maybe a bit of fly-tipping wouldn't go a miss.
You never stop amazing me of your skills. You often say about you learning new skills. Your far far better than you give yourself credit for. I'm learning so much from watching your vids. Keep it up pal. Cheers, Rick the Bulldog
Excellent update Richard the first building you are thinking of timber yard what about stone merchants I think you can buy them ton bags for oo
Hello, in regards the double portal, I would love to see a abandoned track there. Lots of rusted track, missing sleepers, and lots of weeds and brambles. Possibilities of lots of detail and interest. In regards the open lot in the small industry/ business estate, I see a lumberyard there. With big metal racks full of lumber/timber. The racks would be on the rear of the lot, running parallel to the tracks. Okay there are my two, 2 cents worth. Great stuff. And you are a great modeler. See ya next time.
Isn't this also the era of joyriders and the burnt out hatchback? I think your scrapyard could definitely do with one or two examples of that? Absolutely love watching the growth of this layout!
Coming along nicely. Try adding moss to the roof with the asbestos sheets and also the building where the scrap yard is, try adding some lead or bitumen flashing between the roof and the wall.